Great Southwest United

2018 Fall Professional Seminar

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Wednesday, October 3, 2018

4:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. 4:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Marshall High School Jackson High School
Come and join us for an evening full of varied workshops, conviviality among peers and
inspiring presenters! Great Southwest United looks forward to providing information packed
sessions designed for members—sessions that focus on you as individuals, professionals, and
local leaders. The descriptions of the workshops offered are listed below.

AGENDA
4:30 p.m. REGISTRATION
5:00 p.m. DINNER-----------------------------------
5:45 p.m. WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS-------Kelly Benson, Great SW United Chair
PRESIDENT INSTALLATION--------------------------------------------------------TBD
GREAT SOUTWEST UNITED UPDATE----Jim Schmidt and Jackie Baumgard
Education Minnesota Field Staff
6:00 p.m. GUEST SPEAKER---------------------------------------------- Jett Skiren, Illusionist

Locals will be responsible for the cost for members that register and do not show up to the event or cancel by the
September 14th deadline!!

1. Teacher Licensing Update

Significant changes were made to the Minnesota teacher licensing system during the
2017 legislative session. This training will provide an overview of both the new tiered
licensure system and the new standards board.
2. Elections Preview
What are the governor’s and lawmakers’ priorities likely to be in 2019? We will offer
our predictions on what to expect in the 2019 legislative session.

3. Education Minnesota Foundation

Get grants to improve and grow your practice. This training will review the different
Education Minnesota Foundation grant applications, and show how the easy grant
writing process can benefit educators, education support professionals and students.

4. Top 10 Reasons For Discipline

Join one of the Education Minnesota attorneys and discuss the top 10 reasons
teachers receive discipline. From boundary issues with students to paperwork
compliance, we will look at why discipline commonly happens and consider best
practices for avoiding discipline as a teacher.

5. Helping Students “do” School for ESP’s

Students are a complex make up of their cultural background, soci-economic
status, maturation and mental health. This course will help you develop an
awareness of these factors and provide you with additional resources to be more
effective in working with all students.

6. Meeting Members At Their Interests- MARSHALL LOCATION ONLY

Did you know that there’s a way to find out which of your members want to get more
involved? Get support from the union to improve their work? Connect your union with
the community? This course will teach you how to use member interest data to better
engage members in your local based on what they want to do, not what you have to
cajole them to do.

7. Shifting To An Organizing Culture- JACKSON LOCATION ONLY

Unions are under attack and we cannot keep doing things the same way and expect to
maintain our influence. By deconstructing traditional ways of union thinking, we can
change our mindset about what unionism is and what we want that to look like. We
can begin to build a more powerful union. This session will explore what an organizing
culture looks like and how collective voice goes beyond the classroom.

ABSOLUTE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, September 14th

For more information on this event or to register, please contact the Education
Minnesota Windom Office at 800-862-1176 or alicia.entinger@edmn.org