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MEMBERSHIP RECRUITER TRAINING

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITER TRAINING. KEYS TO STRENGTHENING OEA/WEA. MY ROLE AS A RECRUITER. Continue to exemplify the profession. Develop relationships with my colleagues. Speak positively of the association’s effort. Be informed of issues that affect educators.

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MEMBERSHIP RECRUITER TRAINING

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  1. MEMBERSHIP RECRUITER TRAINING KEYS TO STRENGTHENING OEA/WEA

  2. MY ROLE AS A RECRUITER • Continue to exemplify the profession. • Develop relationships with my colleagues. • Speak positively of the association’s effort. • Be informed of issues that affect educators. • Discuss how together we can accomplish more than individually.

  3. MY ROLE (Continued) • Deliver information to the potential members. • Answer questions relating to the issues. • Direct them to leadership or staff for other answers. • Encourage them to join with us.

  4. KNOW YOUR PRODUCTWhat have you done for me lately? • NEA-The lobby team has worked hard to fix and fund NCLB. • NEA-The contributions of money and manpower helped to defeat private school vouchers. • UEA-Our public relation campaigns, political action, and lobbying have increased public funding and salaries. • UEA-Our dues pay for our UniServ office and staff. • UEA-We fight for better working conditions for educators.

  5. WEA/OEAWhat are we doing for our members? • Conflict resolution-Corrective Action • Contract protections-Leave policy • Negotiate salary and benefits-7%-10% • Professional development-Praxis-Retirement-Financial Security • Communications-Leg Updates-Link Newsletters-AR Meetings

  6. Why Should I Join? • People join for their own reasons, not for ours. • Why did you join? • What can we do by ourselves? • What can we achieve with others? • One on one conversations.

  7. Keep It Short • “How do you feel about this legislative bill?” • “What changes would you like to see in the district?” • “What would make your teaching easier and more effective?”

  8. What Do You Think? • What could WEA/OEA do to improve education in your district? • What could UEA do to improve education in our state? • What could NEA do to improve education in our country?

  9. PERFORMANCE PAY SIGNING BONUSES LEAVE POLICY EARLY RETIREMENT INSURANCE SALARY SCHEDULE WORKING CONDITIONS CLASS SIZES TRANSFER POLICY CURRICULUM SUPPLIES AND TEXTBOOKS TECHNOLOGY What Is Your Opinion?

  10. Reflective Listening • Why is that important to you? • What do you think is a better way to do that? • What is your opinion? • Where do we start? • Could you tell me more about that? • Could you give me an example of that?

  11. The New Employee • You are in your first year of employment. • All you know about UEA is what you saw during the Voucher campaign. • Some of the other new teachers were talking about joining at New Teacher Orientation. • One of the administration at the NTO inferred that it wasn’t necessary to join.

  12. The Overlooked Teacher • You have just started your third year. • You have never joined the association. • No one has ever asked you directly to join the association. • You have a perception that the association is run by just a few teachers. • You have time, you are single and you have worked on causes before.

  13. Drop Out Teacher • This teacher has taught in the district for 6 years. • They were a member before, but dropped. • The teacher never understood why you had to join UEA/NEA. • They dropped the year the dues went up 20.00.

  14. The Hold Out Teacher • Taught for 8 years in the district. • Never joined the association. • Considers themselves a good teacher. • Asks, “Why would I ever need the association?”. • The teacher has good ideas and leadership abilities.

  15. There is a bill in the legislature promoting performance pay for teachers based on test scores. • What do you know about this issue? • What do you want to know? • What can we do about this issue? • What did we learn?

  16. I am an Elementary teacher with very little prep time. What can I do about it? • What do you know about this? • What do you want to know? • What can we do to get this accomplished? • What did we learn?

  17. My Tool Kit • Membership roster. • 8 Reasons to Join • Flip chart-overcoming objections • The Truth about NEA • Utah Educators’ Rights • Legislative Priorities • March Link Newsletter • Membership forms

  18. CALENDAR • FEBRUARY-WORK ON RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKE CONTACTS • MARCH-DELIVER LINK NEWSLETTER WITH A PERSONAL CONTACT • MARCH-DELIVER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS (TO BE DELIVERED) • APRIL-DELIVER 8 REASONS WITH EARLY ENROLLMENT FORMS • APRIL-MAY FOLLOW-UP AND RETURN SIGNED FORMS TO UNISERV OFFICE

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