Wyoming Education Association

Fall 2014

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BACK TO SCHOOL 2014 | WEAnews 28 Announcements OCTOBER 2014 2014 10 - 13 W EBT CAPP Training - Bos ton 12 - 18 Commi ttee/Commission Vir tual Week 24 Program Budget Commi ttee Meeting Casper 24 - 25 W EA Board of Directors Meeting Casper Take A New Look At Old Ways - continued from p. 7 7 - 9 W EBT Fall Retrea t - Vee Bar Ranch 11 Veteran's Day - O ffices Closed 14 - 17 NCSEA Fall Conference 17 - 21 American Educa tion Week 18 Educa tion Suppor t Professionals Day 26 - 30 Thanksgiving Break - O ffices Closed NOV EMBER 2014 24 - Jan. 1 Winter Break - O ffices Closed View Complete calendar wyoea.org DECEMBER 2014 Arch Coal Foundation Kicks Off 15th Year of Teacher Awards The Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Awards Program provides 10 recipients with a $3,500 personal cash award as well as widespread recognition. It is the fifteenth year for the program, the longest running, privately sponsored teacher recognition program in the state. Program nominations can be made online at: archteacherawards.com NOMINATION DEADLINE: Jan. 5, 2015 with students. The same kinds of friendly and casual conversations that once took place in the classroom or around in the community can come across very differently when they are done on cell phones, social media, or text messaging. It can lead to misunderstandings or the perception by employers or parents of impropriety. It can also sometimes lead to employees losing track of the appropriate boundaries of what should be discussed with students and the very serious consequences that follow. Now is the time for employees to examine how their customary approach to connecting with students is being handled with these new technologies. For example, it was once more common for students to have a way to contact a teacher personally outside of school (such as when help was needed). Today, however, under most circumstances it is strongly recommended that students not have employees' personal email addresses, cell phone numbers, or other private contact information. If there is an unusual circumstance where such methods of communication are necessary, then the best course of action is to let a supervisor know of the plan for/content of such communications so that everything is done in the open. Employees should check to see if employers have policies regarding communications with students (many have adopted them in recent years). Just because an employee has been using a method of communication successfully (and without complaint) in the past does not mean that it is advisable to use it in the future. From our experience with employees who have been unfairly accused of having improper communications, the best advice we can give is to keep making those important positive connections, but make sure that all of the communications (especially electronic communications) are done in a method, with timing, and in a manner that keeps the communication on an open and professional level which does not create even the appearance of impropriety.

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