September 2010 Advocate
Your September 2010 Advocate should be arriving in your mailbox soon. In it, you will find several articles related to the Nov. 2 election, including an article on one of your fellow IEA members, Sheila Simon, who is running for lieutenant governor as Gov. Pat Quinn’s running mate. You’ll also be able to read about an Illinois teacher who has an undercover blog project that she hopes will lead to changes in school lunches across the country. And, you will have an opportunity to nominate co-workers for awards for their outstanding work, among a number of other items. Check yours ...
Job Links
A Service for unemployed certified and ESP members of the IEA Below you will find 2 sets of links to help your job hunting. Set 1: Illinois Regional Offices of Education by county These links will connect you with the Regional Office of Education job sites for all counties outside of Suburban Cook County. This list will remain constant. If you are looking for jobs outside of Cook County, find the counties that interest you and click through to see the currently available jobs in their areas. You should return to this page frequently to recheck the sites because districts are add jobs ...
IEA CORE Conferences this October
Save the date! The 2010 CORE Conferences will be held October 29-30, 2010 at the Wyndham-Lisle, the PDC in Springfield, and the IEA Edwardsville office. The focus of the CORE Conferences will be on Collective Bargaining and Professional Development. Electives will be offered to participants on Friday and Saturday for each Conference. Tentative Agenda for Lisle and Springfield Venues Day 1, Friday October 29 Morning: On site Registration opens at 11:00 am Afternoon: Afternoon Skills Sessions 1:00 – 5:30 p.m. Negotiating School Improvement Getting Your Members Involved in Bargaining Preparation Workplace Bullying Gripes vs Grievances from Beginning to End The Basics Costing the ...
Email your Legislators – Today!
SOS Rally Day is our opportunity to display our collective strength and to voice our concerns about the issues we care about directly to our legislators. Tell your legislators to support comprehensive tax reform and a revenue increase to support school funding.
IEA Education Scholarship
The IEA-NEA has established a scholarship program that is open to all children/legal wards of current IEA-NEA members. All children/legal wards of deceased, divorced, or IEA-Retired members are eligible to apply, regardless of child’s age or marital status, as long as they plan to pursue a career in teaching. The Committee is now accepting applications to make awards for the 2011 – 2012 school year. Please read the application carefully. The Committee will allow previous winners of this award to reapply for the program this year. Previous winners are not guaranteed an award but will be put into the pool with ...
Featured
September 7, 2010 -
Your September 2010 Advocate should be arriving in your mailbox soon. In it, you will find several articles related to the Nov. 2 election, including an article on one of your fellow IEA members, Sheila... more
President Swanson: Organized labor still relevant, necessary
September 6, 2010 -
It’s an argument we’ve heard more than a few times in recent years: “The time for unions has passed. We once needed them, but there are now workplace protections that make unions no longer necessary... more
IEA CORE Conferences this October
September 1, 2010 -
Save the date! The 2010 CORE Conferences will be held October 29-30, 2010 at the Wyndham-Lisle, the PDC in Springfield, and the IEA Edwardsville office. The focus of the CORE Conferences will be on Collective... more
August 31, 2010 -
The IEA-NEA has established a scholarship program that is open to all children/legal wards of current IEA-NEA members. All children/legal wards of deceased, divorced, or IEA-Retired members are eligible... more
Looking for a position? See the job listings on the the IEA Website
August 29, 2010 -
The IEA is your link to education jobs in Illinois. That’s especially important right NOW! IEA and NEA’s successful state and national lobbying efforts have resulted in passage of the Education Jobs... more
IEA has a place for “members only”
August 28, 2010 -
As an IEA member, you now have a new place to go to get information that’s tailored just for you. Starting this week, the IEA website has a “members only” section. If you go to the right... more
Capitol Report
Capitol Report for August 8, 2010
August 6, 2010 -
It’s almost the end of the summer and while the state legislature is not in session, education issues are not taking a break. Big things are happening at the national level with the education jobs bill pending before the , a bill... more
Newswatch - Blog
Race to the Top process, “fatally flawed”
September 6, 2010 -
Last month, the US Department of Education announced the recipients of the second and possibly final round of the federal Race to the Top grants. The competitive grants were to be awarded based on assessments made by consultants hired... more
Invest in Excellence - blog
September 2, 2010 -
Photo by Peg McGinness Two dozen members of the Alton Education Association again marched in the Annual Alton Labor Day Parade, spreading the word for SCHOOL FUNDING. Interacting with onlookers, the members handed out hundreds of leaflets... more
