March-April 2016
These people represent YOU!
President:
Peter Henry
Vice President: Christina DeCarufel
Past President: Pat Robertson
Secretary/Treasurer:
Elisabeth Lavaris
Professional Development:
Jan Bowersox
Communications:
Karin Engstrom
SEA Uniserv Representative
Temple Robinson
Community Coordinator:
Dan Troccoli
Association Representatives
who attend the monthly SEA
meetings (2nd Monday of the
Month)
 Elizabeth Adams-Puyana
 Elizabeth Andrews
 Beth Evenson
 Roberta Lindeman
 Matthew Maley
 Rickie Malone
 Ida Ott
 David Posner
 Karen Ritter
 Falayha Rozaly
 Edith Ruby
 Justin Vinson
 Marianne White
 Linda Zbigley
seattlesubs@gmail.com
This is the Year of Elections
SEA-SSA elected delegates to the WEA Assembly in Spokane, April 7-9 are:
Jan Bowersox
Christina DeCarufel
Karin Engstrom
Peter Henry
Ida Ott
Pat Robertson
Dan Troccoli
SEA-SSA elected delegates to the NEA Assembly in Washington, D.C., July 2-7
Jan Bowersox
Karin Engstrom
Pat Robertson
Dan Troccoli
Peter Henry
SEA Elections for Officers and Board Members:
Nomination forms for SEA officers and Board members will be available during
the SEA Representative Assembly on Monday, March 14th. If you wish to run
for office or the Board, you can obtain a form through the SEA offices or the
Elections Committee: seaelectionscommittee@gmail.com.
 Officer positions are: President, Vice President & Treasurer
 Board members come from various groups: 3 for high schools, 2 for middle
schools, 7 for elementary, 1 for multi-grade (K-8), 1 for Central District. As
Departments of SEA, SSA representatives are our President & Vice President and one more; Parapro’s are President, Vice President and one elected
by their Board and SAEOP’s are President and Vice President.
Nomination forms must be turned in by the SEA-RA on April 18. A period of time
is given for campaigning and the election opens on April 22.
WEA Election for Board Membership from SEA.
The WEA election closed on March 9th and we should have the results by the
time we meet on March 23rd.
Christina DeCarufel is elected SSA Vice President.
During February’s meeting, members present nominated and voted for Christina DeCarufel to complete Dan Troccoli’s term as Vice President. She became
active in the past year and set up our Facebook page.
AR (Assembly Representative) Training for SSA (Seattle Substitute Association)
WEDNESDAY, EARLY RELEASE DAY—March 23rd at 2 PM—SEA CONFERENCE ROOM
Join us and strengthen your organization and communication skills. Build this experience into your resume. Become active
and learn about your association and the larger education community you work within. Make connections with your education
community. Know your contract and your rights. Your energy and commitment will make a difference.
I asked Temple for a job description and she replied with this list:
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Strong verbal and written communication skills
To represent and defend members
Able to create relationships with various people
and organizations
Critical thinker
Ability to learn contract provisions
Able to create and deliver a persuasive argument
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Have regular SEA building meetings
Recruit people to join SEA
Serve as a support for members
Attend SEA RA meetings
Serve as a liaison between members and the greater SEA
Flexible
Substitutes don’t get benefits—we make them happen! Being active in SSA is one of them!
Para and SAEOP Substitutes get pay raise after 59 days of substituting
Leann Russell sent out a notice on 2/19/2016, that the pay increase after working 60, 90 or 120 days would be reflected in the March
paychecks. Download the attached sheet for your records. This is the result of our negotiations during the summer. The district
agreed to increase the hourly rate 1.05% at 60 days, another 1.05% at 90, and another 1.05% at 120. The count would start at the beginning of the school year. This was to be an incentive in response to the substitute shortage. We hope this is true. From a list received in February, 77 Para’s worked over 60 days and approximately 23 SAEOP’s.
Check your pay stub and do the math. This is why we encourage everyone to copy their time sheets and keep records.
If you are not a member, this is a good reason to sign up and support your SSA efforts. Email & we’ll send a form.
Communications with our membership:
Seattle Substitute Association is on Facebook!
From Christina DeCarufel:
We are developing a Facebook group for the Seattle Substitute Association. The group is
closed for individual and group privacy.
 You can join by either searching for "Seattle Substitute Association" or by watching
your home email for an invite.
 We will post dates for meetings and trainings specifically for substitutes as well as documents such as
newsletters and the "Sub-Friendly Schools" nomination form.
 Please join so you can contribute by asking questions, making suggestions, or sharing information. https://www.facebook.com/groups/SeattleSubs/
SSA on MailChimp—a group email!
From Karin Engstrom
We have now over 900 home emails to send out bulletins. Our newsletter and post cards take 3-6 days for delivery through bulk mail, but the group email is swift. You’ve already experienced that with a postcard notice
that arrived on the date of our January meeting.
 We cannot send SSA newsletters through the district—so if you want to be informed, please send your personal email to: seattlesubs@gmail.com. We are still responding through the Gmail.
 SSA will be phasing out the paper mailings. Paul Hensley, our SEA Membership Coordinator, suggested that we send our paper newsletter out to only those who are not on our MailChimp home email list.
 The newsletter goes up on the SEA website and you will still receive announcements from the Substitute
Office before meetings with a link to RSVP.
Monthly Labor Management Meetings:
Our February meeting with the district was concerned with substitute shortage. Present from the district
were Clover Codd, Geoff Miller, Elaine Williams, Dana DeJarnett, and Leslyn Jones. Present from SSA were
Peter Henry, Jan Bowersox, Christina DeCarufel, Temple Robinson and Karin Engstrom.
 We presented some of our own data. Of the 1461 names of substitutes on the combined SEA-SPS lists,
966 are certificated, 372 are Para and 123 are SAEOP.
 An excel was created to find out the days worked for SAEOP and Para’s so that we could ensure they received their pay increases. Still working on the long list of Certs.
 An excel of district regions through zip codes of where substitutes lived to compare with unfilled substitute
jobs and a way to contact subs in an area.
 Dana DeJarnett sent the committee members a list of how many substitute jobs remained unfilled in each
school since the beginning of the year. This information is being analyzed by your SSA Board. Now the
sorting begins.
The good news is that HR is preparing for the AESOP sub assignment system for next year. For REAL!
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March 23, 2016—SSA AR Training & General Meeting
SEA Conference Room—5501 4th Ave. S
2:00 pm—AR Training
4:30 pm—Buffet
5:00 pm—General Meeting & Speaker
To RSVP for the Buffet & General Meeting go to:
http://goo.gl/forms/RR8Iv2aeQQ
Remember March26th is the Democratic Caucus Day.
Go to: http://www.wa-democrats.org to register and find out the location