January 2010 Advocate
January 4, 2010Bensenville high risk Pre-K program a big success The Pre-K program at Tioga Elementary School in Bensenville has been around for more than two decades. Its recipe for success can be credited to many things, including a proven screening... More
Local unites, strategizes, wins
September 23, 2009This spring, Naperville Transportation Association bus drivers were able to do something many thought couldn’t be accomplished, they won back jobs that the school board attempted three years ago to outsource. How did they do it?... More
An historic win
September 23, 2009Kathy Fuller, a seventh and eighth grade teacher at Unity Point in Carbondale, has been named the 2009 history teacher of the year by the Illinois State Board of Education, which awarded Fuller the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American... More
Local presidents provide input on training at summit
September 23, 2009In a one-of-a-kind gathering July 30-31, local association presidents got together to help shape the future direction of IEA’s statewide conferences and training. In March, delegates to the Representative Assembly authorized... More
Special education teacher continues to fight for her rights
September 23, 2009It’s taken more than four years, countless hours of preparation, reams of paper, a hearing before an administrative law judge, appeals to the state education labor board and court, who have all agreed that a former teacher at the... More
What you did last summer
September 23, 2009The Advocate asked IEA members in July what they were doing during their summer vacations. It’s no news to us that educators are 100 percent dedicated professionals who work hard not only during the year but whose dedication lasts... More
Hinsdale retiree case can serve as a lesson for the future
September 22, 2009By James Crandell, Hinsdale High School Teachers Association leader After 25 years of association activism, I’d thought I’d seen it all. But the Hinsdale District 86 school board blew that smugness away when it reneged... More
Ken’s Commentary
September 22, 2009As I ponder the challenges we find before us, I am reminded of Jimmy Buffet’s song “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes.” IEA must rethink how we approach candidate recommendations for federal and state offices.... More
The birth of a new website
September 4, 2009We think you’ll agree. The new IEA website is an effort by the association to ramp up its ability to communicate with its members through Web 2.0 technology. Come visit and you will see “a mash up of several technologies, including... More
Maine West school counselor recognized for work
September 1, 2009When Claudia Rueda-Alvarez was called into her director’s office at Maine Township High School West and he put the phone on speaker, she assumed it was so she could translate for him. Instead, the call was to inform the 18-year veteran... More
