{"id":303416,"date":"2010-02-10T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T21:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2010-02-10T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T21:20:40","slug":"insider-for-feb-9-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/303416","title":{"rendered":"insider for Feb. 9, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIf this is the first you\u2019ve seen the IEA <em>insider<\/em>, Welcome!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nYou can click here if you wish to unsubscribe, but keep in mind that insider subscribers are eligible for FREE STUFF!<br \/>\n\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/newsroom\/insider\/insider-for-feb-9-2010\/VISA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5771\" title=\"VISA\" src=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/VISA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Send an e-mail to <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/paste\/iealistens@ieanea.org\"><strong>iealistens@ieanea.org<\/strong><\/a><strong> with VISA in the subject line<\/strong> to be entered to win one of four $100 VISA gift cards. While you are at it, <strong>tell us what you would like to see in the <em>insider<\/em>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/strong>The <em>insider <\/em>connects you to money-saving opportunities through NEA Member Benefits and Access and adds value to your IEA membership. <strong>Get what you pay for \u2013 read the <em>inside<\/em>r.<\/strong> \u00a0You might be a winner!<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Savings galore at the IEA website!<\/h2>\n<p>Be sure to check for savings before you buy! Access Development Corp. has contracted with over 200,000 vendors to help you save online. To find out what merchants participate, visit the IEA website, click on the membership card icon, enter your 10-digit member ID number and click &#8220;go.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>We can\u2019t wait for a responsible budget<\/h2>\n<p>IEA is a member of the Responsible Budget Coalition. \u00a0IEA members are urged to show lawmakers and everyone else how we are all hurt by the state&#8217;s broken budget.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIt\u2019s easy for you to tell the General Assembly \u201cI can\u2019t wait for a responsible budget\u201d. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abetterillinois.com\/cantwait.html\">Do it now<\/a>!\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Happy YOU year!<\/h2>\n<p>NEA Member Benefits wants to help you keep your new year\u2019s resolutions by offering savings at Smilemakers (classroom treats like stickers, pencils and decorations), NEA life insurance, Jenny Craig, Barnes &amp; Noble, car rentals, no hassle savings on your next new or used vehicle, New York &amp; Co., and magazine subscriptions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neamb.com\">Visit the NEA MB website <\/a>for all the values you are entitled to.<\/p>\n<h2>\nBlack History Month, Mom Congress, more\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Visit the IEA website for the latest political action, features and upcoming events. For example: Find out about Read Across America, Parenting magazine convening the first Mom Congress on Education, find curriculum ideas for Black History Month, order IEA scholarship apparel for pick up at the RA, read the latest blogs and find archived articles you may want to revisit.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>SPARKS ignites leadership fire<a href=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/newsroom\/insider\/insider-for-feb-9-2010\/KenandSparksThumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5772\" title=\"KenandSparksThumb\" src=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/KenandSparksThumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>IEA regions and locals across Illinois are using SPARKS to light the fire of leadership in newer and younger members.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSPARKS was developed by NEA to identify younger IEA members who show potential as future leaders. \u00a0This past weekend, two-day SPARKS programs were conducted in IEA Region 35 (Schaumburg) and for several locals serviced through the IEA Naperville office.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blip.tv\/file\/3196205\">Click here for a brief video<\/a> taken at the SPARKS event for Region 35.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>RtI offers two new webinars<\/h2>\n<p>The National Center on Response to Intervention (RtI)is holding a \u201cUse of Coaching\u201d Webinar from 1 \u2013 2 p.m., Weds., March 3. Learn a coaching model and find out how this form of professional development can be used to foster teachers understanding of the components of RtI.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rti4success.org\">Visit the RtI website<\/a> for more information.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Take action to save education jobs<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Senate is debating President Obama\u2019s Jobs for Main Street Act, which includes investing in education. The House of Representatives passed this NEA-supported legislation in December.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nYou can notify Illinois senators Durbin and Burris that it is unacceptable to allow budget problems to hurt our schools.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"httphttp:\/\/www.nea.org\/home\/19449.htm\">Click here for more information<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Website of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson plans, thematic units, seasonal items, interesting bulletin boards are available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theteacherscorner.net\/monthly-resources\/february.htm\">website of the week<\/a>. The Teachers Corner helps you plan your month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! \u00a0 \u00a0 If this is the first you\u2019ve seen the IEA insider, Welcome! \u00a0 You can click here if you wish to unsubscribe, but keep in mind that insider subscribers are eligible for FREE STUFF! \u00a0 Send an e-mail to iealistens@ieanea.org with VISA in the subject line to be entered to win one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}