· UTD President - Shawn Beightol – 14 year chemistry teacher, educational activist and UTD member. 5th year as UTD Steward. National Teacher of the Year for the Ga Tech’s Southeast Consortium for Minorities in Engineering 1998.
· UTD First Vice President - Ceresta Smith – 18 years as teacher and union member, UTD Steward, NBCT mentor, UTD Legislative Committee, Educational Consultant and School Reform Proponent. Member of Millennium Movers and Florida Scholastic Press Association.
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UTD At-Large Vice Pres. – Michelle Ivy – 35 year teacher
and 15 year UTD steward, a lawyer who served as chair for ABA’s
Refugee Legal Assistance, Executive Director of the ACLU - State of Florida,
former Teacher of the Year and DATA resident, 1st NBCT Social Studies Teacher
in Miami and Master Steward at UTD. A
15-year steward, active with the Future Leaders program, the Contract Action/
Bargaining Team, Leadership Training and
Convention Delegate for FEA, AFT and NEA, and the design teams for PACES and I-PEGS.
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UTD VP- Adult/Voc – Debra Anderson – Experience: ESOL Instructor for the
District, UTD Steward, EESAC- Vice Chairperson, SACS Review Committee, ABC – Attendance Boundary Committee.
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MPEC Co-endorses the Original Spotlight endorsements for the
remaining offices.
"We
have to do something about the way teachers are being paid in Miami-Dade,"
Beightol said. "We're losing good teachers from Miami-Dade County”
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