1-Oct-Nov 2020 BACK TO SCHOOL pp 1-11 Advisor

REPRESENTING

10 CEA ADVISOR OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020

NOMINATION PETITIONS DUE DECEMBER 1 President, Vice President, NEA Director, NEA Director Alternate, and 16 County Director positions open in 2021

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021 election for state, unit, and Aspiring Educator delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly (NEA RA) and CEA- Retired delegates to the CEA RA. Nomination procedure The official nomination form is at cea.org/elections and must be filled out and submitted electronically. Members may nominate themselves or other members in accordance with eligibility requirements explained online. To be eligible, all nomination forms must be submitted electronically by December 1, 2020. Eligibility requirements All members, regardless of ethnic minority status or non-ethnic minority status, are subject to any limitations in the NEA and CEA Constitutions and Bylaws. They also must meet all eligibility requirements for current membership in the Association and in the class and category to be represented. For example, Active members eligible for Category 1 positions cannot run or be nominated for NEA-Retired At- Large positions; annual NEA-Retired members and NEA-Retired Members for Life are only eligible to be nominated for or to run for NEA- Retired At-Large positions. More information Members who have questions regarding the NEA delegate nomination or CEA- Retired delegate nomination process should contact Melanie Kolek at melaniek@cea.org or Mary-Pat Soucy at marypats@cea.org or call 1-800-842-4316 or 860-525-5641. Nomination forms are available at cea.org/elections . Members interested in becoming candidates for several open governance positions must submit official nomination petitions to CEA. CEA officer positions up for election in 2021 are CEA President, CEA Vice President, NEA Director, and NEA Director Alternate. The three-year terms for CEA officers, NEA Director, and NEA Director Alternate will be filled by election at the CEA Representative Assembly (RA) in May. County Director vacancies There are 16 CEA Board of Directors seats open in all eight counties represented on the board. Listed below and at right are the length of terms available and the names and teaching districts of the current County Directors whose positions expire June 30, 2021. County Directors FAIRFIELD COUNTY (4 three-year full terms, 1 one-year interim term) • Marilyn Della Rocco (CES) • Joslyn DeLancey (Darien) • Elaine Gencarelli (Stamford) termed out • Kristen Record (Stratford) • Vacancy HARTFORD COUNTY (4 three-year full terms) • Kate Dias (Manchester)

• Heidi Florian (Newington) • Annie Irvine (East Hartford) termed out • Mark Janick (Suffield) termed out LITCHFIELD COUNTY (1 three-year full term) • Daniel Wilbur (Region 7) termed out NEWHAVEN COUNTY (2 three-year full terms) • Peter Downhour (Amity) • Diane Marinaro (Hamden) MIDDLESEX (1 one-year interim term) • Joe Holloway (East Hampton) NEW LONDON COUNTY WINDHAM COUNTY (1 two-year interim term) • Nicola Able (Killingly) All Active CEA members teaching in these counties are eligible for nomination; however, CEA Bylaws prohibit County Directors employed by the same town or school district from serving concurrently. Members are currently ineligible for nomination in the following towns in multi-director counties: Fairfield County – Danbury, (1 three-year full term) • Seth Galente (Ledyard) TOLLAND COUNTY (1 three-year full term) • Paul Giblin (Bolton)

Shelton, Bridgeport Hartford County – Southington, Bloomfield New Haven County – Waterbury, Beacon Falls New London County – Stonington Nomination petitions Nomination petitions must specify the name and qualifications of the person being nominated and the position being sought. County Director candidate statements must not exceed 180 words; all other candidate statements must not exceed 250 words. (Members must indicate on the official CEA nomination form which County Director position they are seeking.) The CEA Elections Committee

will meet as soon as possible after December 1 to review all nomination petition forms and to certify candidates for open positions. All nominees who submit petitions will be notified about their status as a candidate following this meeting. Information on nominees will be published in a spring issue of the CEA Advisor . Balloting for County Directors, if necessary, will be conducted within counties by first- class mail in late March. Requesting a nomination form Petition forms are available from Mary-Pat Soucy, executive assistant to the president. To request a form, contact her at 1-800-842-4316, 860- 525-5641, or marypats@cea.org.

How to Submit Petitions All nomination petitions must be signed by at least 25 Active members. For CEA Officers and CEA Ethnic Minority Directors , CEA Bylaws require that nomination petitions be • Sent to CEA by certified mail, return-receipt requested • Postmarked no later than Tuesday, December 1, 2020 For County Directors only, those submitting nomination petitions have a choice of • Emailing petitions to Mary-Pat Soucy, executive assistant to the CEA President, at marypats@cea.org by December 1, 2020 • Or sending petitions by mail, postmarked no later than Tuesday, December 1, 2020 The mailing address for nomination petitions is Connecticut Education Association, 21 Oak Street, Suite 500, Hartford, CT 06106.

GET INVOLVED Nominations being accepted for NEA RA state delegates and CEA-Retired delegates to the CEA RA

POSITIONS OPEN FOR NOMINATION CEA may be eligible to elect up to 30 state delegates to the NEA RA in 2021. Here are descriptions of the open positions: Category 1 At-Large/State Delegate: Fifteen positions (Term: two years) Category 1 At-Large/Ethnic Minority Concerns: Four positions (Term: two years) To be eligible for positions in these categories, candidates from local affiliates must be either Active classroom teachers (Membership Type AC-1) or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7). Aspiring Educators: One position (Term: one year) Only Aspiring Educators who are members of NEA and their state education affiliate (CEA) are eligible for this position. Membership Units: Nine positions from specific Membership Units (Term: one year) Only Active members (Membership Type AC-1) or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) who teach in a local CEA affiliate in one of the seventeen Membership Units may be nominated for these positions. The nine open units are E, F, H, J, K, L, M, P, and Q.

Unit K: Cromwell, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Rocky Hill Unit L: Bloomfield, CREC, East Windsor, Enfield, South Windsor, Suffield, Windsor Unit M: Avon, Canton, East Granby, Granby, Simsbury, West Hartford, Windsor Locks Unit N: Andover, Bolton, Columbia, E.O. Smith, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Lebanon, Mansfield, Marlborough, RHAM, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Vernon, Willington Unit O: Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Hampton, ISAAC, Killingly, Lisbon, Norwich, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich Integrated Day Charter, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Region 11, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Woodstock, Woodstock Academy Unit P: East Lyme, Groton, LEARN, Ledyard, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Preston, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford Unit Q: Clinton, East Haddam, East Hampton, Guilford, Haddam-Killingworth, Madison, Old Saybrook, Portland, Region 4, Region 13, Region 18, Westbrook

Unit A: Greenwich, Stamford Unit B: Darien, Joel Barlow, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Westport, Wilton Unit C: CES, Fairfield, Monroe, Shelton, Stratford Unit D: Bridgeport, New Beginnings, Trumbull, Weston Unit E: Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Easton, New Fairfield, New Milford, Sherman Unit F: Amity, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Milford, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Woodbridge Unit G: Naugatuck, Pomperaug Region 15, Region 16, Waterbury Unit H: ACES, Cheshire, Hamden, North Haven, Wallingford, Wolcott Unit I: Barkhamsted, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Gilbert, Hartland, Housatonic Valley, Kent, Litchfield, New Hartford, Nonnewaug, Norfolk, North Canaan, Region 7, Region 10, Salisbury, Shared Services, Sharon Central, Shepaug Valley, Torrington, Wamogo, Watertown, Winchester Unit J: Berlin, Farmington, Newington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, Thomaston, Wethersfield

Category 2 At-Large: One position (Term interim position open this year) Nominees for the Category 2 At-Large position must be Active members (Membership Type AC-1) in supervisor/administrator positions or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) who are no longer teaching—but only if they are not also NEA-Retired members. (NEA Life membership is a special category terminated in 1973.) Members with Active Life Memberships who are not retired from teaching are eligible for Category 2. NEA-Retired Members for Life (Membership Type RT-7) or annual Retired members (Membership Type RT-8) are not eligible for Category 2. Membership numbers as of January 15, 2021, will definitively determine open positions.