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LSSA Leadership

President: Valerie Hobbs                               Email: hobbsva@gmail.com
Vice President:  Pamela Elliott                    Email: pamelaelliottlakotalssavp@gmail.com
Treasurer: Holly Vonderhaar                        Email: hollyvonderhaar@gmail.com
Secretary: Stephanie Patterson                     Email:  
Membership Chair: Karen Gantzer           Email: Gantzmaz@gmail.com

We as your LSSA leadership thank each and everyone of our members for their commitment to the LSSA. We appreciate your continued support for Lakota's staff and students! Please feel free to reach out to Valerie or Pamela with any contract concerns. We are always working to respond to members questions and concerns within 24 hours. Please reach out to Holly with any Scholarship questions. Karen is your go to for membership questions and concerns.

Important LSSA Dates at a Glance

2023-2024 LSSA Members Dates to Know

The Dates will include LSSA Members meetings and Scholarship Due dates!

2023-2024  Academic Calendar 

FEBRUARY 16, 2024- COMP DAY NO STUDENTS-Non workday for 184 calendar employees only.  All other LSSA (227 & 260) report.

FEBRUARY 19, 2024- PRESIDENTS DAY NO SCHOOL-Non workday for all LSSA employees.

MARCH 8, 2024- PD DAY/NO STUDENTS- Non workday for 184 calendar employees only.  All other LSSA (227 & 260) report.

MARCH 19, 2024- ELECTION DAY NO SCHOOL-Required workday for all LSSA.

MARCH 25-31 SPRING BREAK-Non workdays for 184 & 227 calendar employees.  All 260 calendar employees report. 

APRIL 8, 2024-ECLIPSE DAY- NO SCHOOL-Non workday for 184 & 227 calendar employees.  All 260 calendar employees report. 

MAY 7, 2024- TEACHER PD/NO STUDENTS- Non workday for 184 calendar employees only.  All other LSSA (227 & 260) report.

MAY 23, 2024- EARLY RELEASE FOR STUDENTS

MAY 24, 2024-Teacher PD- Non workday for 184 calendar employees only.  All other LSSA (227 & 260) report.  CN Managers, CN Cooks, & RN may opt-in for this day. 

 

 

 

 

Mark Your Calendar!!!

February- No LSSA Members Meeting

March 13, 2024-LSSA All Members & Representative Meeting at Lakota West High School in the Hub 5:00pm-6:00pm

April- No LSSA Members Meeting

May- LSSA Election & All LSSA Members Meeting at Lakota West High School in the Hub 5:00pm-6:00pm    Date is yet to be determined- will update once we have a date scheduled!

2024 LSSA Candidacy

Candidacy Statement

If you are interested in becoming our next LSSA President or Membership Chair, please click here for a Candidacy form. Please submit forms to Holly.Vonderhaar@lakotaonline.com no later than April 14, 2024.

LSSA Members Meeting Need to Knows

We highly encourage all members and building representatives to join us for all LSSA meetings.  This is a great time to take to your LSSA Leadership team about any concerns you may have.

All building representatives in attendance will receive a $25 gift card upon arrival. Please sign in with Holly upon arrival to meetings.

All members will be placed into a drawing to receive a $25 gift card at the end of the meeting, again please sign in upon arrival to be entered into drawing.

Meetings typically last an hour!

LSSA Negotiations Communications (Coming Soon)

Please use this link to submit your contact information to the LSSA leadership.

The LSSA leadership team is working on a better way of communicating with members when it comes time for negotiations correspondences. We will be using a forum that will only send information to your personal email addresses. Emails that you have already provided us with will be entered into this forum soon.

Thank you for your patience as we navigate through this new forum of negotiations communications!

LSSA Building Representative Opportunities

Are you interested in becoming an LSSA Leader of your building??? We have several of buildings that currently do not have an LSSA representative. Here is your opportunity to step up and help guide your members. Buildings that need a Representative are Liberty Jr, Union and Wyandot. If you are interested in becoming your building rep please feel free to reach out to Pamela at pamela.elliott@lakotaonline.com

We will walk you through the expectations of a building rep. We will be with you every step of the way.

Building Rep Letter

 

Reasons to Join

Lakota School Support Association

Together as One WE are stronger

 

Information from the OEA President

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Do’s and Don’ts for Educators From The OEA Website

Whether you’re just considering becoming involved with social media or you’ve already established an identity on one or multiple sites, you need to use these channels wisely. OEA has developed the following guidelines on using social media to help protect yourself both personally and professionally.

  1. DO: Know the privacy settings of every channel you use and keep abreast of any changes to them (see Additional Resources). You have to decide for yourself what level of privacy is right for you, however OEA recommends sharing only with people you know personally. For instance, on Twitter we recommend blocking your tweets so only individuals you approve can see them. Taking just a few minutes to establish strict online settings will go a long way toward keeping what you post restricted. Additionally, try to be “anonymous” whenever possible. Don’t include information that could put your identity at risk.
  2. DO: Understand that there’s no such thing as a truly “private” post. Once you publish something through social media, you lose a degree of control over your message. Even if you set your privacy settings appropriately, to be shared only with people you know, your posts can still be captured via screenshot, printed, or copied and pasted into an email and shared beyond your intended audience.
  3. DO: Understand the limits of your First Amendment rights. Free speech rights are fairly limited for educators: their speech is protected only if they speak out as citizens on “matters of public concern” and their speech doesn’t disrupt the school. So matters of personal concern, e.g. social activities, partying, personal gripes, etc., are not protected. Tenured teachers have far greater job security than probationary teachers — they can’t be fired except for “just cause” — but it’s not the First Amendment that protects them.
  4. DO: Learn The Licensure Code of Professional Conduct for Ohio Educators.
  5. DO: Find out if your school or district has an Acceptable Use Policy for the Internet and/or social media. Make sure everything you do online is in keeping with these and other pertinent policies, as well as state and federal laws and regulations. You will be held responsible for what you post both by your school and legal entities. If your school doesn’t have an official policy, take this opportunity to help develop one.
  6. DO: Keep work and play separate. Regardless of your school or district’s policy, never use school property for personal communications. Do not log onto your email on the school’s computer. Do not bring your laptop to school and access the school’s network. Never access your personal email or send texts on your mobile device using the school’s Wi-Fi. Also keep a clear distinction between your personal and professional identities online. Don’t friend students, parents, and people you only know professionally, or otherwise connect with them through your personal account. If you want to use social media professionally, create a separate account for this and maintain appropriate boundaries and language at all times. Alternatively, you could use a social network specifically designed for connecting professionally.
  7. DO: Monitor your own internet presence, so you’re aware of content posted by others about you or content posted by an imposter posing as you. Create a Google alert to notify you when anything about you has been posted. Monitor comments that are posted to your page and your friends’ photographs. Delete inappropriate language or content. If someone “tags” you in an inappropriate photograph, remove the tag and ask the friend to take the photo down.
  8. DO: Contact OEA if you have any questions. If you’re about to publish something that makes you even the slightest bit uncomfortable, feel free to discuss it with your Labor Relations Consultant.
  9. DON’T post profanity, obscenity or anything that depicts you in an unfavorable light, including, but certainly not limited to, any images with you drinking, using drugs, in questionable settings, with disreputable companions, in inappropriate attire, or engaging in illegal activities.
  10. DON’T vent online. Under no circumstances should you ever tell stories about work that include personally identifiable details, such as full names, job titles, addresses, phone numbers, pay, or other information protected by state and federal privacy laws. Even eliminating any specific information about your situation and/or presenting it as a hypothetical puts you at risk.
  11. DON’T post anything related to a student, no matter how harmless you think it is. Never counsel a student online.
  12. DON’T accept an online relationship with anyone who you do not know offline. This is true for everyone, not just educators. Don’t assume Facebook friends of your friends are safe.
  13. DON’T join groups that may be considered unprofessional or inappropriate, and leave any such group of which you are already a member.

Additional Resources

Facebook Privacy Settings and Tools: https://www.facebook.com/about/basics
Twitter Support: https://support.twitter.com
YouTube Help Center: https://support.google.com/youtube
Pinterest Help Center: https://help.pinterest.com
Help for Flickr: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/flickr
How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School: http://bit.ly/Lx3bJV
Online Database of Social Media Policies: http://bit.ly/KPYOJA
Download these guidelines.

Here is a link to this information on the OEA website.

OEA New Education Support Professional (ESP) Guide.

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