Summer Seminar registration now open
Education Minnesota’s Summer Seminar professional development conference is back this Aug. 1-3 at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
State Fair booth is back in 2022
Education Minnesota’s booth at the Great Minnesota Get Together is scheduled to be back Aug. 25-Sept. 5 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
Professional development
Professional development opportunities
Are you retiring this year? Continue as a member of Education Minnesota
If you are retiring or retired, and have been an Education Minnesota member for at least 10 years (does not have to be consecutive), you may qualify for retired membership at NO additional cost.
Rochester celebrates union history
Educators advocated for what they need in a meeting with a legislator, who then went a wrote a bill. While it didn’t pass, they are not giving up.
Special education task force gets attention of Legislature
Educators advocated for what they need in a meeting with a legislator, who then went a wrote a bill. While it didn’t pass, they are not giving up.
Educators eligible for frontline worker pay after months of advocacy
Education support professionals and teachers who worked in person for at least 120 hours between March 15, 2020 and June 30, 2021 will be eligible for a frontline worker bonus payment after legislation was signed into law this April. Applications are set to open around June 8.
Legislature leaves with unfinished business for schools, more
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned May 23 with no deal to spend the state’s $9.25 billion surplus. As of press time, there was no plan for a special session to pass any of the proposals, including $1 billion for education.
Free online class provides support for cooperating teachers
Education Minnesota members will soon have access to a free online training which they will need in order to have teacher candidates in their classroom.
Pandemic reflections
At the 2022 Education Minnesota Representative Convention, delegates spent time honoring, sharing and connecting about the ways they have gotten through the last two years.
