Arts Education Fundraiser Cabaret

Help our fourth year Arts Education students raise money for their P.L.A.C.E. trip next semester by attending their Cabaret:

• December 4th
• $10 per ticket
• Ticket includes entry fee and one free shot
• Tickets are available from any fourth year Arts Ed student

See their Facebook event or email howell4r@uregina.ca for more information.

Candy Canes & Food Bank

This holiday season, the ESS will be selling candy canes for your enjoyment!

• Mon, Nov 30: 12:00-2:00pm
• Tues, Dec 1: 11:30 - 2:15pm
• Wed, Dec 2: 11:30 - 2:30pm
• Thurs, Dec 3: 11:30 - 2:15pm
  
• Booth set up outside the Education Lounge
• 50 cents ($0.50) each
• Comes with optional tag [To: ___ From: ___] and ribbon if you would like to give a gift of a candy cane to a friend!

We will also be collecting non-perishable food items for the Food Bank. The bin to drop off your donations will be next to the candy cane booth all week. Seasons Greetings!

"Gangs in Schools" PD Event

The ESS will be hosting our next Professional Development Event on "Gangs in Schools". Here are the details:

• Thursday, Dec 3 at 7:00pm
• KHS 185
• Constable Chad Bourassa from the Regina City Police will be presenting
• Open question period after the session
• A piece of education clothing will be handed out as a doorprize
• Attendees will receive a certificate to add to their portfolio

Hope to see you there!

Upcoming PD Event Ideas for next semester: Treaty kits, CPR, SmartBoard, Coping with Stress and Burnout, Classroom Management, and Portfolio-Building. If you have an idea, comment on this post or email ureginaess@gmail.com!

"Connecting with Students" PD Event

Hello everyone. It is almost time for our first BESS professional development event of the year. As always, you'll get a certificate to add to your portfolio. It will be a great event and we hope to see you there:

• Thursday, Nov 26 @ 7:00pm
• ED 312
• $2.00 / free for BESS members
• Connecting with Students - A Certified RAP Trainer - Regina High School Counsellor

hosted by the Business Education Student Society

Upcoming CPR Training

We've received many emails asking when the next CPR Training Event will be hosted, since we had to cancel our October one due to lack of interest. We have booked J & T Consulting for a training event on January 16 and 17, 2010. We will be asking for sign-ups a little closer to the event, so stay tuned!

PD Events

Hello again! The ESS is planning several more PD Events for the year including SmartBoard, Treaties, and CPR sessions. However, we are looking for more ideas and wanted to ask what kind of seminars YOU want to attend. If you have an idea, email ureginaess@gmail.com or comment on this blog post. Thanks!

Clothing Orders have arrived!

Hello lovely education students! If you ordered clothing in September, your orders are in! You should receive an email by one of the ESS Executive members (Randee, Mariah, Andrea, Robin, Brianne or Hope) tonight or tomorrow. You will have a pick-up time specific to your ESS member. If you do NOT receive an email, email us at ureginaess@gmail.com, it's possible we could not read your writing or there was a typo.

Thanks and enjoy the clothing, they turned out great!

Mongolie Grill Night

As our first major fundraiser for the year, the ESS is putting on a Mongolie Grill Night! Here are the details:

• Thursday, November 12th
• Between 4pm-9pm
• $20.00 per ticket
• Stir fry, soup, rice, wraps and drinks included (Coors Lite, pop or coffee)

See any of the ESS members for tickets, email howell4r@uregina.ca, or visit the table we will have set-up in the Riddel Centre on Thursday, November 5 from 8am-4pm!

PD Event Certificates

If you attended the PD Event "Healthy Active Kids and Literacy", your certificates will ready for pick-up on Friday, October 30. Just visit the Education Lounge, and they are on the desk to your immediate right. Thanks for attending and look for the next PD Event which will be announced very soon!

Next PD Event: CPR Training

As you may have guessed from the poll on the sidebar, our next PD Event is going to be a CPR Training Event. Here are the details:

• October 17 and 18
• You pay $90, we pay the other $40 (total = $130)
• $120 for non-education students, we pay $5.00

Email perkinsm@uregina.ca to sign up or for any other questions!

EDIT: There were not enough sign-ups so this event will be post-poned until November. Stay tuned!

Next Meeting

Head's up to all of our current ESS! Our next MANDATORY meeting is October 14 at 5:00pm in the Education Lounge. You MUST be there unless you have a very valid excuse (email patton2r@uregina.ca if you will be missing).

Also, this is the LAST meeting welcome to new members - we will be finalizing positions and assigning tasks. If you have any questions, please email ureginaess@gmail.com.

We will have a finalized list of this year's ESS by October 15. Thanks and hope to see you there!

A Review: "Healthy, Active Kids and Literacy" PD Event

The ESS was pleasantly surprised to see over thirty people attend last night's PD Event, "Healthy, Active Kids and Literacy"! After a few technical difficulties, our clinician June LeDrew began her amazing presentation of the importantance of today's children living active lives. Did you know?

• 27% of kids's waking hours are spent in front of a screen?



• Kids as young as eight are being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes?



• Today's children are expected to live shorter lives that their parents?

Thanks June, for the eye-opening presentation, the free resources and signings. For more information, go to the following sites or look for these resources:

http://www.activemindsactivebodies.ca/

http://www.activemindsactivebodies.wikispaces.com/


Children on the Move (picture book)


Girls on the Move (picture book)


Dance on the Move (picture book)


65 Energy Blasts (DVD)

If you attended and have any comments or advice for us, please comment on this blog post or email ureginaess@gmail.com!!

Free PD Event - "Healthy, Active Kids and Literacy"

Just a reminder about the free Professional Development Event tomorrow night: Wed, Septempter 30 at 7pm in CL431. The topic is "Healthy, @ctive Kids and Literacy". It's free, goes for about an hour, and you get a certificate of attendance that you can add to your teaching portfolio :) Hope to see some of you there!

Clothing Sale!

There will be an ESS Representative sitting at a table outside the ESS Lounge selling Faculty of Education clothing the week of September 21-25 between 8am-4pm. Please remember to bring a cheque or exact change as we will not have a float. Here is some information on what you can order!

• T-Shirts
• Long Sleeve Shirts
• Sweatpants
• Hoodies
• Tote bags

All items were ordered through Squareflo, navy coloured, and will include the brand-new ESS logo as well. We hope to see everyone wearing some faculty pride this year!

ESS on Facebook

Want to follow up on the ESS via Facebook? Just join our newly formed open group! This group makes it easy for you to contact specific members of the ESS for information, comments and suggestions. Hope to see you there!

Updated ESS Executive and Council

Here is your current ESS Executive and Council as of our general meeting on September 16, 2009. If you are interested in learning about a position and/or volunteering for a position, please email ureginaess@gmail.com.







President: Randee Patton

VP of Academic & Professional Affairs: Mariah Perkins

VP Financial: Andrea Rogers

VP of Social Affairs: Brianne Pister

VP of Communications: Robin Howell

Secretary: Hope Rudiak



Social Directors: Bradie Mann, Hayley Schnell

STF Reps: Miriah Perkins, Alysa Marchand, Jillian Lundquist

Elementary Rep: Candy Lam

Middle Years Rep: Heidi Warren

Secondary Rep: Brittany Thies

Arts Ed Rep: Brianne Pister, Alysa Marchand

SUNTEP Rep: Jolie Brewer

HOPE Rep: Kara Khole

ECE Rep: Brittany Ward, Bekki Burton Trytten

B.E.S.S. Rep: Kayla Hanson

ED Lounge Director: Lynda-Rae Miller



Positions still needed:

- General Representatives (assist their respective VPs)

- Bac Program Rep

New Constitution

For anyone who is interested in joining the ESS, or just wants to know more about the purpose of the ESS, here is a PDF of our new constitution. It includes job descriptions, the purpose of ESS, meeting requirements, budget and finance requirements, election information and more. Questions? Email ureginaess@gmail.com.

Constitution PDF

Movie/Pizza Day

Don't forget that this Thursday and Friday are Movie and Pizza days for the Education Faculty. Come into the ESS Lounge anytime during the day to watch some cool movies, and stop in at lunch for FREE pizza! Hope to see you there :)

Volunteers Needed!

Want to help out your ESS with some simple volunteer work? Check out these opportunities for fun and help! Contact ureginaess@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out!

Faculty Pride Night - September 9 at 7:00pm

-Andrea Rogers

-Brianne Pister

-Brittany Thiess

-Kara Kohle

-Randee Patton

-Bradie Mann

-Four more volunteers needed!

Games on the Green - September 11 at noon

-Andrea Rogers

-Brianne Pister

-Robin Howell

-Three more volunteers needed!

Next Meeting - Everyone is welcome!

Our next meeting is on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 at 7:30AM in the ESS Lounge.

Yes, early in the morning, but it's the only time that worked for most of our council. Our lovely prez has asked everyone to email her their schedules so that future meetings do not have to be so early in the morning.

We encourage anyone who is interested in joining the ESS, or who just want to learn more about their student society, to attend this meeting.

Questions? Email ureginaess@gmail.com.

Update - Current ESS Positions and Openings

Our first meeting was Monday, September 7 at 7:00pm in the ESS Lounge. As of that night, here is your current ESS Executive and Council. If you are interested in learning about a position and/or volunteering for a position, please email ureginaess@gmail.com.

President: Randee Patton

VP of Academic & Professional Affairs: Mariah Perkins

VP Financial: Andrea Rogers

VP of Social Affairs: Brianne Pister

VP of Communications: Robin Howell

Secretary: Hope Rudiak

Social Directors: Bradie Mann & Hayley Schnell

STF Reps: Danielle Degelman

Elementary Rep: Candy Lam

Secondary Rep: Brittany Thies

SUNTEP Rep: Jolie Brewer

HOPE Rep: Kara Khole

B.E.S.S. Rep: Kayla Hanson

ED Lounge Director: Lynda-Rae Miller

Positions still needed:

- General Representatives (assist their respective VPs)

- Three more STF Reps

- Middle Years Rep

- Arts Education Rep

- Bac Program Rep

- Early Childhood Education Rep

Scholar's Choice Membership

The Social Studies Students' Society has a present for you.
Get a FREE membership to Scholars Choice!

This includes:

-10% Member Discount

-Quarterly Newsletter

-Special Member Discounts & Event Days

Just follow these simple instructions:

> Go to: http://www.scholarschoice.ca/

> Click on: Become a Member

> Enter Code #: 966-WEBMEMBER

And you're in...Now all of you University of Regina ED Students can have access and I don't have to mail out these cards. :) Happy Summer!

Scholar's Choice Website

For all of you students, teachers, and profs that don't know, Scholars Choice supports many of our Education events around the university. If any of you would like more information on products you are welcome to visit their website http://www.scholarschoice.ca/. Also, if you would like to contact our local educational consultant her name is Patti Proud. You are able to contact Patti @ 526-9946 or e-mail her at pattiproud@scholars.on.ca.

Scholar's Choice has great educational products. Check it out.

Hope your summer is going well.