Tama Meyer, Jan Studer, Bette Price, and Mary Lee Ruch were forces to be reckoned with as professional educators and IEA members, so it really shouldn’t come as a surprise that they have carried their enthusiasm and energy into retirement. These four women, along with more than 30 other members, comprise the North Idaho Education…
You may have seen the digital ads or visited the website, www.greatidahopublicschools.org. If so, you are seeing the results of extensive work by the IEA and our partners to create a digital media campaign to spotlight the amazing job done by educators and create the building blocks of a coalition to support public education in…
Get ready! The IEA Summer Institute is back with an online platform in 2021. The IEA’s marquee professional development event, Summer Institute operates under the auspices of the IEA’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The 2021 Summer Institute will take place July 28-31, with registration now open. Six primary session strands will inform, challenge,…
Don’t just take our word for it. The Idaho Statesman also used that phrase in their editorial of April 8, 2021. And that was before legislators returned from a mid-session COVID-19 recess necessitated by the refusal of many in the capitol to follow safety protocols. Before they held education budgets hostage in order to pass…
Looking Back on a Challenging Year and Ahead to a Brighter Future In deference to ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the safety of members and staff, the IEA’s Annual Meeting and Delegate Assembly was held online this spring. The new platform enabled business to be conducted as smoothly as possible,…
Julie Nawrocki teaches math, typically college-level courses, at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls. She grew up in St. Petersburg, FL and graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in electrical engineering. She and her husband, Peter, met at USF and began careers as engineers. They moved to Idaho in 2000, and…