We’ve come a long way since early unions fought for and Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, improving labor conditions and the well-being of workers. But today’s students don’t have adequate opportunities to learn about the importance of the labor movement and the role workers have played in our nation’s history. A…
DetailsThe Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) that met last year to develop state guidelines for educator evaluation will meet again Monday for the first time since PEAC members approved the guidelines in June. A limited number of districts around the state have been piloting the System for Educator Evaluation and Development (SEED) this year and…
DetailsA poll released this morning by the University of Connecticut and the Hartford Courant found that 64% of Connecticut residents favor stricter laws for gun sales. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said laws should stay the same. Fifty-seven percent said the tragedy in Newtown had made they more likely to support stricter gun laws. Read more…
DetailsThe legislative Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety is holding a hearing at Newtown High School tonight. You can watch Newtown residents speaking out live on the Channel 3 website here. Read more about the hearing from the Danbury News Times.
DetailsIn communities with high rates of poverty, “schools are really all that’s left of the safety net for children,” NYU Professor Pedro Noguera told a WNPR host this morning. Noguera was on the show Where We Live prior to speaking at a Hartford Foundation for Public Giving event. Noguera has first-hand knowledge of the pressures…
DetailsThe senselessness of the Sandy Hook tragedy has brought much needed attention to gun and school safety issues. At a news conference today at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, CEA officials released the results of a new report showing teachers support tougher gun laws. Watch excerpts from the news conference below. Some of the…
DetailsIn overwhelming numbers, Connecticut teachers support tougher gun laws and additional funding to modernize school facilities to provide safe and secure public schools, according to the first poll of Connecticut teachers conducted on gun laws and school safety, released today by the Connecticut Education Association (CEA). “This is the first time teachers have been asked…
DetailsEducators, first responders, parents, and others who testified before a new legislative task force today urged lawmakers not to make schools fortresses, but to maintain their status as warm and welcoming places of academic learning. They acknowledged that this is a difficult balancing act in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre last…
DetailsWhen it comes to funding local public schools, top state officials may be ready to go where none of their predecessors has gone before in carving out new fiscal policy. That’s the deduction made by many in the audience at today’s State Budget Forum sponsored by Connecticut Voices for Children. Initiatives such as a statewide…
DetailsLooking for continuing education classes or exploring where to get your master’s degree? Check out the courses offered through the NEA Academy. The NEA Academy is an interactive online learning environment offering continuing education classes and master’s degrees that fit your budget, your schedule, and your life. Some NEA-produced courses are free to members. Master’s…
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CEA may be eligible to elect up to 30 state delegates to the NEA RA in 2020. Here are descriptions of the open positions:
Category 1 At-Large/State Delegate: Fifteen Positions (Term: two years)
Category 1 At-Large/Ethnic Minority Concerns: Four Positions (Term: 2
years)
These categories must have Active classroom teachers (Membership Type AC-1) or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) in local affiliates are eligible for these positions.
Aspiring Educators: one Position (Term: 1 Year)
Only Aspiring Educators with a SEA and NEA membership are eligible for this position.
Membership Units: nine positions from specific Membership Units (Term: one year)
Only active members (Membership Type AC-1) or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) who teach in a local CEA affiliate in one of the seventeen Membership Units may be nominated for these positions. The nine open units include E, F, H, J, K, L, M, P & Q.
Bethel, Brookfield, CEA New Milford, Easton, NEA Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman
Amity, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Milford, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Woodbridge
ACES, Cheshire, Hamden, North Haven, Wallingford, Wolcott
Berlin, Farmington, Newington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, Thomaston, Wethersfield
Cromwell, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Rocky Hill
Bloomfield, CREC, East Windsor, Enfield, South Windsor, Suffield, Windsor
Avon, Canton, East Granby, Granby, Simsbury, West Hartford, Windsor Locks
East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Preston, Project LEARN, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Clinton, East Haddam, East Hampton, Guilford, Haddam-Killingworth, Madison, Old Saybrook, Regional 4, Regional 13, Regional 18, Portland, Westbrook
Category 2 At-Large: One position (Term interim position open this year)
Nominees for the Category 2 At-Large position must be Active members (Membership Type AC-1) in supervisor/administrator positions or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) who are no longer teaching—but only if they are not also NEA-Retired members. (NEA Life membership is a special category terminated in 1973.) Members with Active Life Memberships who are not retired from teaching are eligible for Category 2. NEA-Retired Members for Life (Membership Type RT-7) or annual Retired members (Membership Type RT-8) ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CATEGORY 2
Standing Committees of CEA-Retired are appointed by the CEA-Retired President with the advice of the Advisory Council after the CEA-Retired Annual Meeting in May. This typically takes place in June with additional appointments made in September. Terms will be for one year commencing on August 1.
If you are interested in serving on one of the committees, please indicate your willingness below. Please remember that committees have a limited membership and not all of the requests can be filled. By giving a first and second choice, CEA-Retired members will have a better chance of being chosen. If you filled out a form and returned it at the Annual Meeting, please do not fill out another form.
Connecticut Education Foundation
c/o Joslyn Delancey
21 Oak Street, Suite 500
Hartford, CT 06106
For inquiries or donations, visit http://henrybarnardfund.org/index.html
Contact CEA Retirement Specialist Robyn Kaplan-Cho at 860-525-5641, 1-800-842-4319, or [email protected].
Your contract can serve as an important vehicle for protecting your rights and advancing your concerns as a teacher working with special education students. In this workshop, teachers will learn how to integrate special education issues into the collective bargaining process. Participants will study the pros and cons of negotiating contract provisions related to performing health procedures, teacher notification and scheduling of PPT meetings, professional development opportunities, class-size limitations, local dispute resolution procedures for special-education-related problems, placement decisions, and many more related topics. Model contract language will be provided. This workshop is ideal for negotiating committees and teachers with a particular interest in this area of the law.
Length 2+ Hours
Presenter: Robyn Kaplan-Cho, CEA