Six Weac Members Featured In Newspapers Statewide

Look closely at your Sunday newspaper and you may find a picture and special article written by a WEAC colleague. WEAC is featuring six members in a unique newspaper advertising campaign about the challenges facing teachers and education support professionals in Wisconsin's public schools.

The campaign began in January and will continue until June 2006. The ads are appearing in 10 daily newspapers statewide, 23 weekly newspapers that serve the Milwaukee area, and a business publication.

Each ad includes a picture of a WEAC member, an editorial about an education issue, and the Great Schools message. Because the ads are both promotional pieces and editorials, WEAC calls them "advertorials."

The advertorial campaign is in its sixth year. Advertorials from previous years are available on OnWEAC.

Below is the first in this new series of ads. (Check back to meet each of the members who are being featured in the 2005-06 campaign.)

• May 28: Jean Kapinsky, communication instructor at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau -- "Great Technical Colleges
  Benefit Everyone."
• March 29: Christine Munson, Special Education Transition Program, Charles F. Fernandez Center for Alternative Learning, Stevens Point -- "Great schools depend on great support staff"
• February 26: Stan Johnson, WEAC president -- "Every kid deserves a great school
• January 29: Jim Uren, Florence math teacher -- "Saving our great schools"

The ads are appearing on the last Sunday of the month through June in the following daily newspapers:

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
• Green Bay Press Gazette
• Appleton Post Crescent
• CNI - Milwaukee suburban publications
• Eau Claire Leader Telegram
• La Crosse Tribune
• Wausau Daily Herald
• Kenosha News
• Superior Daily Telegram

Advertorial archives:

• 2004-05
• 2003-04
• 2002-03
• 2001-02
• 2000-01

Updated January 30, 2006