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JUST ASK!!!

Research shows people join the Association because someone asked them to. Please ask the nonmembers in your building to join LEA. We are running an extra $$incentives$$ reward for members who recruit new members before September 30. Also if you have recruited a member in your building since the school year began please complete the registration link below.

 Click to Register for Incentives for Recruiting a New Member

New membership enrollment must be a priority of the Association this year. We cannot afford our membership to decline, especially given all of the challenges that LEA/NSEA/NEA are currently dealing with and that loom on the horizon. This is a negotiations year, it is especially important that LEA go to the table with a solid voice and large percentage of members among the educators we will be representing. It is within this current and expected on-going environment that we ask for your concerted effort and challenge you to please do all you can to get current non-members to join.   

Please contact taina.radenslaben@nsea.org for a membership packet or download the membership form CLICK HERE   

Dear NSEA Member,

Right NOW is the time YOU can help correct the problems with the "No Child Left Behind" law. Congress is starting to discuss reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) - and I need your help to make sure they do it right. Click for ESEA Information 

The last time Congress reauthorized ESEA, they passed No Child Left Behind. Not this time. We cannot let Congress get it wrong again. The stakes are too high for students, teachers, and schools.

This time, we need to make Congress pass OUR test - and actually help students and schools. This time we want Congress to propose a bill designed to help those in the classroom-students and educators.

This time, Congress has to get it right.

But the Senate is off to a bad start. The new Senate committeebill:

*                    Still relies heavily on outcomes of test scores instead of supporting true multiple measures of school performance

*                    Prescribes top-down models of school turnaround for struggling schools that are not based on research, don't work, and ignore promising, locally-developed ideas to help students

*                    Takes away teachers' rights to have a real voice in their own evaluation systems.

We know this is the wrong policy for students and educators. But there is still time to improve this bill! And that is why I need your help.

We need to remind our Senators that educators know what works in classrooms and for students and that it's time for them to listen to us.

We need to tell them to stop, think it through, and do ESEA reauthorization right for our students.

And, we need to tell them that educators are aware of what they are doing, we disapprove, and we want them to make changes NOW."

To do this, I am asking you to:

*       E-mail our Senators today and tell them to make sure ESEA reauthorization is done right.

*       Keep informed by going to www.educationvotes.org.

Together, we can make sure ESEA reauthorization is done right.

Sincerely,

Nancy Fulton

President, Nebraska State Education Association

(402) 475-7611 or (800) 742-0047

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Important Issue!! 

Nebraska School Employees' Retirement Plan  

This is your future!!

A proposal before the Legislature -- LB680, introduced by Elk Creek State Sen. Lavon Heidemann -- would impose a Defined Contribution/Cash Balance (DC) plan for future school employees in Nebraska. These changes to the Nebraska School Employees' Retirement Plan would reduce benefits for future employees, weaken the current retirement plan, and indirectly affect current participants in the system.

http://nsea.org/policy/LegUpdate.htm 

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$$$$---Scholarships and Grants Available

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska offers college scholarships to NSEA members    

Since 1986, financial aid has been provided to college-bound certificated Nebraska educators through the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska Professional Development Fund.

To be eligible, these certificated NSEA members must be covered by either a single or family Blue Cross/Blue Shield health care policy. Scholarships can be used by educators to pursue an advanced degree, seek an additional teaching endorsement or to take course work to meet certification requirements. All courses must be taken for credit.

http://nsea.org/members/teaching/scholarships/bcbs_scholarship.htm  

 Opportunities for Educators, Students, Schools, & Communities

GRANTS AVAILABLE---Click Here