Be a Team ISEA Five Star Local

Five Star Local Program

To apply for ISEA’s Five Star Local Program, please check each activity your local has participated in during 2007-08. Send the nomination form to your UniServ Unit office no later than April 1, 2008. The Unit winner will be named at your Unit’s Representative Assembly. Unit winners will be forwarded to ISEA and the state Five Star Local will be announced at ISEA Summer Conference.

Local association_________________________________

Date submitted_____________________

Name, telephone number and e-mail of person completing this application

_________________________________________________________

Local President signature_________________________________________

Communications

Internal Communications

_____newsletter frequency?____________

_____letter from president

_____other (please list) ________________________________

External Communications

_____newspaper articles

_____participation in community activities (parades, fund-raisers, etc.)

_____American Ed week activities

_____school board forum

_____provides information at parent teacher conferences

_____legislative forum

_____Other (please list) _____________________________________

Is there someone in your local designated as communications official? _____________

If so, who?__________________________________________________________

Advocacy

_____Local has a member rights committee

_____Local has a bargaining committee

_____Local provides information about Weingarten Rights to members

_____Local informs new employees about master contract

_____Local attended Unit bargaining training

_____Local conducted bargaining/grievance training at local level

_____Local attended at least one statewide event (summer conference, ESP Conference,

Higher Ed Conference, Legislative Conference, Delegate Assembly, etc.)

_____Local attended three or more statewide events

_____Other (please list)

______________________________________________
(name) (phone) (e-mail)

Legislative and Political Organizing

_____Local contacted legislator(s)

_____Local participated in ISEA Lobby Day

_____List the legislators contacted

_______________________________________________

_____Local is represented at School Board meetings

_____Local held School Board Forum

_____Local recruited school board candidates

_____Local communicates School Board action to members

_____Local communicates legislative action to members

_____Local has +50% participation in ISEA PAC

_____+50% of members subscribe to ISEA Hotline

_____Local averages $5 contribution to NEA Fund for Children and Education

_____Other (please list)____________________________________________

Organizational Development

_____Local has a membership committee

_____Local attended Unit membership training

_____Local ran a membership campaign

_____Local contacted every eligible employee

_____Local recruited all new employees

_____Local maintained all returning members from 2006-07

_____Local recruited one or more non-members from 2006-07

_____Local increased membership by 5%

_____Local increased membership by 5 new members

_____Local held a new member function

_____Local has Association/Building/Faculty Rep system established

_____Local held Association/Building/Faculty Rep training

_____Local held Member Benefit function

_____Local sends delegates to ISEA Delegate Assembly

_____Local sends delegates to NEA RA

_____Local has member(s) serving on Unit Executive Board

_____Local has member(s) serving on state committees

_____Other (please list)_______________________________

Teaching and Learning

_____Local has sponsored one of ISEA’s classes

_____Members from your local have attended one of ISEA’s classes

_____All mentors of beginning teachers are ISEA members

_____Local attended one of four statewide meetings about Teacher Quality Committees

_____Local attended Unit training about Teacher Quality Committees and/or Teacher Quality training

_____Local sponsors a project involving families or community in the schools

_____Local provides a scholarship

_____Local has a “buddy system” for new employees

_____Other (please list)____________________________________

Please list below any other activities which will illustrate the leadership qualities of your local:

__________________________________________________________