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Mark S. Cebulski, a social studies teacher at Cedarburg (Wisc.) High School for the past 30 years, was elected to the National Education Association (NEA) Executive Committee in July 2004. He was elected to fill a two-year term after being appointed to a one-year term in August 2003.
A Wisconsin native, Cebulski has been a familiar figure both in and out of his Cedarburg classroom. Over the years, he has coupled his social studies teaching with activities ranging from Academic Decathlon and prom adviser to football, basketball and golf coach. While teaching full time, Cebulski has also officiated high school and college football for 22 years, and wrote a sports column for his hometown paper that was selected as the best sports/outdoor column for weekly newspapers in 1986. He is a former deacon at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee.
His Association activities have been far-reaching as well. On the national level, Cebulski served on the NEA Board of Directors (1999-2003) and was a member of the NEA Congressional Contact Team (1992-94). His leadership at the state level includes serving as a member of the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) Board of Directors (1998-99) and on the WEAC Political Action Committee (1994-98). While on this WEAC committee, Cebulski led an effort to recruit WEAC members as delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention, resulting in the largest delegation ever of NEA members from his state. He also served in a number of leadership roles within the Cedarburg Education Association, including two terms as president.
Since his election, Cebulski has been called on to represent the Association in meetings across the globe, including traveling to Ankara, Turkey, for the 4th World Congress of Education International, which represents teachers unions and professional organizations worldwide. Cebulski has been honored with the Wisconsin Association of Educators for the Gifted and Talented Meritorious Service Award and the North Shore United Educators Dorothy Bartelt for Outstanding Service to Education Award, among others.
In 1973, Cebulski received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisc., and a master’s degree in journalism from Marquette University in Milwaukee in 1989.
The NEA Executive Committee is the nine-member governing body that oversees the 3.2 million-member NEA. | 