| Area Delegates |
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Area 1
Melissa Sire
425-422-1187C
melissa.sire@wesdschools.org | I am currently teaching kindergarten at Alta Vista Elementary. This is my 5th year at Alta Vista in WESD and my 6th year teaching. I have been a member of my local, state and national association since I began teaching. In the last few years I have become more involved with WDEA by becoming a Site Leader, attending trainings, attending the AEA Delegate Assembly and now becoming an area delegate.
I am proud to be a member of WDEA and have a part in its mission of making a difference in the lives of students and employees in our district! |
Area 2
Mike Scantlin
602 510-7683
Mike.Scantlin@wesdschools.org | I have been a WDEA member since 1994. I have taught 5th and 6th grades and currently teaching 8th grade history and government, a total of 31 years. I have attended AEA delegate assemblies and NEA delegate assemblies; to include serving on numerous committees at the district level. Recently, a lot of my energy has been directed at the school board and state legislative elections. Also, I am currently a member of the school board contract team. |
Area 3
Sally Truman
Sally.Truman@wesdschools.org | Hello! My name is Sally Truman. I am currently working as an assistant in the Resource Room at Cactus Wren. This is my seventh year working at Cactus Wren. I have been a member of the WDEA for several years. |
Area 4
Lori Fox
Lori.Fox@wesdschools.org | My name is Lori Fox and I teach Kindergarten at the Moon Mountain campus. I joined WDEA when I began to teach in this district in 1995. I have always been a member of the NEA since college days. I am serve as the MM representative, elections chair, and an area delegate on the executive board this year. I have attended both AEA and NEA delegate assemblies. I have attended education days downtown at the capitol and have been involved in school board applicant interviews. I am active in this wonderful association because I believe in the profession of education and am an advocate for the teachers, staff, and student body of this district. |
Area 5
Caren Oliver
602 368-4548 (5141)
Caren.Oliver@wesdschools.org | I have been a member of WDEA since I started working for WESD. I became actively involved my second year and haven't looked back. I started as a Site Leader and have attended several AEA Delegate Assemblies, Education Day at the Capitol and AEA leadership trainings. Belonging to WDEA makes me feel that I am making a difference to my students and my profession.
"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean" - Ryunosuke Satoro |
Area 6
Susie Smith
Susan.Smith@wesdschools.org | I have been teaching in the WESD since 1990 with 15 years at Royal Palm in the areas of English and reading . I am currently on my fifth year of teaching fourth grade at Sunburst. I have been a WDEA member for many years and have seen the positive impact that the association has had on our district, staff and students. I’m a proud recipient of many teaching awards including the Lamp of Learning Award and Employee of the Month. I have been a site representative and am now looking forward to serving on the Executive Board as the social secretary. |
Area 7
Seith Lewis
623.776.9433 (5939)
Seith.Lewis@wesdschools.org | I am Seith Lewis and I am in my sixth year of service in the Washington Elementary School District. My first year I taught 5th grade at Sunburst Elementary and I have taught the last five years at Lookout Mountain also in 5th grade. I proudly serve as a member of the leadership team and as a site council member at Lookout Mountain. Currently I am working towards my Master’s degree in Educational Leadership through Northern Arizona University and I hope to be finished in the spring of 2009.
I have been a Washington District Education Association member for the past five years. This is my fourth year being a site representative for Lookout Mountain Elementary School and I am in my second year as the Area 7 Delegate for the association.
As a member of the association I have been able to take part in the negotiation process for the past three years. It is nice to know that through the association you do have a say in decisions about your salary and your working conditions. Also being a member has allowed me to connect with other teacher and administrators in the district who share the same joys and frustrations that I have. I look forward to working with you in the near future.
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ~Henry Ford
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Area 8
Bonnie McDonald
Bonnie.McDonald@wesdschools.org | Hello. My name is Bonnie MacDonald and I have been a member of WDEA for over twenty years. I am currently the Area Delegate for Mt. Sky, Cholla, Desert Foothills, and Palo Verde. I started in the WESD in 1978 as a Librarian with a full-time assistant. I have continued through the past 30 years as a librarian and have seen the changes due to lack of funds. I am currently the full-time Librarian at Palo Verde Middle School. For many years, I have been faced with the chance of my position being eliminated. It is important that teachers have a voice in their future. Education is financed and directed by the politics of the state and of the federal government. Professionals belong to their Associations.
Professionals continue their education. Professionals work together to better public education. |
