Delegate Assembly 2018

Check in for PARSA Delegates

Check in with Steering and Rules

Continental Breakfast for PARSA Delegates

PARSA Work Session

2018 PARSA Co-Chairs: Erin Schalk-Charles (LKNEA) & Corey Shepherd (NWAEA)

Committee Leadership Team Training

NEA-Alaska/Retired Delegates Caucus Meeting

Delegate Check-in – All Delegates and Guests

Please check-in with Steering & Rules for name badges, DA notebooks, and other documents.

New Delegates – Welcome & Orientation

Please join us! Program begins promptly at 4:30pm.

General Session I

Welcome Remarks – Tim Parker, President
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes from 61st Delegate Assembly
Introductions – NEA-Alaska Board of Directors, Past Presidents, Committee Chairs
Adoption of the Standing Rules
NEA Director’s Report – Tammy Smith
Executive Director – Glenn Bafia
Key Note Speaker – Lily Eskelsen Garcia, NEA President

Grab ‘n Go Breakfast

Regional Caucus Meetings

Region I – Voyager Room
Region II –Resolution Room
Region III –Adventure Room
Region IV –Endeavor Room
Region V –Quarter Deck, Tower 1, 10th Floor
Region VI –Aft Deck, Lobby Level
Region VII –Fore Deck, Lobby Level
Region R –Quadrant Room

Committee Meetings – Morning Sessions

(Committee work will reconvene at 1:45pm following the lunch break)

1. Governance/Constitution & Bylaws –Resolution Room
2. Communications –Club Room I, Tower 1, 10th Floor
3. Government Relations and Community Outreach –Adventure Room
4. Collective Bargaining and Employee Rights –Aft Deck, Lobby Level
5. Building Local Capacity and Member Engagement –Quadrant Room
6. Special Education –Endeavor Room
7. Leading the Professions –Club Room II, Tower 1, 10th Floor
8. ESP Committee –Voyager Room
9. Human and Civil Rights –Quarter Deck, Tower 1, 10th Floor

Optional Lunch Buffet for Members

$5 per person – cash or check accepted
Limited seating

(Lunch is otherwise on your own)

Local President’s Lunch

Box lunch provided

Hearing Meetings (Optional)

NEA Resolutions – Resolution Room

NEA-Alaska Budget – Whitby Room

NEA-Alaska Constitution and Bylaws – Whitby Room

Special Interest Caucuses/Meetings (Optional)

Education Support Professionals (ESP) – Adventure Room

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning (LGBTQ) – Club Room II, Tower 1, 10th Floor

Human and Civil Rights – Quarter Deck, Tower 1, 10th Floor

Republican Caucus –Club Room I, Tower 1, 10th Floor

Professional Teaching Practices Commission Overview – Endeavor Room

N.E.S.T. – New Educator Support Team – Quadrant Room

NBCT – National Board Certified Teacher – Voyager Room

Committee Meetings – Afternoon Sessions

(Committee work will reconvene to complete any remaining business and address any new NBIs/Resolutions for submission to Steering & Rules)

1. Governance/Constitution & Bylaws – Resolution Room
2. Communications –Club Room I, Tower I, 10th Floor
3. Government Relations and Community Outreach –Adventure Room
4. Collective Bargaining and Employee Rights –Aft Deck, Lobby Level
5. Building Local Capacity and Member Engagement – Quadrant Room
6. Special Education – Endeavor Room
7. Leading the Profession – Club Room II, Tower I, 10th Floor
8. ESP Committee – Voyager Room
9. Human and Civil Rights – Quarter Deck, Tower I, 10th Floor

NEA-Alaska Candidate Forum

NEA-Alaska President and Vice President

General Session II

Awards Presentation 
NEA-Alaska Awards
Alaska Teacher of the Year
NEA-Alaska ESP of the Year

Guest Speaker
Commissioner Johnson, DEED

Candidate Speeches
NEA-Alaska President
NEA-Alaska Vice President
NEA-Alaska Regional Directors

Executive Director’s Remarks
Glenn Bafia

Dinner on your own

Legislative Review Committee

Dinner provided.

Friday Night Social

Join in the fun and get to know your fellow delegates from around the state. There will be dancing with music provided by DJ Joe Nizzo, a “no-host” bar, and appetizers. Sponsored by Horace Mann. We’ll see you there!

Grab ‘n Go Breakfast

Regional Caucus Meetings

Region I – Voyager Room
Region II – Resolution Room
Region III – Adventure Room
Region IV – Endeavor Room
Region V – Quarter Deck, Tower I, 10th Floor
Region VI – Aft Deck, Lobby Level
Region VII – Fore Deck, Lobby Level
Region R – Quadrant Room

General Session III

Announcements
Credentials Report
President’s Remarks
Parliamentary Procedure Training

Committee Reports and Floor Action

1. Governance/Constitution & Bylaws
2. Government Relations and Community Outreach
3. Collective Bargaining and Employee Rights
4. Building Local Capacity and Member Engagement
5. Special Education
6. Leading the Profession
7. ESP Committee
8. Human and Civil Rights Committee
9. Communications
10. Legislative Review Committee

Lunch on your own

PACE Committee Meeting

Lunch will be provided.

Please note: Meeting is for current members of PACE. Newly elected regional representatives to PACE will be confirmed by the Board of Directors’ Spring 2018 meeting.

General Session IV

Committee Reports and Floor Action continues from morning session.

Dinner Break

$7/person – cash or check.  In regional shifts. Build your own burger bar.