The MEA NewsBlog

November 15, 2010

Clarification About Recent Changes in State Statute Regarding Teacher Evaluations

Filed under: Legislation and Politics — mkiefer18 @ 9:23 am

This CEA memo addresses the confusion some have been experiencing at the local district level regarding recent revisions to Connecticut General Statutes that require “multiple indicators of student academic growth” to be included in all teacher evaluations, effective July 1, 2010.  Read it carefully.

November 8, 2010

Get Informed…CEA Professional Issues Update

Filed under: Legislation and Politics — mkiefer18 @ 4:31 pm

CEA is urging its members to attend one of the upcoming professional issues information sessions to become more informed and more empowered to take back our profession. CEA is holding six informational sessions to update members on important issues facing all teachers this year. Find out more about these sessions and register now to attend.

October 27, 2010

CEA’s Proposed Certification Regulations

Filed under: Legislation and Politics — mkiefer18 @ 9:37 am

CEA recently updated their proposed certification requirements. You can read them here.

If you have any comments or concerns about these proposals, especially about the proposed literacy certificates, send them to litcert@cea.org.

September 22, 2010

The Struggle that Led to Connecticut’s Binding Arbitration Law

Filed under: Legislation and Politics — mkiefer18 @ 2:05 pm

Vital viewing…here’s Part 1:



And here’s Part 2:

November 18, 2009

Understanding Why Teachers Can’t Collect Their Entire Social Security Benefit

Filed under: Legislation and Politics — mkiefer18 @ 6:27 pm

Over the years many teachers have asked why they can’t collect all of the social security they’ve put into the system when they retire.  It’s a complicated issue, but CEA just posted a really clear, informative video to their blog about the Social Security Offsets forced on teachers.  Have a look here.

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