Happy Turkey Day

What are you thankful for?  I have a lot to be thankful for: a great, loving wife, three wonderful kids (with great daughter and son in laws) and nine great grandkids and two loving parents. (oh and a great job working with you all)

Email me at rick@ogdenweber.org with what you are thankful for to enter the blog contest.

UEA Brief on Collective Bargaining

http://www.myuea.org/politics_legislation/uea_under_the_dome/2012_issue_collective_bargaining.aspx

Go to this link to read UEA's position on collective bargaining.  Happy Thanksgiving.

To enter the BLOG CONTEST email rick@ogdenweber.org and respond to the brief.

Rick

SL Trib Article on teacher evaluation

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/52940331-68/states-teacher-teachers-student.html.csp

Read this article on teacher evaluation and respond to rick@ogdenweber.org to enter the BLOG Contest

Thanks Have a nice weekend. Rick

Interim Legislative Committee

http://www.myuea.org/politics_legislation/uea_under_the_dome.aspx

Read the UEA's report of the interim meeting at the site listed above.
For the Deseret News Article on Senator Osmond's report to the interim committee go to this address.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705394462/Utah-senator-says-teacher-morale-is-low-and-lawmakers-need-to-address-teacher-perceptions.html

You can enter the blog contest by responding to rick@ogdenweber.org

Thanks Rick

Senator Osmonds response to teacher meetings

http://utahpubliceducation.org/2011/11/14/lessons-learned-and-next-steps/

Click on the above site to read Senator Aaron Osmond's response to the teacher meetings he has held.

To enter the blog contest email me: rick@ogdenweber.org with your response.

Rick

Interesting editorial on Mitt Romney

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700197936/Could-Mitt-Romneys-niceness-be-a-liability-in-a-season-of-nastiness.html

Interesting Kathleen Parker column on Mitt Romney

To enter the BLOG CONTEST email your opinion of the column to rick@ogdenweber.org

Rick

Blog Contest Winners for November

November winners of $10 gift cards to Applebees and Itunes are:
WEA- Heidi Peaslee- Lakeview Elem. Allison Pfister-Lakeview -Shannon Hansen - Fremont High
Melanie Malan - Weber High

OEA- Nancy Shaw - Lincoln Elem. Amy Shirts - Heritage Elem.

Congrats.

We will continue the Blog Contest for December.

Rick