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Antioch (IL) Community High School special education and global studies teacher Kerri Elliott was honored during the National Education Association’s (NEA) annual Human and Civil Rights Awards dinner in Chicago on Friday, July 1, 2011. See a video on Elliott’s work and her acceptance speech Read the July 2010 Advocate story on Elliott’s work. Elliott [...]
Speaking to more than 9,000 educators during the National Education Association’s 90th Representative Assembly (RA) in Chicago on Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden told delegates that the current national debate is about a fundamental difference in vision for America. “The debate is about whether or not for America to succeed we need to provide the [...]
June 30 – July 5, 2011 McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, Illinois The NEA Representative Assembly is the primary legislative and policymaking body of the Association and derives its powers from, and is responsible to, the membership. The Representative Assembly adopts the strategic plan and budget, resolutions, the Legislative Program, and other policies of the [...]
A high school English teacher from Rochester has been elected president of the state’s largest education employees’ union. On Saturday, March 12, delegates attending the Illinois Education Association (IEA) Representative Assembly in Rosemont elected Cinda Klickna to the organization’s top position. Klickna, who started teaching in Springfield in 1973, has served as IEA secretary-treasurer since [...]
Please help fund IEA scholarships with the purchase of a 2011 Scholarship Shirt. Half of the profits from your purchase will support a scholarship offered by Region 1. The other half of the profits will go to support the IEA-NEA Education Grant program. Please wear your shirt on Saturday at the IEA RA to show [...]
Attached is the schedule of events for the 157th IEA-NEA Representative Assembly which takes place March 11-12, 2011 at the Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL. 2011 IEA RA Schedule of Events
The governing board for the state’s largest education employees union has voted to move its annual meeting, involving more than 1,200 delegates, in a show of support for workers involved in a labor dispute with Hyatt Hotels. The Illinois Education Association (IEA) Board of Directors unanimously voted to move its Representative Assembly from the Hyatt [...]
Join future teachers from throughout Illinois at the IEA Student Program Conference November 19-20, 2010 in Bloomington, IL. This is THE conference for students entering the field of teaching. Conference sessions are planned to meet your needs. Sessions build on those things learned in college and university classrooms to ex-tend knowledge and understanding. Educational experts [...]
Join us October 15 & 16, 2010 for the 25th Annual IEA-ESP Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Brook, IL. Download the brochure below. Register Today! Friday Evening: Registration will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m. with a Dinner Buffet available from 5:15-7:45 p.m. The sessions will end on Friday evening at 9:00 p.m. In [...]
Illinois Education Association is an association of more than 130,000 members composed of Illinois elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.
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