The four best and most anticipated days of professional development for Idaho educators — IEA’s Summer Institute — is queued up for July 27-30 at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston. No less than 63 separate classes, including 13 online offerings, offer professional and personal learning in topics from educator self-care and student loan forgiveness…
Idaho Education Association’s internal elections began today and will run through May 16. Held entirely online, this year’s election sees 15 candidates running for a variety of statewide and regional seats on IEA’s board of directors, including National Education Association director. CLICK HERE TO GO TO IEA ELECTIONS WEBPAGE FOR DETAILS ON EACH CANDIDATE, ELECTION…
Post Falls Street Clean-up Post Falls Education Association members and their families spent last Sunday sprucing up their adopted street — Seltic Way — for their annual street clean up event. Check it out!
Derek Kohles, a social studies teacher at Lake City High School in Coeur d’Alene (Region 1) discusses a floor action at the 2022 Delegate Assembly in Boise April 22-23. Nearly 400 IEA members, staff and guests came together for the Idaho Education Association’s 129thDelegate Assembly (DA) in Boise April 22-23. From every region and…
IEA Executive Director Paul Stark details the Idaho Legislature’s constitutional obligation to adequately fund public education. On Tuesday, Idaho school board officials and school administrators heard a pitch from two IEA leaders about collaborating to secure adequate funding for Idaho public schools. Paul Stark, IEA executive director, and Shane Reichert, IEA general counsel, spoke…
One essential bit of business conducted at IEA Delegate Assembly each year is the introduction, discussion and adoption of new IEA policy priorities called new business items or NBIs. This year, delegates introduced no less than 30 NBIs — the highest number in recent memory. “NBIs are where our members bring forward the most important…