Volume 7 Issue 3
February 2003

The following are links to select articles from past Student Educators. Student membership provides the benefit of a FULL in-print version of the most current publications.

Check out this new feature:
The Wisconsin Public School District Search

Over 300 Student WEA members will graduate this spring and begin their professional lives as educators.  Searching for a teaching job is time-consuming and confusing.  Some of you may be wondering, “What types of issues should be of concern to me as a new member?  What are things that I should be looking for in the schools that I apply to that will help me become a successful educator?”  Student WEA can help you with some of these concerns and questions.

Student WEA has a new feature on the state website!  The Career Transitions State Committee worked hard to develop and compile a new member issue survey for local presidents so that we could provide members with information about various public school districts in the state of Wisconsin. 

From the main page of the site, Student WEA members can now access information using different search fields.  This site allows you to search by district on issues ranging from salary, probationary period, and mentor opportunities to find the school that best fits your needs.  Not all of the local associations have responded yet,  but we do have a link to school districts’ websites as well as general salary information. 

The Career Transitions Committee is looking for both new ideas to work on next year, and new committee members.  Get involved!

To try out the District Search, visit the Student WEA Website at http://www.student-wea.org/weastudent/surveys/district.cfm

High School Student Leadership Conference

By David Price, UW-Milwaukee

The StWEA chapter at UW-Milwaukee is spearheading a coalition that consists of sixteen UWM student organizations, two community nonprofit groups, and four StWEA Chapters in the South Region to present the first annual Student Leadership Conference (SLC) on February 25, 2003, on the UWM campus. 200 Milwaukee area high students will attend the SLC, which focuses on basic leadership and organizational skills through several professional development workshops and social interaction. There will also be campus tours and presentations from the Financial Aid Office and other student preparation offices. StWEA members at UWM will be assisting in the logistics and setup of the program throughout the day.  What makes SLC different from the rest is that the college student organizations, not the UWM faculty,  will be presenting the workshops to the high school students.

StWEA at UWM stands apart from other student organizations because of our vast resources and contacts through the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association and the National Education Association, both major sponsors of SLC. The event is intended to be a great recruitment opportunity for the campus, the School of Education, and our StWEA Chapter. Among the students on campus, this will further our efforts as we seek a more diverse membership. As a South Region campus, we hope that SLC will be only the first in many collaborative efforts to make StWEA a presence on every campus in the state!!

Collect a Mountain of Books-Book Drive
By Maria Krechel, Cardinal Stritch University

From November 11^th -18^th, Cardinal Stritch University’s Student WEA Chapter teamed up with Stritch’s Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi to conduct a book drive for the Seeds of Health schools in Milwaukee. The two education organizations were informed by a Stritch graduate (employed at Windlake Elementary) that there was a need for books to fill the library’s shelves. The two organizations worked together to organize and run a book drive. Maria Krechel (Stritch’s Student WEA and Kappa Delta Pi President) and Julie Pikulik (Student WEA Student Government Association Representative) led the book drive as the annual charity project.

On November 27,  volunteers from both organizations went to Windlake Elementary School to deliver the books and participate in a Celebration of Literacy. During the Celebration of Literacy, Stritch students read the donated books to approximately one hundred students in grades one and two.  Since many of the students do not own books, we provided each student with a blank paper book, so that they could create their own book.

Cardinal Stritch’s Student WEA and Kappa Delta Pi raised enough books to fill eighteen boxes and approximately $140 in donations. Stritch’s chapter of Student WEA and Kappa Delta Pi were able to bring the extended community together for a common cause – to provide children with the literary tools for learning.