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Encourage PSC to create support systems for teachers and students with invisible diseases that are crucial but often lacking.

Recommend to the President/Executive Board a plan to raise awareness and to implement actions toward restorative justice in Pinellas County.

Develop strategies to recommend to the President/Executive Board to raise awareness and/or take collective action around current human and civil rights issues.

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·  The committee will review the elections procedures, ensure they comply with all laws and governing documents and present revisions they deem appropriate to the President/Executive Board for approval.

·  The committee will oversee all elections for Officers, Directors, Constitution/Bylaws revisions and ratifications.

·  The committee will supervise the counting of all ballots and report the results to the President for distribution to the membership at large.

·  The committee will receive and resolve all election challenges in a timely fashion and report their ruling to the President.

This committee is an excellent way to increase your participation in union leadership!

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·  The committee will meet quarterly with the Executive Director and President to review the budget (actual and proposed) to monitor the progress and review check register/credit card receipts/receipts.

·  The committee will review the annual audit.

·  The committee will make recommendations to the President/Executive Board for any necessary changes to the budget document.

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FYRE (Florida’s Young Remarkable Educators) is a group of young educator unionists who are passionate about preserving public education and reclaiming our profession. Engage, Connect, Empower!

FYRE continuously engages and empowers diverse teams of early career educators through training, collaboration, networking and opportunities to experience their union in action — giving a voice to new members with which to advocate for their students, their union and their profession.

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Committee Charges:

Advocating for School Board policies to address invisible diseases and disabilities specifically in policies.

Review bills that passed the previous session and develop a method to inform members changes and the impact to our members, students and our public schools.

Develop a plan to build relationships with the local delegation and plan to meet with the delegation while they are back home.

Develop a plan to build relationships with the members of the Pinellas County School Board and plan to meet with each member at least twice a year to share concerns and ideas.

Develop a plan to make a clear presence at the school board meetings on a regular basis.

Develop a plan to engage the public in order to support our members, our students and our public schools.

Work in conjunction with the Membership committee topics for ten-minute meetings during the legislative session to empower, inform and engage our members.

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·  A representative group from the committee will attend FEA’s Year Round Organizing (YRO) conference to help the committee set goals for the upcoming school year.

·  Develop a membership plan with President/Executive Board approval to focus on the worksite leader to create teams to retain, recruit and empower members at each worksite.

·  Work in conjunction with the Government Relations committee topics for ten-minute meetings during the legislative session to empower, inform and engage our members.

·  Implement a strategy for engaging the representative council at each meeting in a membership activity to use at their work site the following month.

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PCTA wants to invite additional members to help expand our work with Disability Rights and inclusion.  This group will focus on ways to communicate with teachers that does not solely rely on course work.  This task force would be made up of current members and they will earn a stipend to create various resources that can be shared via social media, PCTA’s website and in the President’s Weekly Update.  This task force would also lead round table discussions that would be open to all teachers in the district.

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Jade T Moore was the Executive Director of the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association/PESPA from 1974 through 2008. He received the FEA President's Award for his service to the schools of Florida. Jade T Moore was the originator of the Pinellas Referendum which now adds over $11,000 for instructional staff and $2,000 for support staff.

It is time once again to honor Jade's legacy by granting an annual scholarship. It has been several years since this scholarship has been presented.

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Are you a party planner? Do you like to have fun? If so, we need you to help us plan our Kraf-Custer celebration. This is an annual event during teacher appreciation week.

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We are in need of members no matter your political party to help find the best candidates for Pinellas County School Board. This committee will choose the best candidates to support in the upcoming elections.