NEA-RA Snapshots
Katie Wiese of the Vallivue Education Association (right) and NEA President-Elect Princess Moss.
The 2026 Idaho delegation to the National Education Association Representative Assembly, held in Denver.
Penni Cyr of the Southwest Education Association-Retired holds up her campaign post. Cyr won a seat on the NEA Board of Directors to represent retired members.
From left: IEA President Layne McInelly, IEA President-Elect Peggy Hoy, NEA Executive Committee members Bill Farmer and Shannon McCann, and NEA Director Lindsey Smith at the Robert Birle Memorial Dinner.
IEA Vice President Jon Hawkes, IEA President Layne McInelly and NEA Director Lindsey Smith tout Idaho's contributions to the NEA PAC.
From left: Moscow Education Association member Cyndi Faircloth, Boise Education Association member Cassie McBean and NEA Director Lindsey Smith.
For years, IEA President Layne McInelly has jokingly asked NEA Director Lindsey Smith if she would get a tattoo if an IEA meeting ended early. To send him off, Smith had temporary tattoos made of McInelly's face — and the entire delegation wore them during NEA RA.
NEA Director Lindsey Smith (left) and Region Director Caitlin Pankau at a Colorado Rockies Game.
Clockwise from bottom left: IEA President-Elect Peggy Hoy, NEA Director Lindsey Smith, Vice President Jon Hawkes and President Layne McInelly pose with some of Colorado's famous (and safely stuffed) wildlife.
Delegates at the Colorado Rockies game.
From left: Katie Wiese and April Flake of the Vallivue Education Association, Kelly Heil of the Pocatello Education Association, and IEA President Layne McInelly.
Hoy, McInelly, Cyr and SWEA-R member Dick Chilcote. Chilcote has been attending NEA RA since the 1970s.
The 2026 NEA-RA Idaho delegation.
SWEA-R's Cindy Schaffeld in front of one of Denver's most famous landmarks.
Vallivue Education Association's April Flake (second from top left) sings in the NEA RA Choir.
Boise Education Association's Amber Armstrong, SWEA-R's Cindy Schaffeld, and BEA's Shelia Dengler-Shaw at the Birle Memorial Dinner.
Boise Education Association's Richard Zuercher speaks at the podium during RA.
SWEA-R's Cindy Schaffeld holds the signs that delegates use to remind them of how they decided to vote as a group.
Boise Education Association's John McCrostie and Katie Wiese and April Flake of the Vallivue Education Association at the Birle Memorial Dinner.
April Flake, Amber Ford and Katie Wiese rep the Vallivue Education Association.
IEA President-Elect Peggy Hoy, IEA President Layne McInelly and NEA Director Lindsey Smith at the Robert Birle Memorial Dinner. The annual dinner is named for Birle, an LGBTQ+ advocate.
IEA President-Elect Peggy Hoy tests her darts skills at Idaho Night, an evening for the delegation to connect and have fun.
Schaffeld shows off her tattoo of McInelly.
Boise Education Association members, from left: Shelia Dengler-Shaw, Alex Walker, BEA President Tabitha Miller and John McCrostie.
Delegates from the Boise Education Association, from left: Zoraida Juarez, Shelia Dengler-Shaw, Alex Walker, John McCrostie, Cassie McBean, Amber Armstrong, BEA President Tabitha Miller and Richard Zuercher.
Boise Education Association members, clockwise from bottom left: BEA President Tabitha Miller, Zoraida Juarez, Shelia Dengler-Shaw, Amber Armstrong, John McCrostie, Richard Zuercher, Cassie McBean, Region Director Stephanie Myers, and Alex Walker.
Boise Education Association members, from left: Cassie McBean, Zoraida Juarez, BEA President Tabitha Miller.
Vallivue Education Association's April Flake with Phil Siddle, who was a guest of the IEA delegation. Siddle is a member of the teachers' union in the United Kingdom.
