Showing posts with label TEA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TEA. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2011

New School Year

Yes, this blog has been silent for a year. My apologies!

This new year has started and I wanted to give information through the blog again.

We will be having a regional meeting of TEA on August 23 at Cookeville High School, in the Lecture Hall. If anyone wants to carpool, let me know. I'm presenting information on recent law changes. We will also have a meeting in Manchester on the 29th at Coffee County Central. I'll also be attending that meeting and presenting the same information.  

These meetings will give members information on evaluation, tenure and new laws.

Hope to see lots of SCEA members at a meeting.

Tracy

Sunday, September 13, 2009

NEAMB

That stands for National Education Association Member Benefits. I often get a reminder in my mail box to take advantage of my benefits through the NEA. But I don't always remember to use them. I also know that I have great benefits as a member of TEA and this weekend I took advantage of one!

Last week, I went to get new glasses. I gulped and paid the amount for my spiffy new glasses. They did have a sale, $100 off the glasses but it was still expensive and then I remembered my Access card through TEA. Did I have it with me, NO! But the sales clerk was great and we looked up the discount programs Lens Crafters honors. I couldn't prove I was a member but she told me to bring my card back when I picked up my glasses.

So Saturday, I returned TEA card in hand and the clerk looked up the discount and I walked out with $94 back in my pocket! Thanks to Access/TEA I received a total of $194 dollars off my glasses. The clerk let me know that I could get as many pairs of glasses and sunglasses as my family needed, there wasn't a yearly limit. I was tickled to have money back in my pocket and realized it was almost half of my yearly dues that I had saved with one pair of glasses.

Don't tell me about the cost of membership. I've saved more than the cost of my dues this year by using NEA sponsored California Casualty for my insurance needs and now purchasing new glasses. MORE than my dues! I love it! So be sure you register you card on the TEA website and remember to look for those discounts. I know Target also honors the card, just print out a coupon from the TEA website...I need to go shopping!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Take a Survey

I received this message this morning from our illustrious TEA president Dr. Earl Wiman. So I'm passing it on to those of you who read the blog. Earl said, "Mr. Haslam is a Republican candidate for governor, please take his survey."

Here is the link. Let the candidate know what you think.

Friday, April 17, 2009

RIP - Rural Initiative Project

Denise and Tracy are currently in training, we are actually the trainers! Isn't that scary. We are talking about how to blog and how to be involved in political action. We are in Cookeville and we are meeting with a bunch of other education associations.

Currently, there are six other associations at the meeting. We are having a train the trainer session right now and tomorrow morning we will have the big presentation.

Dannise McKinney is presenting on how to present. :)