Welcome

Welcome to the Region 41 Website. Region 41 is made up of 6 districts, 15 locals, and over 2400 members. Region 41 serves educational employees in the Glenview, Northbrook, Evanston, and Skokie school districts that are represented by the Illinois Education Association-NEA.

Bookmark this site for Region 41 events and other information for the members we serve.

Region News
Funding Crisis in Illinois Schools

Invest in Excellence Click here for more information.Want to understand what all the talk is about? Watch a video of Ralph Martire explaining the issues. Click here for the video on IEA web site.
On YouTube: Click here for Part 1, click here for Part 2, click here for Part 3.

CARE - Capitol Action Rally for Excellence. Click here to see what 8,000 marchers were up to May 2.

Region 41 Election Results
Region Chair - Sean Denney
Region Vice-Chair - Glen Hill Jr.
At-Large Ethnic Minority Region Council - Robin Harkness

Urgent Appeal from NEA President Reg Weaver

Click here to read his message.

Tell Congress to Reject the 'Highly Qualified Effective Teacher' Mandate

Click here to read more and send a message to your elected officials in Washington, DC. Scroll down to the Related Content and look at NEA's Position on the Mandate, Five Reasons to Oppose the Mandate, Mandate Would Impose Stiff Penalties on Teachers Based on Student Test Scores, Talking Points on the NCLB Commission Report.

Join IEA-R(that's R for Retired). Pay $250 to join and that is a ONE TIME cost. You pay no more to IEA-R for the rest of your life. Get in on the ground floor. Join now as "pre-retired" and you're good to go until you go to that big teacher's lounge in the sky. It doesn't matter if this is your first year or your last year. This is important. With all the attention being paid to pensions and education, we need to have our voice heard in every way possible. Click here to get the enrollment form. Do it NOW!

Region 41 1st Annual Emerging Leaders Awards

The Region 41 1st Annual Emerging Leaders Awards were presented at our April 19th region council meeting. These awards were presented to local members identified by their presidents as having made their first contribution to the organization.

IEA Capitol Report

Click here to read the IEA Capitol Report. Keep up on what's happening in Springfield.

Invest in Excellence TV commercial. Click here to see it and a broadcast schedule for the Chicago area. We're on YouTube too. Check it out there by clicking here.

IEA-NEA 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. Applications for the 2007 – 2008 school year scholarship program are closed. Click here for more information.