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The AFT TEACH Conference, a biennial event devoted to professional development, will be held July 24-27 in Washington, D.C. Your local president should have an information packet from the American Federation of Teachers that includes a tentative schedule, hotel and conference registration forms.
The NEA Representative Assembly, the major decision-making body for NEA, is scheduled to meet in Portland, OR, July 2-6, 2025. All active Education Minnesota members are eligible to run to be a state-credentialed delegate to the NEA RA. The filing period closes Dec. 13. Interested members may file by submitting the designated filing form to the Elections Committee. Filing forms are also available on Education Minesota’s website.
Filing period open for Education Minnesota officer, governing board, NEA director positions Candidate filings for Education Minnesota officers and National Education Association director positions are open. Candidate filings for Education Minnesota’s governing board election district positions were opened Nov. 4.
Vouchers have long been a mainstay topic in educational policy discussions, and this year is no exception. Likely as not, next year will not be an exception, either. Moreover, this is not a partisan issue.
Each year, Education Minnesota presents several awards to members in recognition of their outstanding achievements. Presented at the annual Representative Convention, these awards include the Human Rights Award, the Peterson-Schaubach Outstanding Leadership Award and the We Are One Solidarity Award.
The Collective Bargaining and Organizing Conference will be held on Jan. 24-25, 2025, in Bloomington. Every two years, this conference brings together organizers, negotiators and advocates to learn best practices for bargaining and contract negotiations, including how to build unity across locals and incorporate more open and inclusive practices in bargaining.
We encouraged locals to get involved in school board elections through recruiting, screening and endorsing candidates. We also encouraged locals to use PAC donations to communicate with voters about their endorsed candidates through targeted mail pieces, phone banks, canvassing and other voter outreach.
Education Minnesota also recognized four other ESPs from across Minnesota as finalists for ESP of the Year. Additionally, there were six other nominees recognized as semifinalists.
Bauch is a special education educational assistant at Washington Technology Magnet School in St. Paul.
Donald Trump’s election and hostility to public education will pose new challenges to Minnesota educators in 2025. The most dangerous of them may be his support for school voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public education to private and religious schools.
