 | Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton visits with Lake
Geneva Middle School sixth-grade teacher Tanya Butke. |
 | WEAC members attend a June 22 rally in support
of striking Tyson Foods workers in Jefferson. Photo
Gallery |
 | Appleton Education member Candi Breitengross
meets State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster during a media event.
Breitengross teaches at Houdini Elementary School in Appleton. |
 | WEAC members Mark Cebulski and Beth Ludeman
talk about the issues facing delegates during the RA. The annual meeting
was July 1-6, 2003, in New Orleans. Photo
Gallery. Story. |
 | More than 1,500 WEAC members came to Madison
Thursday (June 19, 2003) to speak with their elected officials about
maintaining the state's commitment to public education. Photo
Gallery. Story. |
 | State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster
praises Gov. Jim Doyle's state budget proposal because of its support
for Wisconsin's great schools during a press conference in Eau Claire. |
 | A group of Northwest United Educators members
attend Lobby Day on June 10, 2003, in Madison. |
 | WEAC members from Fond du Lac celebrate
a job well done after spending the day in Madison for the June 10
Lobby Day |
 | Waupaca teachers stand in solidarity to
protest their treatment by the school board during the board's "Appreciation
Breakfast." |
 | Owen-Withee Education Association member
James Scheuer meets with Sen. David Zien's assistant, Kate Mize, during
WEAC's June 10 Lobby Day. Photo
Gallery. Story. |
 | Approximately 50 Nicolet High School students
line a street along northbound I-43 in Glendale to protest proposed
budget cuts. |
 | East Troy Education Association member Dixie
Luedtke prepares to be interviewed on camera for WEAC's latest informational
video. |
 | Teachers and education
support professionals picket outside Nicolet High School in Glendale
to protest proposed budget cuts. |
 | Governor Doyle talks with
Mandy Winter, senior class vice president, and Amanda Herzog, senior
class president, during a visit to Union Grove High School May 14. |
 | Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle shares
ideas with Student WEA member Jennifer Burkholz and Eau Claire District
Administrator Bill Klaus. Story.
|
 | Albany teachers Mello Jorgensen and Connie
Gregerson discuss the impact of the QEO law with Pam Porter, Governor
Doyle's outreach director, in the governor's office. |
 | WEAC Council #1 President Paul Gulgowski
speaks with Governor Doyle after the governor signs the 2001-03 state
employee contract, which was held up by the Legislature for several
months. |
 | Wisconsin Teacher of the Year, Jerry Hoefs,
and his wife meet NEA President Reg Weaver while visiting Washington,
D.C. |
 | One thousand delegates debate issues and
set policy at the 2003 WEAC Represenative Assembly. Photo
Gallery. Story. |
 | Approximately
180 Student WEA members partipated in the 2003 Outreach to Teach,
which took place April 12-13. Photo Gallery |
 | WEAC members participate in a rally for
striking Tyson Foods workers in Jefferson. |
 | U.S. Rep. Ron Kind visits Dodgeville Middle
School. In Washington, D.C., Kind is working to improve the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). |
 | Central Wisconsin UniServ Council (CWUC)
Director Tim Smith leads a discussion with Education Support Professional
members during a "Super Saturday" event on March 29. |
 | WEAC members show their support for striking
Tyson Foods workers in Jefferson by making donations and attending
a rally. |
 | WEAC President Stan Johnson and WEAC Executive
Director Michael A. Butera visited the staff at Meadowview Elementary
School in Eau Claire. |
 | Northern Tier educators show support for
public education at a Joint Finance Committee public hearing on the
state budget in Rhinelander. Photo
Gallery |
 | About 200 local association presidents and
other officers discuss strategies for winning repeal of the QEO law.
Photo
Gallery. ... Large
panorama of room. |
 | George Williams, John Carl Davis, Pete Roller
and Phil Beavers were honored at the 2003 WEAC Retirement Banquet. |
 | Wisconsin's First Lady Jessica
Doyle visits Eau Claire to share with students her ideas for her
Middle School Community Connections initiative. |
 | U.S. Rep. Ron Kind visits with students at
La Crosse Logan Middle School to discuss his "Building Blocks
for Education" agenda. |
 | Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton and Kenosha
Education Association member Nancy Poulson talk about educational
issues during a legislative dinner in Kenosha. |
 | Children in Derek Haroldson's kindergarten
class at Black Hawk Elementary School in the Sauk Prairie School District
celebrated the 100th Day of School. |
 | The 2003 WEAC Spring Conference included
a variety of ethnic dancing and singing performances, as well as an
array of professional development and union training opportunities.
Photo
Gallery. Story |
 | WEAC President Stan Johnson shares an energetic
and crowd-pleasing reading of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham at a general
assembly at Hawthorn Hills Elementary in Wausau. Photo
Gallery. Story |
 | Elmbrook Education Association President
Alice Rast told Elmbrook School Board members, "We want to settle
the contract and get back to the full-time business of teaching."
Photo
Gallery. |
 | The Clintonville Education Association presents
a symbolic check to the Board of Education, demonstrating money the
teachers have returned to the district in salary paybacks. Photo
Gallery. Story. |
 | Representatives of the 25 largest locals
meet in Stevens Point to talk about the 2003-05 statewide bargaining
goals. Photo
Gallery. |
 | State Rep. Mary Hubler
poses with Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat. Photo
Gallery. |
 | Elkhorn Education Association
members Donna Busch and Jan Bice deliver a basket of holiday goodies
to Diana Spoden. |
 | Governor Doyle greets well-wishers
at his inaugural ball January 6, 2003. Photo
Gallery; Story |
 | WEAC President Stan Johnson
discusses the Port Washington School District's struggles with revenue
controls with Port Washington High School social studies teacher
and bargaining team member Deb Dassow. Story. |
 | Carol Anderson, a volunteer
for Horizon Elementary's United for Reading Success program, gives
assistance to Alic Riedel. Story |
 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Professors Dr. Steven Anderson and Dr. M. Virginia Epps display
their Outstanding Professor Awards with Adam Knihtila, president
of the UW-Whitewater chapter of Student WEA. |
 | Clintonville Education
Association members purchase food items to donate to Goodfellows,
a charitable organization that provides holiday meals to those in
need. |
 | Green Bay Education Association
President Keith Patt meets with students Christina Villalobos and
Alex Kennedy. |
 | Jessica Doyle, wife of Governor-elect
Jim Doyle, visits Eau Claire elementary and middle schools as she
campaigned for her husband across the state. |
 | Clintonville Education Association
members picket before an October 28 school board meeting to protest
the lack of respect they are being shown at the bargaining table.
Photo
Gallery |
 | Members of the Bayland UniServ tailgate
with Barbara Lawton, candidate for lieutenant governor, before a
Packer game. |
 | Central West UniServ Council (CWUC)
Executive Director Tim Smith leads members in activities that support
WEAC's recommended candidates for governor and lieutenant governor,
Jim Doyle and Barbara Lawton. |
 | Gubernatorial candidate Jim Doyle visits
with teachers in Manitowoc County. |
 | Pardeeville teachers gather before school to protest
the school board's threat to impose a QEO. |
 | NEA President Reg Weaver visited MTEA members during
a September 25, 2002, dinner event. Photo
Gallery |
 | More than 100 members of the Elmbrook Education Association
attended a school board meeting to stress the need for a fair contract.
Photo
Gallery |
 | Clintonville Education Association President Bob Arkens
tells the school board that CEA members want to continue bargaining
for a fair contract. The board has indicated it plans to impose a
Qualified Economic Offer on its teachers. Bob
Arkens' comments. |
 | More than 60 Delavan-Darien Education Association members
gather outside before packing the September 9 (2002) meeting of the
Delavan-Darien Board of Education. |
 | Members of the Delavan-Darien Education Association
wore matching T-shirts on their first inservice day of the 2002-03
school year. The DDEA has been working without a contract since June
30, 2001. |
 | More than 500 educational assistants participated in
learning opportunities August 22-23 at an inservice organized by the
Racine Unified School District, the Racine Educational Assistants'
Association (REAA) and WEAC. |
 | Eau Claire English teacher Cindy Johnson poses with
1988 presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. |
 | WEAC Vice President Terry Meyer demonstrates his support
for Burlington teachers. - Photo
Gallery |