School Crisis: 74% of Teachers Consider Calling It Quits
A growing crisis in Connecticut’s public schools brought CEA leaders and elected officials together to focus on solutions ahead of the 2023 legislative session.
New CEA Survey Finds Rising Wave of Stress, Burnout, Shortages, and Teachers Leaving the Profession
Increased salaries, staffing, respect, limits on non-teaching duties would help alleviate growing crisis in our schools.
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Win a Free Connecticut Sun Basketball Clinic for Your Elementary School
K-6 teachers can win a free professional basketball clinic for their students, thanks to the Connecticut Sun, a CEA Member Benefits partner.
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Teacher of the Year Ceremony Celebrates Connecticut’s Talented Educators
Teachers from more than 160 school districts across the state took the stage at The Bushnell yesterday in an event celebrating the importance of their profession and all its shining stars.
Know Your Union
Who and what are building reps, local presidents, and UniServ Reps–and how can they help you? Learn about your local union and how it works for you.
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Get the First Year of the NEA Mental Health Program at No Cost!
NEA’s mental health program, powered by Sanvello, offers tools to help you manage anxiety, stress, and depression at no cost for the first year.
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Five Ways to Make Your Classroom More Welcoming and Inclusive
Make your classroom a place where students know they are accepted for who they are and where they are in life.
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Your Right to Representation
As a union member, you have the right to have union representation with you at any meeting with an administrator at which you have a reasonable expectation that discipline of any nature could occur. Weingarten rights, as established in a 1975 United States Supreme Court decision— NLRB v. Weingarten, Inc.—guarantee an employee the right to…
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Fixing Social Security for Teachers
Congressman John Larson has a bill before Congress that would repeal GPO and WEP, provisions that reduce or entirely eliminate Social Security benefits for teachers. Listen to Larson and Preston local President Susan Strader discuss how Larson’s bill will help teachers on the latest episode of CEA’s podcast.
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Teachers Win at the Polls
CEA members turned out in big ways for education friendly candidates this fall. From door knocking and phone banking to texting, writing post cards, attending rallies, and poll standing, their efforts paid off.