The IEA Board of Directors has approved and announced the hiring of Matt Aber-Towns as the Association’s Executive Director. Aber-Towns has an extensive background in education association work with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and additional union experience with Service Employees International Union (SEIU). “I look forward to working alongside a union board and…
In a time-honored tradition throughout the state, each region hosts a Mini DA in the month leading up to the IEA’s Delegate Assembly and Annual Meeting, this year being held in Coeur d’Alene. These sessions enable the regions to get on the same page prior to Delegate Assembly and are especially beneficial for first-time delegates.…
By the time you read this, much of the IEA staff will be on the ground at the Coeur d’Alene Resort for the 2019 IEA Annual Meeting and Delegate Assembly. Delegates will be arriving shortly thereafter, with caucuses set to begin at 7:30 a.m. Friday, April 5, followed by the general session at 10:00…
Minimum Starting Salary Bill Passes the House A bill that would set a minimum starting teacher salary of $40,000 beginning in 2020-2021, with an intermediate minimum of $38,500 next year, passed the House by a 61-9 margin. HB 153 is part of Gov. Brad Little’s effort to boost compensation in hopes of mitigating Idaho’s problems…
