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2011 UFEA Scholarship Applications
January 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Unit Five Education Association annually awards three scholarships to individuals purusing a career in education. Applications for each $1000 scholarship are due by March 18, 2011 at 3 pm. Applications should be completed and returned to:
Pat Fitzgerald
NCHS
3900 E. Raab Road
Normal, IL 61761
One Rosenbaum Scholarship is awarded to a senior at Normal Community High school, while another is awarded to a student at Normal West. A third scholarship is awarded to the child of a UFEA member (may be a high school senior or current college student, pursuing a career in education).
The application form maybe downloaded using the links below.
2011 UFEA Scholarship Application | 2011 UFEA Scholarship Application (Word document)
Make Every Late Start Day ‘Wear Your College Logo Day”
January 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In an effort to demonstrate to our students the power and importance of a college education, UFEA is sponsoring “Wear Your College Logo Days” during every Late Start Day. The District supports us in this effort, so please join your colleagues and wear a t-shirt, sweatshirt or other apparel that displays the name or logo of the college or university you attended. We hope it will be a great conversation starter and will help us collectively show our students the “super power” of a college education!
Feel free to share this poster with your colleagues or post in in your building (thanks to UFEA member Julie Hinman for the design!): College Logo Day Poster 
American Education Week
December 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
UFEA President Vickie Mahrt shared the following during the public comments section of the Unit 5 Board Meeting on December 8, 2010:
Last month, UFEA members celebrated American Education Week with our traditional invitation to public officials to spend time with us in our classrooms. Teachers provide lesson plans and supports so that these community leaders can actually do some teaching, and get a taste of what it is like to work and learn in Unit 5.
This event gives us the opportunity to showcase our Unit Five public schools, along with our great students and our outstanding teachers, and we think it gives officials the opportunity to show their support of public education in our community.
This year we hosted Representative Keith Sommer; McLean County Board Members Don Cavallini, George Gordon, and Paul Segobiano; Bloomington Alderman Jennifer McDade; Normal Town Councilmen Jeff Fritzen and Chuck Scott; Unit 5 Board Members Scott Lay, Mark Pritchett, John Puzauskas; and our own Superintendent, Dr. Niehaus.
We were able to get pictures of several of our participants, and when you look at them, you can tell that they are having a good time. Some of them even wrote us notes to tell us about their experiences, and we got this from Chuck Scott, who spent time with Maureen Thomas’ 2nd grade class at Fairview:
“Believe me, I was impressed. Gary, you have a good group of educators within Unit 5. I am proud of their accomplishments and proud to live within this school district.”
The teachers who hosted these visitors are not unusual in our district. We have hundreds of great teachers in this district, doing what it takes to educate each student to achieve personal excellence.
We aren’t waiting for Superman in Unit 5. Superman, and Superwoman, show up in our 22 school buildings every morning.
Middle School Transfer Process
December 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Recently, UFEA and the District presented at each Middle School information regarding how the transfer language in the contract will be applied as we prepare for George Evans Middle School to open.
The PowerPoint presentation that was used as part of those meetings can be viewed here .
IEA’s Economic Summit streaming live October 8th
October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Moving Illinois forward: Real world solutions for a broken economy.
Join us October 8 for the IEA Economic Summit live streaming event. Guest speakers will discuss the economic climate and challenges on a national to local level. Discussion also includes the return on your education investment and quality in job growth.
The event is for any interested party including IEA members, staff and the general public. We have groups from many different public entities participating (many are human services type groups).
There is no cost to view the event. The entire day will be streamed live on the internet except for the breaks and lunch. Visit the IEA website to find out more and get the link to the event: http://www.ieanea.org/featured/economic-summit/
Help Register Others to Vote: September 9 at 4:30
August 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s important that as crucial elections come up this Fall (especially for Governor and statewide races) and this Spring (school board elections) our members are registered to vote.
On September 9 at 4:30 the County Clerk’s office will be training our members to be voter registrars. Those who complete the training will be able to get others (your colleagues, friends and neighbors) registered to vote.
If you’re interested and willing, please RSVP to the IEA Office (309-663-6400 or karen.hancock@ieanea.org) by Monday, August 30 so we can let the County Clerk know how many to plan for and we can arrange for food as well.
IEA Recommends Quinn/Simon for Illinois
July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Continue to check here and at http://ieanea.org for updates, information and calls to action. Find out more information about the IEA recommendation, including a comparison of the two candidates and their views on public education.
RIF Resources
May 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The following document contains several helpful tools and resources for members that have been RIF’d. Information is included on topics such as:
- Posting of Vacancies and other Job Posting
- Who to Contact
- Final Payment
- Unemployment Insurance
- TRS Service Credit
- Legislation and Political Action
This resource was provided to those who attended the meetings on May 4 and 6 and is now also provided here: RIF Resources
Stories, Photos and Videos from the SOS Rally
April 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We’ve posted links to several stories, photos and videos from the April 21 SOS (Save our State/Save our Schools) Rally on the UFEA Facebook Page. Several of the stories feature images and quotes of UFEA and BEA members.
If you’re on Facebook and haven’t yet “liked” the UFEA Page, you should! You can also follow UFEA on Twitter (@ufea). Twitter coverage from the SOS Rally can be found by searching the #SOSrally hashtag. And, of course, there is coverage and calls to action at http://illinoiseducationassociation.org as well.
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