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Dover, Wednesday, July 1, 2009
DSEA offices are closed July 3 in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. Thereafter, the offices will continue to be closed on Fridays through August 14. Office hours Monday through Thursday during that time will be 7am to 5pm.
Golfers and donors raise $8,600 for our Future Teacher Scholarship Fund!
U.S. Sec. of Ed Arne Duncan to talk with NEA RA delegates July 2
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit with NEA members on July 2, the day before the 2009 NEA Representative Assembly officially opens in San Diego. NEA expects that several thousand delegates will attend his presentation.
A group of eight Association members have been selected to be part of a panel asking the Secretary very specific questions as part of the visit. These members were selected solely on the basis of their knowledge and experience in dealing with No Child Left Behind. One of the eight is our own Mike Hoffmann, DSEA vice president and a special education paraprofessional at William Penn High School. He is the only ESP member among the eight.
Follow the NEA RA on Twitter
This year, NEA will be offering Twitter feeds -- short electronic messages -- that will allow you to keep track of Representative Assembly (RA) events, get the inside scoop from NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, and even participate in social and community-building activities. Via Twitter, you can follow these updates online or even have them delivered to your mobile phone.
If you're new to Twitter, go to www.twitter.com to learn more and sign up -- it's free and takes less than a minute. Then visit these three official NEA RA Twitter feeds and just click "follow" for any or all of them:
www.twitter.com/RAToday: The Twitter feed for RA Today, the official publication of the 2009 RA, provides up-to-the-minute coverage of RA events starting June 26.
www.twitter.com/NEAPresident: NEA Pres. Dennis Van Roekel offers his impressions of the 2009 RA through his personal Twitter feed starting July 1.
www.twitter.com/NEASocial: This Twitter feed offers updates on networking and community-building opportunities available at the 2009 RA, starting on July 1.
For more information on the RA and Twitter, go to www.nea.org/ra, which will remain the central online source for RA news and information.
See DSEA event photos here, including the June 19 Future Teacher Benefit Golf Tournament, the June 11 Commitment Rally plus
both previous State Worker rallies; some "Bell to Bell" activities; our legislative receptions; the Representative Assembly; the Human and Civil Rights Awards Banquet; and our Winter Advocacy Retreat with Vice President Joe Biden.
See video on DSEA's new YouTube site. We've loaded Rally video there as well as statements from some of you about how the proposed salary cuts will devastate you and your family.
Need daily legislative updates?
Check out http://onefightmore.blogspot.com for Tim Barchak's daily information and ponderings on the twists and turns in Legislative Hall.
Buy DSEA logo apparel at the new DSEA "store" at Lands End.
Educator licenses go electronic: no more paper certificates or licenses
Click here for information, resources and answers to your questions about DPAS II
Newark High 10th grader Grand Prize Winner in DSEA's Read Across America Billboard contest
NEA's Read Across America day was March 2, 2009, Dr. Seuss' (Theodor Geisel's) birthday anniversary. The day began as a way to encourage all adults to read with a child on the birthday of one of our nation's most celebrated "early reader" authors. For the list of student winners in this year's contest, click here.
We invite you to check out Mary Jo Faust's RtI blog. It's full of information as well as opportunities to share your successes, your frustrations.... Check it out at http://RTITeacher.blogspot.com.
Attention specialists:
Don't let your professional license expire!