“Every time that I think things are hard or tough now, I remember that some of my former colleagues survived the Bridgeport strike,” CEA Vice President Joslyn DeLancey told CEA-Retired members at their fall meeting at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville this week.
While their active teacher colleagues headed into the classroom on a bright September morning, recently retired educators made their way to CEA headquarters for a different kind of learning—one filled with laughter, games, and good company.
“We cannot do what we do without the work of our retired educators,” CEA President Kate Dias told CEA-Retired members at their annual fall meeting.
Elections and activism took center stage at today’s CEA-Retired meeting at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington, where members voted for leaders to represent them and learned more about federal…
In an overwhelming turnout for Retired Teachers Lobby Day, hundreds of former Connecticut educators gathered at the Legislative Office Building this morning to meet with their elected officials about issues…
“Today is a very special day—not only because we’re here together in an air conditioned space instead of in a hot and humid classroom,” CEA President Jeff Leake told members…
“I find it’s important to stay involved in our Association and pay it forward,” said John Battista, one of nearly 200 retired Connecticut educators who converged on the Legislative Office…
The nearly 200 retired teachers gathered this morning for the CEA-Retired Fall Issues Conference were reminded of why they went into teaching and everything they love about it still. “We…
Expand your Horizons: Learn more. Travel more. Volunteer more. That was the theme of today’s CEA-Retired Fall Issues Conference at the Aqua Turf in Southington. More than 200 CEA-R members…
While many of their former colleagues were busy in the classroom today, retired teachers did their part to improve education in Connecticut by talking with their elected representatives at the…