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…
Penni Cyr Says Thank You and Farewell, Looks at the Future of the IEA After six always exhilarating, alternatingly rewarding and frustrating years as IEA President, Penni Cyr is retiring this summer. Before she heads off into the sunset (in an RV with her husband) and dotes on her first grandchild, she looks back at the accomplishments of…
Boise Teacher Also Honored by Idaho Legislature Excellence in Education. You would be hard pressed to find a phrase that more accurately describes the professional acumen and dedication that Sonia Galaviz brings to the classroom—as well as to the Idaho Education Association and her local, the Boise Education Association. After taking home the IEA’s Marsha…