Region 34


Welcome

We are educational employees located in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.
 
 
The State is holding open meetings on the Illinois state Budget
 
 
 
FREE
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
2/16/08
This site, from the U.S. Government,  offers materials for holidays, math, science, and more. 
Feel free to take a look
 
 
 
 
1/24/08
The Cert. Board is asking all teacher to go to ECS and make sure their teacher certificate is valid
 
MRSA INFORMATION
Check out the NEA Health Information Network at: www.nea.hin.org for more information!!!
 
 
ESEA/NCLB authorization probably after first of the year!!!!
Congress may be on Thanksgiving break, but ESEA is still in the wings.  Please check back often to see if we need you to contact your federal legislators prior to the vote! 
 
 
 Click the link on the left to see Palatine Office President Meeting and Training Dates for 2007-2008!
 
 
 INVEST IN EXCELLENCE CONTINUES
Click on the link to the left to see what you can do
 
Are your US legislators on board to repeal the Social Security Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision?  Check out the link on the left!!!
 
NEA is helping to fund a memorial in Washington, D.C. for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Click the link on the left for more details.
 
 
 
 

 

Regional News

 
NEXT REGION COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE NOVEMBER 28TH
Click the link to the left - Region Agendas - to check out the tentative agenda for the meeting.
 
 
 
PALATINE OFFICE LOCAL PRESIDENTS MEETING
The next one is scheduled for Wednesday, February 13th at the Palatine IEA Office.  Please make sure someone from your local attends, if you cannot.  RSVP to Sonia so we're sure to have enough food for everyone's dinner.
 
 
Your Region at Work at the IPACE Dinner
Several Region 34 members were seated with State Congresswoman Carolyn Krause at the dinner to support the Illinois Political Action Committee for Education held at the IEA Representative Assembly.  Even at dinner we were working to put forth the issues important in education!
 
 
 
 
 
IEA Malfeasance Policy
IEA has distributed a new policy to handle when there is a suspected problem with Union dollars.
 
 
 
Palatine Office Invest in Excellence MeetingOVER A HUNDRED AT BAM!!
 
Despite lousy weather, over 100 IEA members from the Palatine Office attended the February 6th meeting to hear presentations on IEA's Invest in Excellence campaign.  The main objective is to change the way Illinois funds (or doesn't fund) education in the state.
 
There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding this.  To get the correct facts, check out the IEA website!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UPDATED:
10/22/07
 
 

 

Contact Us

Email Ilene Siegel with questions