Websites to Know and Keep

www.okea.org

www.okea.org/oea-student-program

www.okea.org/oea-student-program/soea-blog-build-your-world

www.okea.org/oea-student-program/soea-executive-board

www.okea.org/oea-student-program/soea-newsletter

www.okea.org/teaching-learning

SOEA Fall Conference

http://okea.org/oea-student-program/soea-fall-conference

EDUCATION Majors-SOEA Meeting

Learn about SOEA and your personality!

"True Colors"

By popular demand-two presentations-

Join us on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 9:30-10:45a.m. or Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 2:00 to 3:15 p.m.

It will be held in CETES (west of Nance Boyer/NB). There will be drawnings and refreshments! All are welcome!

For more information please contact Lorinda Rogers : Phone: (580) 581-2581 Office: Nance-Boyer #1046 Email:lorindar@cameron.edu

2010-2011

HELLO!

I hope everyone is having a great summer and is ready for the new school year to start on August 18, 2010. The new officers have been busy planning the new year along with a new shirt. Keep checking back for updates!

A Note from the OEA office:

Exciting news!!!!

On August 17, from 7am until 9 am…for two hectic hours, the new Half-Priced Books Store at the I 240 Service Road (1449 West I 240 Service Road-Penn Avenue, OKC) will be giving a case of books to each teacher who comes in that morning!!!

There are over 800 cases to give away, so there should be plenty, but it will be for those two hours only.

Please pass this around to your student members.

This was made possible by the partnership that OEA has with Feed the Children and Half-Priced Books.

All you have to do is show your OEA/SOEA membership card to receive the books.

Jennifer Smith

SOEA - Student UniServ Organizing Specialist

jsmith@okea.org

fax: 405-524-0350

telephone: 405-523-4350 or 800-522-8091

Great Public Schools Are A Basic Right For Every Child

2009-2010 Coming to an End

http://www.cameron.edu/education/organizations

New Officers will be announced May 5, 2010.

Please go by Mrs. Rogers' officer to fill out a survey over 2009-2010 so the new officers may use it to help with planning for 2010-2011!

April Update

Calling all Education Majors: SOEA is looking for Officers for the 2010-2011 school year! Officer Nomination Forms in Mrs. Rogers' office! Officer elections will be held April 29.

First Year Teacher Panel April 29 at 4:30pm in NB 1069!

Hello Everyone!

The 2010-2011 SOEA State Officer Elections are currently underway. This year all elections will be held online. Each SOEA member should vote for every SOEA state office. Below you will find the 2010-2011 candidates and the voting procedure. If you have any problems or questions regarding the electronic elections feel free to contact Jennifer Smith at 405-523-4316 or jsmith@okea.org.

Thanks!

Jennifer

Voting Procedure:

Ballots can be cast from 8:00 a.m. April 12 until 5:00 p.m. April 18, 2010.

Go to www.okea.org and click on the SOEA State Officers VOTE link at the top of the page.

Once you are in the election area you will need to use your first initial along with your last name as your user name and the last four digits of your social security number as your password.

Chose your 2010-2011 officers and submit.

February update

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Coming Soon!!
SOEA State Convention in OKC
Friday & Saturday, March 5 & 6
Lots of Fun!!!
Friday – Outreach to Teach – community service project at West Oak Park Elementary School-a great experience (bus transportation provided from hotel)
Saturday – sessions including parent/teacher communication, classroom management, OK Teacher of the Year, etc. - held at UCO Education Building, Edmond

Meals included for SOEA members

Lodging, Thurs & Fri – Fairfield Inn & Suites Edmond
Paid lodging available for early birds!

Lodging deadline – February 16
Convention registration deadline – February 26
Carpools being arranged
See Lorinda Rogers, NB 1046, to register
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Want to help?

Who: SOEA/KDP is hosting a community service project.
February 18-19 from 4-7 pm, tracing and preparing to paint.
February 20 from 9am-till finished, painting murals.

What : Painting murals on the gym walls at Swinney Elementary in Lawton

Needed: VOLUNTEERS

Sign up with Mrs. Lorinda Rogers ,NB 1046
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Attention: CEC/SOEA/KDP : Book and Bake Sale February 24-25, 9am-1pm in NB South Lobby. We need people to come by the table and to sign up to help with the table. If you would like to sign up to help, go see Mrs. Rogers, NB 1046.
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SOEA/KDP present: David Williams (OEA): Legal Issues

When:	Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:30 PM-1:45 PM.
Location:	NB 1068

January Update

SOEA/KDP UPDATE

On January 14, 2010, SOEA/KDP had the first meeting for the Spring 2010 school year. The meeting was over stress management. Our guest speaker was Bonnie Hammock from the OEA office in OKC. The meeting provided a free lunch, great door prizes, Intro to Teaching class information about SOEA, and a free lunch.

We had around 65 people in attendance with 3 joining SOEA and a few others taking forms home for later! The meeting allowed students to learn different ways to realize their own stress and learn that their future classroom will have stress in it as well. Through the meeting the students were able to learn that what they did to realize their stress, they can modify it for their future classroom! Plus they were able to learn that the atmosphere can be changed just by having stress in the air or a stress free environment. The students can focus and learn better in a stress free environment.

The activity that Bonnie did with the group is the following steps:

1. placed candy on the tables
2. soft music playing in the background
3. lights on soft
4. candles on candle warmers
5. doing a breathing (with eyes closed) exercise for about 2 minutes
6. students list their own stressors
7. student A tells student B what their stressors are without any interruption
8. repeat step 6 for student B.
9. As a teacher need to know the symptoms of stress (physical, mental, and emotional) so that something can be down when it is needed. students knowing this information is a good thing as well.
10. then yourself and students list what they do to relieve stress, when the last time it was done, then make a deal to do one of these things the next time feel stress coming.
11. something that can be done is have the students rub a partner's shoulders with thumb in a circle for a minute or 2, or have students rub their own jaw and ears for a minute or two.

Dates to put in your calendar:

Jan 19, 2010 OGET/OSAT/OPTE Test Prep NB1068 4-6pm

February 10, 2010 (had to be scheduled since was not able to cover important dates at the Jan meeting) 3:30pm-5pm, NB1067, will talk about the community service and Outreach to Teach, guest speaker Dr. Smith

February 18-19,2010 Community Service-Swinney, 4-7pm both days

February 20,2010, 9am-? the continue of community service

Book and Bake Sale NB Lobby Feb 24-25, CEC/SOEA/KDP 9am-12:45pm

March 5-6,2010- State SOEA: Outreach to Teach and Spring Convention: http://www.okea.org/student/convention.html

March 10,2010: Legal Issues in Education:David Williams from OEA. NB1068 room at 12:30-1:45pm, KDP providing lunch!

April 12, 2010: KDP new member meeting, 4pm, CETES

April 29,2010: First Year Teacher Panel, NB1069, 4:30-6pm

May TBA: Student Teachers, SOEA/KDP provide food and introduce new officers

Any questions just email: soea_cameron@hotmail.com or lorindar@cameron.edu

You can find us on myspace and facebook.

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6^thAnnual Outreach to Teach

March 5, 2010 9:00am - 5:00pm (Meet at Fairfield Inn & Suites, Edmond, OK at 8:30 a.m.) West Oak Park Elementary School

This event is part of the 2010 Student Oklahoma Education Association State Convention. Please join us as we work with the students and faculty at West Oak Park Elementary School. SOEA members will work inside and outside to beautify the school. Wear comfortable clothes. Bring lawn tools (rakes, hoes, shovels, gardening tools, etc.) and gloves! (You will receive a special SOEA Outreach to Teach T-shirt to wear!)

We need YOU to make this project successful!

*****For a form contact jsmith@okea.org or go by Mrs. Lorinda Rogers office before Feb 17, 2010!!****