If you have an interest in any of the committees, please contact SFEA for more information.
SFEA Committee |
Meeting Date/Time |
Location |
Committee Chair |
Grievance |
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Government Relations |
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Key Network |
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Nominations |
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Young Educator Support System |
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Social Justice |
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SFSD Committee |
Meeting Date/Time |
Location |
Committee Chair |
Graduate Credit Degree Advancement (Lane Change) |
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Calendar |
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Extra Duty Appeals |
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Professional Travel |
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Program Enhancement Project Proposal |
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Sick Leave Assistance Bank |
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SFEA Committees
- Grievance – Minimum of 5 – Meets as needed
- This committee is used to develop, and to process grievances brought forth by the association. This committee will also support the president in addressing district wide advocacy issues that may arise by providing input as needed on recommended procedures for resolving issues.
- Government Relations – Minimum of 5 members – Meets about once a month
- This committee is guides the political action of the association. Last year the committee facilitated the Legislative Ambassador program and help to organize and operate the legislative coffees in Sioux Falls. The committee is also responsible for communicating important legislative items to members and organizing action as needed for the legislative session.
- Key Network – Minimum of 5 members – 1 or 2 meetings as needed
- This committee meets yearly to interview any candidates for the school board and makes the recommendation for endorsement that SFEA upholds. It is expected that the chair of this committee will also sit as a member of the Government Relations committee.
- Nominations Committee – Minimum of 2 – Will meet at least 2 times this coming year – may be virtual meetings
- This committee is responsible for bringing forward no more than 2 nominees for our elected positions – Exec Committee and President. In the event there are more than two people who wish to be nominated for a position, after submitting their names to the nominations committee, the committee will then meet with exec members whose positions are not up for election to offer the two names they wish to submit. This is per our by-laws. The by-laws do also allow for nominations to come from the floor at our Annual meeting.
- Young Educator Support System (YESS) – No set number – Meets once a month
- This committee designs and implements events, activities, workshops, and/or social events specifically to provide support for our early career educators. Members need to help identify what new teachers need and work to meet those needs.
- Social Justice Committee – No set number – Meet about once a month
- This committee is designed to identify and address issues of equity and access for minorities within education, our district, and our community. They provides ideas and plans for how our association can better support and educate our members and community in the process of improving social justice for all.
District Committees
- Graduate Credit Degree Advancement (Lane Change) – 3 members from SFEA – Meets as needed – about once a month
- Reviews requests for credit approval for teachers in the district.
- Calendar – 3 from SFEA plus the President – Meets in the spring about 3 – 4 times
- Meets with personnel from across the district, as well as Board members and parents, to continue to set the district’s calendar yearly.
- Extra Duty Appeals – 3 from SFEA – as needed
- Meets to review appeals to extra duty concerns such as payment.
- Professional Travel – 3 from SFEA – about once a month
- Determines, from applicants, which educators will attend conferences, etc, and disperses the money for those attendees.
- Program Enhancement Project Proposal Committee – 3 from SFEA – Meets once, about January – The one meeting will go from about 4:00pm to 9:00pm
- Meets once yearly to determine which applicants will receive Enhancement grants and for what amount of money.
- Sick Leave Assistance Bank – 3 from SFEA – meets as needed, sometimes monthly
- Meets as need arises to give permission to those seeking to use the Sick Bank.