Please check your Harper mailbox for a hard copy of the Harper Adjunct Advocate. Of particular interest are:
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Nominations are open for delegates to represent Harper Adjuncts at the National Education Association Representative Assembly in Atlanta, from July 1 to July 6. The nomination form must be submitted by Feb. 1, 2013.
If you are interested in representing HCAFA at this year’s National Education Association Conference in July, please complete the attached form.
IEA Region 42 Representative to the NEA RA
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It’s hard to imagine that now is the time to think about fall 2013, but it is. By February 15, Availability Forms are due in your dean’s office. We urge you to fill out the form now so that you will be considered for a teaching assignment in fall.
You can access the Availability Form by clicking on the Documents Tab above and then clicking on Availability Form. (You will be connected to the Harper website and will be asked to log in.)
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Friends,
Although the holidays are approaching, we can’t let up in our preparations for the lame-duck legislative session that begins right after New Year’s Day. All of our work to protect the modest pensions earned and relied on by teachers, police officers, nurses, caregivers, and other public employees and retirees will be in danger if politicians come back to Springfield in early January and jam through an unfair, unconstitutional pension-cutting bill.
That’s why the We Are One Illinois coalition has assembled a three-step plan:
1. Get Ready!
Our coalition will be leading two days of action, Jan. 3 and 4, at the State Capitol in Springfield. Please come and personally lobby your lawmakers to show your support for our fair pension funding plan. Click the link for more information.
2. Get Set!
As you may have seen in the news, just yesterday the coalition released two important studies. They detail the coalition’s stance against deep benefit cuts for workers and retirees and offer framework recommendations that address the pension funding crisis in a fair and constitutional way. You can read summaries and the full studies at WeAreOneIllinois.org.
We also created a new video that features several members carrying our message of fairness. View the video on our website or by clicking the image below:
As always, our general fact sheet on pensions is available here. With this background, you’ll be ready to lobby your legislators in Springfield. (It never hurts to call them in advance to arrange an appointment for the day you’ll visit the Capitol—if you don’t, there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to meet them face to face.)
3. Go!
For our Pension Preservation Days in Springfield on Jan. 3 and 4, those arriving in the morning can check in and pick up advocacy materials at a tent located on the east side of the Illinois Education Association headquarters building (100 East Edwards Street). Then you’ll be off to lobby, entering the Capitol building through the north or east doors. (Bring as few personal items as possible, since you’ll have to pass through security; state employees can speed the process by bring their state employee IDs.)
Around noon each day, we will rally in the State Capitol rotunda. If the building is filled to capacity, the State Police may order that no one else be admitted. An overflow crowd would send a strong message to lawmakers, so be sure dress warmly in case our rally spills outside.
Those arriving in the afternoon should also plan to lobby their lawmakers—by setting up either in-office appointments in advance or being “on the rail” outside legislative chambers.
It is possible that the coalition will ask supporters to return to Springfield between January 5 and January 8 if unfair pension legislation begins to move. Be prepared!
Thank you for your continued commitment to a fair, constitutional, and sustainable pension funding solution for Illinois.
Let’s make them hear our united voice!
We Are One Illinois
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All adjunct members are entitled to request $400 (and possibly more) in professional development funds each school year. Remember that reimbursement requests can be made in one submission or multiple submissions. If you haven’t applied to use your professional development money for books, electronic downloads, conferences, professional journals, professional memberships, professional travel, tuition and fees for workshops, seminars, and college credit courses, now is the time to do so.
If you have applied for funds before but would like to apply for more funds, please do so.
Submission for reimbursement for this semester must occur before February 10 and pre-approval before then.
The calendar for professional development is based on the school calendar. Therefore, the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters are considered one year.
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To benefit from the many new provisions in the 2012-2016 adjunct contract, it is crucial that members familiarize themselves with the many changes. This is true for all members: faculty, librarians, and counselors.
Some provisions that have major changes are Personal Paid Leave ,Sspecial Circumstance Leave, Personal Leave in the Summer, Jury Duty and Subpoena, Professional Development, and Class Assignment( priority in assignment for long-term employees).
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The latest edition of the Harper Adjunct Advocate is now available online and a hard copy will be in your mailbox next week. Of particular interest in this edition is an explanation of retroactive pay by HCAFA’s Membership Records Chair, Janice Cutler. It is very important that you verify that you are being paid at the correct rate and that you are receiving the correct retroactive pay.
Harper Adjunct Advocate – November 2012
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Our thanks go to everyone who voted against the proposed constitutional amendment that would have affected pensions! Please go to the IEA/NEA website for futher details.
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The Illinois Education Association recommends that all members vote NO on the upcoming constitutional amendment regarding pensions. Click on the link below for more details, or go to the IEANEA.org website for even more information.
Vote No on Constitutional Amendment
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