Student PSEA provides ample opportunities for students to
get involved and hold a leadership position. Students serve on the state
executive board, region executive boards, and at their local university. Each year at our SPSEA Conference and
Convention’s House of Delegates, students are elected to serve in these
positions. At the House, students are also nominated to apply for a position
serving as the student representative on one of the eight PSEA committees. As
the student representative you are representing all of the student members in
our state. It is an incredible networking opportunity and a chance for your
voice to be heard.
The committee with a student position available each year are:
Communications Committee
Leadership Development Committee
Minority Affairs Committee
Resolutions Committee
Intergroup Relations Committee
Legislative Committee
Professional Rights & Responsibilities Committee
and the Special Education Committee
Tiffany
Yeiser shared her experiences at the Communication Committee meeting. She was
able to hear about and share her input about what our members want to see in
The Voice and how to gain a larger audience of readers. She enjoyed hearing
about the activities happening in regions across the state.
“The experience was great and it was interesting
to see how the other committee members felt and the problems/ things they've
encountered versus how I as a student felt and things I did not even know about
yet.”
-Tiffany
Yeiser,
Communications
Committee, Student Representative
Gabrielle,
the Resolutions Committee student representative, had the opportunity to be a
part of the discussion on upcoming resolutions. The resolutions were on tax
relief, standardized tests, pupil personnel services, child abuse, statewide
health care, safeguarding the resolution's process, and student teacher
evaluation. She shared her voice on a new resolution concerning student
teaching.
“I was excited because I
came up with a resolution concerning student teaching, and it may be published
in the new book of resolutions for next year! It was a very busy and successful
meeting.”
-Gabrielle
Gombos
Resolutions
Committee, Student Representative
At
the Minority Affairs Committee meeting, Jennifer Searfoss was involved in
conversation regarding NEA Bylaw 3.1g “Counting Beyond the Numbers” which is
about “achieving ethnic minority delegate representation at the Representative
Assembly that equals to the proportion of identified ethnic minorities in each
state.” They also discussed and planned the Minority Leadership Training
Conference in Grantville this upcoming March.
“It was a very productive meeting and
everyone on the committee was very friendly, welcoming, and more than willing
to help me and answer any questions I had. I found it interesting to hear about
other people’s concerns and viewpoints on minorities and to learn about current
events occurring in Pennsylvania that I was unaware of.”
-Jennifer
Searfoss
Minority
Affairs Committee, Student Representative
Alex
Nietert represented the students on the Leadership Development Committee. They
discussed the Gettysburg Summer Leadership Conference that was held this past July.
They heard each of the Gettysburg schools report what went well and what could
use improvement. The also discussed demographics and survey results. Alex will
be a part of the LDC crew in the summer 2015; this committee is known as the
“red shirts” of Gettysburg – running around and ensuring that everything goes
smoothly! Gettysburg is the annual summer leadership conference where teachers
from all over PA gather for professional development and collaboration.
“This was a great and
enthusiastic group of people and I am really looking forward to spending a week
with them in Gettysburg! The Gettysburg Leadership Conference is July 19th to
the 24th , 2015.”
Alex
Nietert
Leadership
Development Committee, Student Representative
