I wonder what the "official" conditions are whether or not you are in TRS or
IMRF?  Can districts "choose" which pension plan a tech coordinator is part
of?  If tech coordinators are part of TRS, is it only the ones who have a
teaching certificate who qualify, otherwise it's IMRF?

Bob

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forthe Autodidact

That is just plain wrong.  Principals are not part of the teachers' 
union and they are part of TRS.  If you hold a valid certificate and are 
employed as a certified staff member - and tech coordinators do count - 
then you should be in TRS.   I am not part of the teachers' union nor am 
I considered an administrator per se but I am in TRS.


Jared Lynn wrote:
> When my school hired me, they told me that I couldn't pay into trs 
> because that would mean that I belong to the teacher union and the 
> school was legally advised against it. Something about I have access 
> to much information and could possibly harm either the administration 
> or the teacher union. I'm not sure which system I'd like to pay into, 
> one that is for sure going to go away sometime, and one that possibly 
> might go away any day.
>
> Did any other school districts handle this in a similar fashion? 
>
> Thanks,
> Jared Lynn 
> PORTA CUSD #202 Technology Coordinator
>
> jl...@porta202.org <mailto:jl...@porta202.org>
> 217-501-4920  
>
> On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:45 PM, "Sullivan, Terence" <sulliv...@shiloh1.us 
> <mailto:sulliv...@shiloh1.us>> wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>>  
>>
>> You can generate CPDUs by presenting - even in house.  The first time 
>> you present on a topic (ed curriculum related) you can claim 8 CPDUs, 
>> for repeats of the SAME SESSION you can claim 3 CPDUs.  A new 
>> topic/session is again another 8 CPDUs.  Keep a program listing your 
>> name and topic for evidence.
>>
>>  
>>
>> You can generate CPDUs by being on committees.  Read the rules but if 
>> you meet 5 times a year or 8 times a year (etc) you earn X  CPDUs. 
>>  Keep the agenda for evidence
>>
>>  
>>
>> You can do Action Research to generate CPDUs; You can publish an 
>> article to generate CPDUs.
>>
>>  
>>
>> There are many options other than seat time in a session by someone else.
>>
>>  
>>
>> All that said - I have the Opposite issue from you.   I did all my 
>> paperwork and documented everything and then when I tried to Certify 
>> my CPDUs for the ROE it would not let me . I checked with the ROE and 
>> they said  I was not eligible to claim CPDUs because I had to be 
>> "EXEMPT"    I have a Type 09 and I pay TRS.  I tried to argue but got 
>> no where.  I even do some independent student students and give 
>> grades . but my ROE says I have to be EXEMPT.  
>>
>>  
>>
>> I guess it comes down to local control at the ROE and what they want 
>> to do.  My personal panic is one day I try to claim TRS retirement 
>> and they tell me I still owe them 10 years because I was not an 
>> Active TRS member.  Enough rant but I was ticked when they would not 
>> let me certify my certificate with the CPDUs I had.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>  
>>
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>> <mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org>] *On Behalf Of *Bill Kampmeyer
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:05 PM
>> *To:* Tech-Geeks Mailing List
>> *Subject:* [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional 
>> Development forthe Autodidact
>>
>>  
>>
>> I am approaching a deadline for Continuing Ed and have very little to 
>> show for the last five years.  My Supt. does not believe in ITEC or 
>> anything that takes me out of town during school hours so I cannot 
>> get any formal credits without college night classes.  However like 
>> all TGs I am an autodidact.Just this month I spent about a day 
>> learning Big Blue Button, a FLOSS GoToMeeting/GoToAssist and will be 
>> rolling out this great new service any day now.  I would have trouble 
>> fitting all of the things I have taught myself over the last five 
>> years on five single spaced pages but I have almost nothing formal I 
>> am turned down when I try to attend a Feast or anything of the kind.  
>>
>>  
>>
>> Is there any legal way for an autodidact to turn the continuing ed we 
>> must do ourselves to keep an ever expanding network current into ISBE 
>> recognized continuing ed?
>>
>>  
>>
>> How do you good and clever folks fill out your ISBE continuing ed 
>> requirements?
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks Gang!
>>
>>  
>>
>> BK
>>
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