Overcoming numerous obstacles, the Teton Education Association and the IEA reached a landmark agreement with the Teton County School District this summer, negotiating the first master agreement in the history of the southeast Idaho community. TEA president Lisie Smith and her team, along with representatives from the IEA and NEA, displayed determination and persistence in…
Edythe Crowe Award Nominations will be taken in the coming months for the Edythe Crowe ESP of the Year Award, and should be submitted to the awards subcommittee via IEA headquarters in Boise. The award will be presented at the IEA’s annual meeting in the spring of 2015, and the Idaho winner becomes the IEA’s…
The distance between Marietta, Georgia and Athol, Idaho is 2,390 miles. Both the journey and the destination tell us a great deal about Athol Elementary teacher Amy Galloway, who has found a home—and a calling—in North Idaho. “The best thing about being a teacher is the minute that a kid really understands something that we…
“I would call it virtual collaboration—water cooler discussion, but online and nationwide.” That is how Twin Falls teacher Peggy Hoy describes the Great Public Schools Network (GPS), which she and fellow IEA members Kendra Wisenbaker and Kaywin Kidd Cottle have been instrumental in helping to launch. With time and budgets making in-school collaboration more and…
The Idaho Education Association’s annual Summer Institute featured terrific professional development opportunities and a chance for members to collaborate, share and socialize. Helping members excel in the classroom and advance their careers is a high priority for the IEA. Check out some Summer Institute photos on Flickr!
What better way to help new teachers prepare for their first year in the classroom than tapping into the lessons learned by professional educators who just went through the experience? Now heading into the second year of their teaching careers, Laura Greenwood of Koelsch Elementary and Jon Parrott of Horizon Elementary in Boise agreed to…