IEANEA

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IEA is an association of more than 133,000 members composed of Illinois elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.

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    How To
  • # Episodes

    258 episodes
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    TV-G

Episodes of IEANEA

    • An organization that reflects Illinois

      IEA and NEA are committed to achieving ethnic-minority delegate representation at the NEA Representative Assembly (NEA RA) that is at least equal to the proportion of identified ethnic-minority populations within the state.

      • Release date
        Dec 20, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:55
    • Josh Stumpenhorst, 2012 Teacher of the Year

      Josh Stumpenhorst is recognized by students and colleagues for his innovation inside and outside the classroom. And, now he's been recognized by the state, as well, as the Illinois State Board of Education has announced he's the 2012 Teacher of the Year.

      • Release date
        Dec 16, 2011
      • Runtime
        05:27
    • 2011 Fall Outreach to Teach

      Thanks to the IEA Student Program, 60 volunteers descended upon Lindop Elementary School in Broadview to spruce up the school, both inside and out, in an Outreach to Teach project.

      • Release date
        Dec 14, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:52
    • IEA Legislative Update - November 10, 2011

      IEA President Cinda Klickna offers her thanks for the hard work of IEA members and staff in stopping a pension cutting bill in the Illinois House.

      • Release date
        Nov 10, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:00
    • The IPACE recommendation meeting

      IEA members are encouraged to participate in the process used by IPACE, the organization's political action committee, to recommend candidates for the Illinois General Assembly. This brief video explains how the IEA legislative recommendation process works. FOr more information, go to the IEA Website (www.ieanea.org) and click on the "legislative" tab.

      • Release date
        Nov 7, 2011
      • Runtime
        05:36
    • Decatur Education Association uses NEA grant to ...

      The Decatur Education Association was awarded at $15,000 NEA urban grant and used the money to partner with its local Big Brother Big Sister organization to pair teachers and students in the district's most impoverished elementary school. It's hard to tell who is getting the biggest rewards -- the teachers or the students.

      • Release date
        Nov 3, 2011
      • Runtime
        04:46
    • Legislative update for October 27, 2011

      IEA Director of Government Relations Jim Reed says IEA members should contact their legislators between now and November 8th and urge them to oppose SB 512 and any other unconstitutional pension legislation.

      • Release date
        Oct 27, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:37
    • Legislative update - October, 2011

      Jim Reed, IEA Director of Government Relations, provides an update on the legislative session scheduled to run October 25-27 and November 8-10. Reed reports that, while there are no pension-cutting proposals currently poised to move to a vote in the House or Senate, IEA members should remain attentive and be prepared to act quickly if called upon. Members are urged to check the IEA website (www.ieanea.org) regularly: 1) Click on the “My Profile” button and make sure IEA has the email address o...

      • Release date
        Oct 25, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:13
    • IEA: Lawmakers must scrutinize Civic Committee p...

      An analysis of Senate Bill 512, the pension bill developed last spring by the Chicago-based Civic Committee, shows it should have cost taxpayers an additional $34 billion dollars for state pensions. IEA lobbyist Will Lovett explains what the analysts found and why the legislature should reject any attempts to ram through pension reform bills, especially those supported by the Civic Committee and the Chicago Tribune editorial board.

      • Release date
        Oct 20, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:56
    • Pension update Oct. 11, 2011

      Cinda Klickna, IEA president, and Jim Reed, director of government relations, discuss the upcoming veto session, where things currently stand on the pension issue and something they'd like members to do.

      • Release date
        Oct 11, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:30
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