The Idaho Education Association has launched my360, our exciting new online portal, where members now have unprecedented access to all the benefits of association membership right at their fingertips.
Happy New Year! We hope your holiday break was rejuvenating and restful. With the beginning of a new legislative session and the 2017-2018 school year halfway over, we pause and reflect on what 2018 will have in store for us.
Several issues of importance to educators are likely to be at the forefront of discussion and debate during the 2018 Idaho legislative session. The IEA lobby team will once again advocate on behalf of our members and their students for policies that promote a strong and equitable public education system.
Teacher Pipeline Workgroup IEA, Education Stakeholders Tackle a Tough Problem A large and influential group of education stakeholders developed a series of recommendations aimed at addressing the shortage of certified, qualified teachers in Idaho classrooms, particularly in rural areas and in hard-to-fill positions. The recommendations were formally presented to the Idaho State Board of Education…
Kirstin attended the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly for the first time this year, and shares some of her impressions. The Idaho Caucus started at seven o’clock sharp that first morning and there wasn’t much chit chat before we dove into RA Today, the “newspaper”, which included proposed changes to the Constitution of…