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 19, 2010 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.

 2010 UFEA Scholarship Application  |  2010 UFEA Scholarship Application (Word document)

The newly ratified contract between UFEA and Unit 5 is now available online.  Printed copies will be available soon.

To view the contents of the contract, click on the “Contract” link found on each page.  The Contract page includes links to the entire contract as a PDF that can be downloaded and printed, and also incluces links to the contents of the contract that can be viewed right within ufea.org.  The salary schedules (both A & B) are also available there.

Please let us know if you have questions or have any trouble finding what you are looking for.

As a reminder, your December 15 pay check should include both the new amount as a result of the contract and your retroactive pay.  A worksheet is currently being developed to assist you in verifying that your check is correct.

IEA facebook fans are eligible to win great prizes, including two tickets to the game between the Chicago Bears and the Cleveland Browns at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Nov. 1. All IEA members who are facebook fans are eligible. We’ll draw a name at random on Oct. 26.

Just click this link and become a “fan” of IEA on facebook. It’s free and “fans” have information on discounts, IEA news and other relevant information delivered to their desktops.

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