Illinois Education Association Minooka Region
Recent News About Illinois Education Association Minooka Region
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: IEA President Applauds Gov. J.B. Pritzker For Signing $40,000 Minimum Salary Bill
Today, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the $40,000 minimum teacher salary bill, ensuring no teacher in Illinois will be able to make less than that amount by 2025 and helping to strengthen the future of the profession.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Hundreds Expected At College Of Dupage Faculty Association Rally For A Fair Contract, After Board Refuses Mediation
Hundreds of faculty, students and community members are expected to wear red and attend a rally on the College of DuPage (COD) campus on Thursday evening.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Join CODFA Colleagues In Support Of Our Negotiation Team
Reminder: wear red and join us on 8/15 at the BOT meeting.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Joint statement from the Kaneland Education Association and Kaneland School District 302 on Tentative Agreement
The following is a joint statement from the Kaneland Education Assocation (KEA) and Kaneland Community Unified School District #302
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Kaneland Education Association Responds To Special Board of Education Meeting Regarding District Surplus
Hundreds of Kaneland Education Association (KEA) members and community supporters wore red and packed a special Kaneland Community School District 302 board meeting on Tuesday night.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Administrators’ Academy #2001 Initial Teacher Evaluator 2-Day Training
All new teacher evaluators in Illinois will need to pass an ISBE-approved administrator academy on the topic of Initial Teacher Evaluation Training.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Northern Illinois Teachers and Administrators Travel To Puerto Rico, Provide Training and Technology For Educators
Eighteen teachers along with administrators will travel to Puerto Rico to provide professional development training to more than 100 Puerto Rican educators.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Hundreds of Kaneland educators, community members plan to rally and pack school board meeting
Hundreds of Kaneland Education Association (KEA) members and community supporters plan to wear red, rally for a fair contract and pack the Kaneland Community School District 302 board meeting on Mon., June 24.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: The IEA pushed for, Supported And Helped Pass Several Pieces Of Legislation To Help Students, Educators
The Illinois Education Association (IEA) worked with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the governor’s office to ensure the passage of several pieces of pro-public education legislation during the 2018-19 legislative session in Springfield.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: IEA Passes Legislation That Changes The Course Of School Safety in Illinois
The Illinois Education Association initiated a bill that will allow school districts to develop threat assessment protocols, threat assessment teams and access money to hire personnel and implement procedures to keep students safe.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: IEA delivers 55,000 Signatures, Pushes for Lawmakers to Repeal the 3 Before They Leave
Educators from around the state carried file boxes filled with signed petitions to the Illinois State Capitol building today asking lawmakers to repeal the 3 percent threshold on pensionable teacher salaries before they leave Springfield and help preserve the profession.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: IEA Honored Educators From around the state
IEA honored those with an outstanding commitment to their schools, their students and to public education at this year’s IEA Representative Assembly.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: COD Faculty Association announces Spirit Week, May 13-17
The College of DuPage Faculty Association (CODFA) will hold a series of events the week of May 13-17 to emphasize the strength and unity of the college’s full-time faculty.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Statement from IEA President Kathi Griffin on Canceling Pension Holiday
The Pritzker administration announced there is no need to extend the pension payment schedule next year because of better-than-expected tax revenue.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: We’re almost there….Repeal the 3%
Great job – you’ve done so much good work! Now, Illinois Representatives are back home and we need you to meet them while they’re home and tell them to Repeal the 3%! The Senate did it and they can too!
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: IEA honors Sen. Andy Manar With Friend of Education Award
Today State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) was honored with the Illinois Education Association’s (IEA) Friend of Education award for his commitment to public schools in Illinois.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: $40,000 Minimum Teacher Salary Bill Passes House
The $40,000 minimum teacher salary bill passed the Illinois House of Representatives Tuesday evening on a 79-31 vote.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: Vote for the IEA TRS Team!
Active TRS members can vote, beginning today, for Marsha Byas and Andrew Hirshman for TRS Trustee.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: IEA-Backed Legislation To Ease Teacher Shortage Crisis Unanimously Passes Committee, Heads to Senate Floor
The Illinois Education Association (IEA)-initiated bill to repeal the 3 percent salary limit law passed out of the Senate Education Committee with a 13-0 vote this afternoon.
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ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MINOOKA REGION: IEA Legislative Update for March 15, 2019
This past week, the General Assembly continued with a focus on negotiating and preparing bills to be ready to move through the committee process.