Share Your News with MEA!
There are so many creative and exciting things going on in Manchester Schools!! We are amazed at what our students are doing, and each time we go into a school we are so impressed with the teamwork and student creations on display. We would love to share your works and news here.
Please read this request and take the short survey:
Dear Colleagues,
As you are likely aware, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides all educators an unprecedented opportunity to participate in critical decisions about our public schools. Since the passage of ESSA, NEA has focused on raising awareness of these opportunities through My School, My Voice initiatives. While ESSA provides educators with opportunities, it does not provide us with guarantees.
NEA members understand the importance of this opportunity and adopted New Business Item #49 at the 2019 Representative Assembly to direct NEA to encourage local affiliates to collect and share information with NEA and state affiliates on how districts are implementing the requirement for input from educators, parents, and community stakeholders under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). To satisfy NBI 49*, the Education Policy and Practice (EPP) Department has developed a short survey as a means to collect this information from NEA Local Affiliates.
To accomplish this, we ask that you share the survey widely throughout your local Association and your community. Please include individuals and groups who have been involved in ESSA implementation and/or educator voice activities. To understand how the stakeholder engagement requirement has influenced local actions, we encourage you to share the link with others within your local Association as well as families and other community stakeholders.
You can access the survey here. The survey link is active and will remain active until December 8, 2019.
ESSA presents us with a landmark opportunity to influence education in the United States through educator voice. If you have questions or would like to connect with us to learn more about what you can do to seize local opportunities under ESSA, please email ESSAinfo@nea.org.
Together, we can take action and provide opportunity to every student regardless of zip code.
Thank you for your assistance.
*NBI 49 Text: Using existing resources and tools, to encourage local affiliates to collect and share information with NEA and state affiliates on how districts are implementing the requirement for input from educators, parents, and community stakeholders under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
The following was published by MEA as an informational piece that has been distributed as a brochure. We added information for members regarding published proposals from 2019 for the CBA.