New Leaders at the Helm for IEA We are extremely excited for the start of the 2017-2018 school year. All of us in IEA governance and on the IEA staff are looking forward to working with each of you to enhance and progress public education in Idaho. We believe in a team effort and we…
Now in its fifth year, the IEA Summer Institute proved to be bigger and better than ever when some 200 members from all around the state gathered at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa for the 2017 installment in late July. This event, which is free for IEA members, has drawn rave reviews for its ability…
By Leah Jones Summit Elementary School, Jerome Jerome Education Association If you are in your first years of teaching, you are experiencing a new kind of stress; teacher stress. Lesson planning, grading papers, large classroom sizes, IEP’s and 504’s to follow, disruptive behaviors, staff meetings, helicopter parents, the list goes on and on for me.…
IEA Summer Institute & ESPs – What’s In It For Me? (Or – Come On Baby, Light My Fire!) Education Support Professionals are an integral and vital part of our schools. The contributions they make to our students are immeasurable but oftentimes overlooked. Unfortunately, there is frequently an inequity in professional development opportunities offered by…
Member Spotlight: Coeur d’Alene’s Bruce Twitchell “When I was seven or eight years old I asked Santa for a camera, and under my Christmas tree that year was a bright yellow 110 camera, along with a note from Santa.” So began a lifelong connection with photography for IEA member Bruce Twitchell, who is now in…
Veteran IEA staff member and professional educator Sue Wigdorski was named Executive Director of the Idaho Education Association on April 10, 2017. The announcement was made by IEA President Penni Cyr and came after a national search. Wigdorski succeeds Robin Nettinga, who retired in December. “Sue has all of the qualities and experience that the…