Register online for Winter Conference
Online registration is open for the WEAC Winter Conference, February 22-24 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel, Appleton. This is an exciting opportunity to learn new skills as well as network with members from across the state. This year's conference offers training sessions on collective bargaining, representation and member engagement; and quality teachers, staff and schools. You will find sessions for education support professionals, Wisconsin Technical College System members, and pre-K-12 teachers. Register now
Wausau teachers, ESP rally in solidarity
Members of the Wausau Education Association and Wausau Education Support Professionals protested the school board's refusal to negotiate fair contracts. The WESP has been without a contract since July 2006 and the WEA has been without a contract since July 2007. Read more
Wis. teachers $2,636 below U.S. average
Wisconsin's average public schoolteacher salary for 2005-06 was $46,390, which is $2,636 below the national average, ranking it 21st in the nation, according to the latest NEA "Rankings and Estimates" report. After adjusting for inflation, the report noted, Wisconsin's average teacher salary declined 5.5% from 1995-96 to 2005-06 while the nationwide average increased 1.3%. Read more
WEA Trust wins Prevention Partner Award
The WEA Trust was among four organizations, whose work statewide has made schools and students safer, to receive State Superintendent's Prevention Partner Awards during the Building the Heart of Successful Schools conference. Read more
Battle of the Bands is back
The statewide battle of the bands competition for high school students is back again! The Wisconsin Foundation for School Music (WFSM) has kicked off the fourth year of Launchpad - an alternative music competition designed to celebrate the reach of music education. Find out more about this as well as professional development opportunities and classroom resources on the OnWEAC Educators' Bulletin Board. Read more
Reading with imagination
As readers, we do far more than decipher words on a page. Ultimately, reading triggers a life of the mind, as we recreate for ourselves how things are, or were, or could be, even though we are not actually experiencing them "in the moment." In this month's Reading Room column, Doug Buehl writes about strategies for helping students "transcend the physical act we call reading" and become transported in their minds to another place. Read more
Complete your PI 34 plan online with QEI
WEAC members can go online to sort out information about the state's teacher licensing law known as PI 34, and to conveniently complete the law's professional development requirements and opportunities. And they can do it all at no cost. Quality Educator Interactive (QEI) is available from the OnWEAC Home Page at www.weac.org. (You will find the link under Education Resources.)
Sarah Allen, a teacher at Irving Elementary School in West Allis, is working in Colombia, South America, this school year through the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. Share your photos
Tricia Spaeth! Tricia Spaeth, a teacher at Hemlock Creek Elementary School in De Pere, is the latest winner in the OnWEAC Members Only guess the score contest. Guess the combined final score of Sunday's Packers-Rams game for your chance to win a Packers sweatshirt. Members Only
WEA Trust health plan subscribers - get instant access to everything you need to help lead a healthier lifestyle including free personalized health assessments, access to personal health advisers, and more. WEA Trust
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