WCCO ran a wonderful piece on RAHS Band Instructor, Pat Moriarty:
Today, EM-R and districts across the state formally filed our intent to bargain a successor contract with the Bureau of Mediation Services.
As such, your EM-R Negotiations Team has begun working on the initial phases of bargaining the 2019-2021 successor contract for our bargaining unit. Look for a survey from your bargaining team about your priorities in the next contract. We will be using this data as we develop our proposals. We look forward to providing you with updates about the bargaining process. You can find those right here on emroseville.org. Your bargaining team includes President Dan Beck(Elementary), Emily Bergquist, EM-R Vice President (Student Services Elementary), Ben Schwanke, Member Rights RAMS(Middle School), Ryan Sauter (Elementary) and Gregg Martinson Chief Negotiator/Member Rights 9-12
MSRS (Minnesota State Retirement System) is offering a number of free, half-day
pre-retirement seminars. The seminars are geared towards those within five years of retirement and cover social security benefits and your health care savings plans.
Schedules and registration information can be found HERE.
To find out additional information about your HCSP account (this is the one the district matches 2% of your salary each year) go to www.msrs.state.mn.us to log in or create an account.
The field of possible candidates for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year honor has been narrowed to 40, and 2 of those 40 are members of EM-R! Congratulations to Jeff Davies, RAHS Industrial Technology teacher and Myriam Castro-Franco, Little Canada Elementary 3-4 teacher. A selection panel of 23 community leaders chose the semifinalists from an initial field of 168 candidates from across the state.
The panel will review the semifinalists’ portfolios again and review semifinalist video submissions in late March and will select about 10 finalists from among the group. The current Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Kelly D. Holstine, will announce her successor at a banquet May 5 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul.
More information is available on the Education Minnesota Page:https://educationminnesota.org/news/media-resources/news-releases/Teacher-of-the-Year-candidate-field-narrowed-to-40
Jeff Davies and Myriam Castro-Franco are Education Minnesota Teacher of the Year candidates. See more here: https://www.educationminnesota.org/news/media-resources/news-releases/A-near-record-168-teachers-are-candidates-for-Minn
LEARN HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS/CONSOLIDATION PROGRAMS GEARED TOWARDS TEACHERS AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES!
EM-R is sponsoring a “Degrees Not Debt” seminar which will help guide you through the process of loan forgiveness. Four different types of loan forgiveness programs will be discussed, descriptions of which can be found HERE.
To register for the December 3rd seminar at the RAHS Media Center please complete the google form found HERE.
Need a sample ballot from your home district?
Candidate comparisons?
Education Minnesota Endorsements?
Edmnvotes.org is your one stop site for midterm information.
Click HERE for a sample ballot for your polling location and HERE for a ballot showing Education Minnesota Endorsed candidates in your district.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE !!
MEA is next week! Download the event app
Remember, the 2018 MEA conference is next Thursday, Oct 18 and is open only to Education Minnesota members and college students studying to become educators. Advanced Registration is encouraged to ensure a spot in the workshops you want. Same-day registration will be available starting at 7 a.m. if space allows.
You can navigate MEA with ease with Ed MN’s event app for mobile devices. The app allows attendees to create their own schedules, locate sessions and learn about and network with speakers, exhibitors and other attendees! Visit https://crowd.cc/s/1XvZO to download the free app.
The 2018 MEA conference takes place at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. Click the links above for detailed information regarding parking, schedules, food options, etc.
Voting is essential and now its more essential than ever. If you have not yet registered to vote, please take a moment to do so. Feel free to share and repost this QR code. 
EM-R will be sponsoring a number of financial planning and loan forgiveness seminars this school year. Over the next week you will be receiving several short videos giving some additional information on the financial benefits included in your benefits plan that has been bargained by your union or is part of state statute. The first regards your pension and is just under four minutes. Once you earn three years of service credit, you are vested and become eligible for retirement, disability and survivor benefits.
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For details on your pension, visit your retirement fund website: Teachers Retirement (MinnesotaTRA.org) Public Employees Retirement Association (MNPERA.org) …
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