Student WEA reaches out to Prescott

More than 200 Student WEA members painted, cleaned, fixed and brightened schools in Prescott last weekend to demonstrate their commitment to education. Outreach to Teach sheds light on the damage caused by school district revenue caps.

Outreach to Teach is an event that just can't be fully captured in print, so OnWEAC also created a video report and a slideshow. Read more

Educators to examine Finnish education

About 30 educators and policymakers are coming to the WEAC building Tuesday to take a close look at an emerging model for high performance education systems across Europe, with Finland in the vanguard. The group will explore the possibilities for applying aspects of the European model and Finnish reform to education in Wisconsin. Read more

Online opportunities for educators

Through a collaborative arrangement with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), NEA members can now participate in CEC professional development sessions at the CEC member discount price. Web seminars bring together current information from experts and busy professionals in convenient interactive 90-minute sessions, and require only a speakerphone, a computer and high-speed Internet connection.

Also, the Rural School and Community Trust is holding a free Webinar (an online seminar) on Tuesday, April 29, at 12:00 p.m. The presentation, "Engaging Students and Revitalizing Communities through Place-Based Learning," is an interactive session where strategies and successful examples for engaging disenfranchised students through PBL will be shared.

Find out more about these and other professional development opportunities, events, and classroom resources on the OnWEAC Educators' Bulletin Board.

The joys of substitute teaching?

Young educator Erin Teksten has stumbled upon what she says may be one of the best kept secrets in the education profession: substitute teaching. "Yes, you read that right - I don't hate this job," Erin writes in the latest column on the OnWEAC New Teachers page. "This is the job that most people pity, fondly remembering their days in school when they tortured the poor, unsuspecting 'subs' that came in and out of their lives. Not only is this not the worst job on Earth, but because of the current free space in my thoughts and life for creativity, I realized there is a joy and peace in substitute teaching that I have since applied to the rest of my life." Read more



SWEA members meet with legislators
South West Education Association members discussed important education and legislative issues with legislators Monday at the annual SWEA legislative dinner.
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Plan for a healthy pregnancy with WEA Trust Club Mom
Expectant moms can now participate in WEA Trust Club Mom - a service that offers information on preparing for the birth process, caring for an infant, and much more. Read more

Cartoon Corner
by George B. Abbott



"What's with the 3 R's? Arithmetic doesn't
start with an 'R'."
Cartoon Corner

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