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VOICE
Your Voice. Our Power. Their Future. theSCEA.org
The SCEA
ANNUAL MAGAZINE 2021
Educating in the Pandemic New Membership Details Legislative Update
TABLE OF CONTENTS
04
FROM THE
PRESIDENT
Your Advocate,
Your Partner, 14
TEACHING IN
Your The SCEA. A PANDEMIC
16
You are never on your own. Only The SCEA gives you
access to some of education’s most sought-after authorities
who provide new and innovative programs you can use in
your classroom and in your profession.
With resources that cover classroom management and
supports, to more in-depth professional development
provided by your local, state, and national affiliates— you BUILDING
have a team supporting you! FAREWELL
Whether you need help with an issue in your District Office
24
or the Statehouse, only The SCEA gives you access to the
collective voices of thousands across the state and millions
throughout the country.
The SCEA is your lifeline. The SCEA gives you access to
skilled staff assistance that provides doorstep service in your
area as well as access to a member’s only help desk that is
staffed by your professional advocate. JOIN ONLINE
Members can access the help desk at thescea.org/
gethelp.
Membership means less worrying from you and more
action from us. The SCEA is in your corner!
Being an educator isn’t a job, it’s a calling. It’s also ALSO FEATURED
personally rewarding and professionally demanding. That’s
why The SCEA strives to provide you with the support you 11 FREE COLLEGE BENEFIT
need to be great at what you do.
Check out our web site throughout the year to see what
18 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
the new The SCEA has in store. Visit us at www.thescea.org. 21 READ ACROSS AMERICA
26 NEA MEMBER BENEFITS
2 THE SCEA VOICE 2021
TOP 10 REASONS TO BELONG
Support and Influence Protection
Relationships and Power and Advocacy
A voice at the table Positive change at your work site
1 There is power in numbers. Belonging to
The SCEA amplifies your voice and gives you
significant influence over the decisions that affect
6 The SCEA can help you work with administrators
as a partner and collaborate with parents and
community organizations to resolve issues
you, your students, and your community. Whether at your school. As an education professional
you advocate for changes at your school or who works with students, you can work with
worksite, speak at school board meetings, support administrators to solve problems together.
increased pay and secure public school funding,
or lobby your locally-elected officials, The SCEA is
there to support you. Enhanced rights
Increased pay and benefits 7 Each member of The SCEA receives $3 million
in professional liability insurance for work-
2 The SCEA prepares its members to professionally
and effectively advocate for professional pay,
related issues, and our attorneys handle these
issues at NO COST to members! Members
also have access to our member advocacy
health care, and retirement security, so a career in professionals to get doorstep assistance
education remains a viable profession. regarding current education laws, school
board policies, contracts, and more.
Improved professional practice
3 The SCEA helps you advocate for high-quality
professional development and increased 8
Commitment to social justice
Membership means joining forces with fellow
collaboration time so you can improve your educators to make a difference in students’
practice. Elevate your career with our online and social justice and equity issues. The SCEA
in-person professional learning opportunities open offers the training and strategies needed to
to all members, both certified and classified, to help achieve equity in your schools and your
sharpen your skills and help you do what you love. communities.
Nationwide community of educators
Free college benefit
4 As a member of The SCEA’s 3.2 million member
network, you belong to your local association, 9 The SCEA offers members and their families
the opportunity to earn their Associates and/or
state association (The SCEA), and national
Bachelors degree online with no out-of-pocket
association (National Education Association). The
cost. The program is open to active and retired
SCEA is your way to connect with like-minded
members of The SCEA, their spouses, children,
colleagues across the district, state, and nation
financial dependents, siblings, parents and
who network together to better students’ lives.
grandchildren.
Improved working and student Member benefits
5 learning conditions at your work site
The SCEA empowers educators to advocate for 10 Save money and earn cash back with NEA’s
Member Benefits program that offers extensive
smaller class sizes, less standardized testing, member-only benefits and discounts.
input into the curriculum, and safe buildings, to Members of The SCEA have saved hundreds to
name a few. Improved working conditions mean a thousands of dollars each year!
better learning environment for your students.
Reach out today to learn more and join online:
.................................................................................................
membership@thescea.org | 803.551.4141
THESCEA.ORG 3
FROM THE PRESIDENT
W
hen the school year The SCEA and members
began, educators in walked a step further in our
South Carolina were movement for the schools
confronted with continued South Carolina students
uncertainty and instability. deserve in our virtual summer
The return to school brought leadership training, education
unanswered questions, advocacy leadership training,
apprehension, and fear about advocating for a safe return
safe teaching and learning to schools, a strong Back-to-
conditions with COVID. School season to grow our
In 2020/2021, South movement and build power for
Carolina educators also faced the future of our students and
disregard and disrespect our profession.
through a step increase This transformational work is
“
freeze, a push for face-to-face just beginning.
instruction as the pandemic You likely have already
surged, and a Governor who noticed the strong branding
refused to follow Center and social media presence
for Disease Control (CDC) of your Association as you
guidance by prioritizing returned to school.
educators for vaccination The new The SCEA logo
The SCEA while colleagues and
communities fell ill and died
echos back to our powerful
history. Our member-driven
is taking
from the virus. campaign ensures your voices
However, South Carolina’s are heard, your perspectives
educators worked to ensure are seen, and your stories
back the learning never stopped and
lifted their collective voices to
define the narrative on public
education in our state.
narrative and ensure educators were never
silenced.
This year, we invite you to
engage with The SCEA. To
Through it all, The South invest and engage in this work
transforming Carolina Education Association
(The SCEA) was there with
as part of our collective voice
and collective power.
public you as we worked together to
educate, organize, advocate,
There is no doubt you will rise
to this challenge because there
education.”
and lead at all levels. The is nothing we cannot do when
SCEA and members spoke we join together to work for
up and out to make sure that the public schools that South
promises made to educators Carolina students deserve!
were honored—to make sure
Sherry East
our stories were told not about
us but by us.
Sherry East
The SCEA President
4 THE SCEA VOICE 2021
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
T
he conclusion of one of Leveraging this collective
the most bizarre school power, The SCEA is leading
years of my career came the way to amplify educator
with a mix of emotions — voices in state-level decisions
relief, fear, stress, but most of about how schools will function
all pride. safely in a post-pandemic
Pride came from seeing the environment.
unrelentless perseverance Now is not the time to take
that our educators our foot off the pedal, but
demonstrated to ensure rather a time to involve more
South Carolina students people in our movement.
received a high-quality public This is a historic moment
education — even in the face for public education in South
“
of the pandemic. Carolina. The SCEA has an
Our educators sacrificed opportunity, and obligation to
their safety, endured brutal protect public education from
working conditions, and faced those who are undermining
an uncertain future so that it and to put in place new
their students would have policies that will work for
the best possible learning students, school employees,
The SCEA is conditions, albeit far from
ideal.
communities, and South
Carolina’s future.
going to lead During these challenging
times, The SCEA and local
The SCEA is going to lead
this fight to win for public
affiliates have stepped up education.
this fight to to support and protect our
members and advocate for
Belonging to The SCEA is
not just about what you get
win for public our students.
Through this work, we
when you are a member. It is
about what the whole state
ensured that South Carolina
education.”
gets when we are all members.
legislators kept their promises It is about what students get
to restore step increases. when The SCEA leads all
We worked with lawmakers public education supporters
to prioritize educators on to victory to ensure that South
vaccine distribution, and we Carolina delivers everything
Everyone is doing their part held off other attempts that that students and educators
in this movement. The next attacked public education. deserve.
step for people who are not
yet members of The SCEA is
Todd Jaeck
to become members today.
Can we count on you this
Fall to invite three of your
colleagues to be part of Todd Jaeck
this movement? Reach out
today and personally invite
Executive Director
them into membership at
www.thescea.org!
THESCEA.ORG 5
We believe empowered
educators spark the minds
of those who will effect
positive change in the world.
South Carolina’s Organization of Remarkable Educators (SCORE) is a unique
community within The South Carolina Education Association (The SCEA)
supporting early career educators in their first 10 years of their career. This
statewide network engages and empowers educators to become successful,
active and visible in their profession and community through collective action.
SCORE Supports Early Career Educators Through:
SCORE cultivates leaders to collectively advocate
for meaningful and positive change for students and
Leadership communities by building leadership skills that equip
Development members to inspire others, be more confident in their
profession and be a strong voice for their students.
SCORE gives early career educators access to some of
the most sought-after authorities in education who provide
Professional new and innovative programs that members can use in their
Growth classrooms. Members have access to valuable resources in
classroom management, lesson planning, and other support
for the skills they want to pursue.
SCORE provides opportunities to connect and support
Peer-to-Peer one another through regional events, working with school
Support districts and reaching out to aspiring educators at colleges
and universities. Every student has the basic right to a great
public education. That’s why SCORE supports early career
educators who grow tomorrow’s inventors, thinkers, artists
and leaders.
THE
SCEA
The South Carolina Education Association
YOUR VOICE. OUR POWER. THEIR FUTURE!
membership@thescea.org | 803.551.4141
6 THE SCEA VOICE 2021
The SCEA Retired
We work to make sure that retired public school employees
continue to get the best benefits during their retirement years.
Protecting Education
The SCEA Retired
Retirees Pension,
Social Security &
Health Benefits
You may continue to
enjoy the wide range
of valuable NEA
Member Benefits
Public school retirees (administrators, teachers, teacher assistants,
and others) are invited to join The South Carolina Education Sharing
Associ-
ation-Retired. We work to make sure that retired public school em-
experience,
ployees continue to get the best benefits during their retirement years.and
talents,
Retired educators must stand together and be vocal when thereskillsareas
attacks on our pension program, health insurance benefits,mentors
and other to
issues that we worked so hard to make sure that we would enjoy
ensure in our
public
retirement years.
education
thrives
“ Producing leaders of change through For more information, visit:
www.thescea.org/retired
education and encouragement.”
THE
SCEA THESCEA.ORG 7
The South Carolina Education Association
INSIGHTS FROM OUR ASSOCIATION LEADERS
ViceDena
President
Renee Crews
Who are you? changed when it was children, creating new
Members of The South time to return to school ways of teaching and
Carolina Education in the fall. Concerns for reaching out. We were
Association (The SCEA) student and community and are resilient.
are essential and resilient. safety were attacked. This school year, as we
Essential. Absolutely Educators were no longer move forward with the
necessary. Extremely celebrated, honored, or same resiliency, I urge you
important. valued. to never doubt that you
When the pandemic But educators did what are essential.
hit, educators and public we always do. We were The SCEA continues to
schools were essential. resilient. advocate with local school
We were essential to Those who went back districts and the state
continuing student face-to-face masked legislature to remind them
lessons, meals, and up and did what was just how essential we are.
Wi-Fi. Educators were necessary to keep We continue to push for
seen as heroes. We were schools and communities safe school environments
celebrated, honored, and safe. and improved salaries.
valued for the first time in Despite the difficulty, Why? Because our
many years. educators continued to students and you are
How quickly things work for the sake of our essential.
NEA Director
Bernadette R. Hampton
I’m asked often shared goals and values, development and
about the benefits of the more quickly and leadership opportunities
membership in The completely those goals at the local, state, and
SCEA, and I’m always can be achieved. national levels to the
pleased to describe As The SCEA myriad of personal
how membership works to protect benefits that save
both strengthens and strengthen the money for educators
our profession and profession we inherited and their families,
improves the lives and from our mentors, our protect investments, and
livelihoods of each effectiveness will always even return income to
member, personally and be a direct result of the educator’s pockets, the
professionally. As we find willingness and interest of offerings of The SCEA and
ourselves beginning a educators to unite in that NEA Member Benefits are
third-consecutive school common purpose. unparalleled.
year impacted by the At the same time, the To find out more about
COVID-19 pandemic, variety of programs and how membership in The
there’s no better time to benefits that The SCEA SCEA pays for itself, just
consider those benefits provides to members ask career-long members
than now. enhances their lives of The SCEA or visit us at
It is always true that both personally and www.thescea.org
the more people who professionally.
work together behind From professional
8 THE SCEA VOICE 2021
The SCEA
Executive Board Members
2021-2022
President Vice President NEA Director
Sherry East Dena Renee Crews Bernadette R. Hampton
Retired
Robin Anderson
Home 803-787-4590
2robinanderson@att.net
Parliamentarian
Helen McFadden
htmcf@ftc-i.net
Cell 803-448-6714 Cell 843-617-7072 Cell 843-986-8987
Office 803-551-4130 Home 843-407-1353 bernadettehampton1@
seast@thescea.org vpdcrews@gmail.com gmail.com
District 1 District 4
Terrell Brown
Vacant- 2018-2021
1
Cell 803-290-7517
Office 864-355-3325 District 5 2
brownterrell79@gmail.com
Wanda Boyd
Dr. Clifford Lee Cell 803-665-7100
4
3
Cell 330-575-8536 Office 803-669-2800
cliff.j.lee@gmail.com Mswboyd210@gmail.com 5
Stephanie M. Johnson
District 2 Cell 803-651-8622
Office 803-731-8900
Erica Knox stephaniem_johnson@
Home 803-417-8360 yahoo.com
Office 803-981-1300
erica29732@yahoo.com
Dr. Janine E. Parnell District 7 6
Cell 770-316-7634
Kimberly Duncan
Cell 803-519-8119
Office 803-669-3500
parnjan@aol.com
Iva J. Green
Cell 803-496-6068 7
Office 803-981-1300 Home 803-496-7550
rhhsduncan@gmail.com igreenthescea@gmail.com
District 6
Dr. Janon Jackson
Jacqueline Simmons Cell 843-476-0987
District 3 Cell 843-319-1981 iam4thescea@gmail.com
homey2u@hotmail.com
Peter Lauzon Delgratia Jones
Cell 803-238-9710 Urica Brown
Cell 843-318-0217 Office 803-378-8376
palauzon@gmail.com
Home 843-235-0283 Home 803-245-0206
urica.brown@gmail..com Delgratia108@yahoo.com
Bianca Woodard
Cell 803-257-7965 Dr. Karen Greene Lisa Lucas
bianca.a.woodard@ Cell 843-826-5056 Home 843-836-2612
gmail.com Home 843-889-6113 Cell 843-338-3893
karengreene@homesc.com
lisalucus19@gmail.com
THESCEA.ORG 9
The SCEA Staff
Executive Director Business & Facilities Manager
Todd Jaeck Lagina Womack
Office 803-551-4131 Cell 908-397-8158
Internal Ext. 131 Office 803-551-4141
TJaeck@thescea.org Internal Ext. 141
lwomack@thescea.org
Executive Assistant & Membership & Leadership
Membership Coordinator Development Specialist
Cheyenne Payne Albert Jones
Cell 803-603-6499
Office 803-563-7970
Office 803-551-4145 ajones@thescea.org
Internal Ext. 145
cpayne@thescea.org
Public Affairs Specialist Help Desk
Colleen O’Connell Cherolyn Allen
Cell 513-601-6278 Cell 803-457-0880
Office 803-551-4154 Office 803-551-4153
Internal Ext. 154 Internal Ext. 153
coconnell@thescea.org callen@thescea.org
UniServ Directors
UniDistrict 1-
Upperstate
Melody Wofford
Cell 864-478-8294
Office 864-399-6209
mwofford@thescea.org
UniDistrict 2-
Midlands
Kaneale Cornell
Cell 740-624-7800
Office 803-904-8344
kcornell@thescea.org
UniDistrict 3-
Lowerstate
DeréSika Thomason
Cell 865-973-2313
Office 843-695-7147
DThomason@thescea.org
Social Media Channels
@TheSCEA @The_SCEA_ @TheSCEA
10 THE SCEA VOICE 2021FREE
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DEGREE PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
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1 Complete the inquiry form at:
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2
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3
• HR Management Complete FAFSA at fafsa.ed.gov
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Note: Any available federal grants will be used
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As long as your file is complete, The SCEA Free
College benefit will coverthe rest. And even if you
don’t qualify for any grants, a scholarship will cover
the entire amount.
THESCEA.ORG 11We believe empowered
educators spark the minds
of those who will effect
positive change in the world.
The Student South Carolina Education Association (The Student SCEA) is a
unique community within The South Carolina Education Association (The
SCEA) supporting undergraduate and graduate students as they prepare for
careers in education. This community is active on college and university
campuses across the state, providing members with the support they need to
complete their education training and empower them to be active, successful
and visible members of the profession.
The SCEA supports Aspiring Educators through:
Connecting with other Aspiring Educators who understand that balancing
Support and a course load with a workload can be overwhelming. The Student SCEA
members are supported by a network of aspiring educators in teacher
Relationships preparation programs who are facing the same challenges and finding
ways to overcome them. Opportunities to build relationships and get
support through workshops and conferences are offered throughout the
year. Students belong to a caring community of likeminded colleagues and
receive additional support from The SCEA’s Early Career Educator Network
– The South Carolina Organization of Remarkable Educators (SCORE).
Influence Working together to make a difference in the lives of students. The four
core values of The Student SCEA: Teacher Quality, Community Outreach,
and Power Political Action, and Social Justice provide foundations for how we can turn
knowledge into power and advocate for students by building meaningful
influence through connections with community partners, cooperating
teachers, and fellow The SCEA members.
Protection and advocacy by ensuring that student teachers can focus
Protection on teaching and learning… knowing that they have 3-million dollars of
and Advocacy professional liability protection. The Student SCEA members may also
elect a Board of Directors to advocate at the state and national level for
policies and practices that will positively impact teacher preparation
programs and aspiring educators by ensuring that they are not only
listened to, but also heard!
12 THE SCEA VOICE 2021Would you like to sponsor an aspiring educator's membership in The
Student SCEA? We are offering you the chance to sponsor a future
teacher and potential association member!
Your sponsorship will provide aspiring educators a student
membership in their professional association.
Yes! I'd like to sponsor a student in The Student SCEA program!
SPONSOR
OUR If you're interested in setting up a sponsorship
now, you can attach a check for the number
STUDENTS
of sponsorships you are willing to contribute.
Please mail to:
The SCEA ATTN: Membership
421 Zimalcrest Dr.
Columbia, SC 29210
THESCEA.ORG 13“My hope ultimately is
Educating
for teachers to find their
voice in speaking up
for their students and
their profession as a
whole...I think teachers
are realizing they have
a voice.” through the
Pan(dem)ic
Leanna Rossi-Potter
President of the
Charleston County
Education Association
and Social Studies
Teacher at Wando
High School.
14 THE SCEA VOICE 2021Written and photographed by Anna Morales
Through the pandemic, educators in all their masks, and brightening their day with song
forms pushed through the panic to continue singing are all examples of this.”
providing quality education for children in South Linda describes one experience with a student
Carolina. Now, more than ever, our communities who struggled to wear his mask.
need to understand the integral role that public “One boy on my special needs route would not
education and educators play in our society. keep his mask on — one day he told me he was
Over the past several months, we have spoken Batman. I searched and I found him a Batman
with members of The South Carolina Education mask. And guess what? He wears his mask now
Association (The SCEA) to understand how they because he’s Batman,” said Douglass.
persevered as professionals and advocates Linda clearly demonstrates her love and
despite the significant and seemingly impossible commitment for her children community
challenges of the pandemic. Here, we unmask through these acts of resiliency and by using
just a few of our members who exemplify Your her voice to speak out for the health and safety
Voice. Our Power. Their Future. of her students, community, and colleagues at
“I am an educator because I love what I school board meetings.
do. I have a passion for teaching students; “I am an educator because I believe each
education is something that I think every child person is a miracle full of unlimited potential
should have access to.” and the real key of education is helping
Local President Elizabeth Humphrey of the everyone realize they are their best teacher.
Orangeburg County Education Association Gaining that proper perspective is the best
(OCEA) is one example of how members not way to impact and change the world.”
only adapted and persevered but used their Lewisville High School English teacher and
voices to build the power educators need to Chester County Education Association President
make changes students deserve. Starting off as Pete Stone believes the adversity he faced as
a seventh-grade science teacher, the pandemic an educator through the pandemic has crafted
called Elizabeth to her new role as a school him into a stronger teacher. Pete compares his
technologist. Elizabeth has become a better process of transitioning to virtual teaching to
leader by helping teachers with technological maneuvering a physical injury:
learning and professional development through “If you’re right-handed, and you break your
this transition and by taking the reins to lead her right hand, you have to learn to use your left
local during the most difficult period in education arm,” Stone said.
in our collective memory. Pete has helped his students cope with
“I am an educator because I love my kids.” the pandemic by reminding them of the
On her forty-four-foot bus, The SCEA and the purpose of education: Self-empowerment and
Unmasking
Summerville Education Association member realizing their potential. His students’ resilience
Our Members: Linda Douglass is not only a bus driver but an throughout the 2020-2021 academic year only
educator and life-skills trainer. She and her co- strengthened Pete’s confidence in this purpose.
workers have come together to continue their Pete’s vision for The SCEA is for teachers to
service to the community by finding creative develop the strength to speak their perspectives
solutions for the many roadblocks that the to power. Doing so is not an act of rebellion,
pandemic has presented on the bus. says Pete, but rather is a step closer to a more
“It was a learning process, and we learn right successful society. Only when we use our
along with our kids,” Douglass said. “Getting collective voice to build power can we create a
to work earlier, encouraging kids to wear their better future for our students.
THESCEA.ORG 15Headquarters’ History
The SCEA Headquarters 1968
421 Zimalcrest Drive Columbia, SC
February 1965- SCEA
‘65
authorizes the building
of a new headquarters
October 1965-
Contract with architect
signed
January 1967- Formal
ground breaking
‘67
March 1967- Building
Committee expanded
on effect of PEA-
‘68
SCEA merger
April 1968- Building
first occupied At the formal dedication, Dr. Lois V.
September 1968- Edinger, past President of the NEA
Formal dedication gave the dedicatory address to over
400 guests.Building Farewell
“ This building represents the modern-day pioneers
in education. May it ever be a reminder of pride in
the past, and an affirmation of faith in the future of
children of South Carolina. Robert S. Moore, Former The SCEA
The SCEA Auditorium and Boardroom The South Carolina Education
Association (The SCEA)
President quoted in 1968
14 interstate miles with 43 new
bridges, seven reconstructed
Headquarters currently sits interchanges, and 132 additional
on 7.4 acres on a slight rise in lane miles. It will alleviate the
the southwest quadrant of the infamous traffic at the ‘Malfunction
intersection of Interstate Highways Junction’ corridor between I-20
20 and 26. and I-26. The SCEA headquarters
The modern building was will move to 2999 Sunset
designed by Upshur, Riley and Boulevard, West Columbia.
Bultman, AIA Architects-Engineers The current building holds
of Columbia, and was Constructed significance as the first site for
by Charles J. Craig Construction the newly united organization
Company of Columbia. It is 31,695 after the merger of the Palmetto
square feet with two wings Education Association (PEA) and
connected by a main lobby. SCEA (South Carolina Education
The building has served as The Association) in 1967. This historic
SCEA’s headquarters for the last 53 merger created what is today
years. It is scheduled for demolition known as The South Carolina
in the Spring of 2022, as the area Education Association (The SCEA).
prepares for the South Carolina This also represents the time
Department of Transportation’s in The SCEA’s history where this
(SCDOT’s) ‘Carolina Crossroads’ — unification was a triumph in South
the largest infrastructure project the Carolina’s civil rights progress and
state has ever seen. had a transformative effect on
Carolina Crossroads will span public education in the state.
Rendering from Upshur, Riley, & Bultman Architectswww.TheSCEA.org/advocating-change 18 THE SCEA VOICE 2021
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Full Agenda:
THESCEA.ORG 19YOUR
Let’s talk about the issues
facing South Carolina’s Educators
Blog Podcast Roundtable
Discussion
Join the discussion with the
The SCEA Movement
THE
SC
The Movement Why Belong?
EA thescea.org/the-movement
20 THE SCEA VOICE 2021THE SCEA 2021-2022
READ ACROSS AMERICA
STUDENT ART CONTEST
CALLING ALL STUDENT ARTISTS
Using the theme “From the Mountain
to the Sea,” Read With Me students in
grades K-12 are invited to create an
art poster depicting their own original
interpretation of reading across South
Carolina. Special Considerations given
to artwork that embraces the theme of
celebrating a nation of diverse readers.
WIN RECOGNITION &
CASH PRIZES
DEADLINE — November 21, 2021
Art must be postmarked to
The SCEA
421 Zimalcrest Drive
Columbia, SC 29210
The South Carolina Education
Association 7th Annual Art Contest
Details available soon at
www.TheSCEA.org
Artwork by Sean Blackshear – 2021 Grand Prize Winner
THESCEA.ORG 21THURSDAY SEPT 9
7-8pm
Classroom Management
Tips for New Teachers
TUESDAY NOV 16
7-8pm
Albert Jones Trauma-Informed Basics
TUESDAY JAN 18
Kaneale Cornell 6:30-8pm
True Colors
THURSDAY MAR 10
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