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Recent Ads:

Legislative Ads (preceeding the January 2005 session -- Adobe PDF files)

Public awareness campaign, WEA print ads, featuring the following WEA members: (3/22/04 -- Adobe PDF files)

    • Idalia Apodaca, Lewis and Clark H.S., Spokane (high-res file, approx. 860Kb)

    • Michele Birley, Mossy Rock Jr. High, Mossy Rock (low-res file, approx. 240Kb
    • Judy Dietzen, Mt. Baker Jr. High, Deming (low-res file, approx. 240Kb)
    • Jared Kink, Henry Jackson H.S., Everett (low-res file, approx. 240Kb)
    • Gabriela Muñiz, Eastgate Elementary, Kennewick (low-res file, approx. 240Kb)
    • Beth Nye, Whitman Elementary, Coupeville (low-res file, approx. 350Kb)
    • Debbie Sherman, Coupeville Elementary, Coupeville (low-res file, approx. 240Kb)
    • Jessica Upton, Kilo Middle School, Federal Way (low-res file, approx. 240Kb)

Public awareness campaign, TV spot featuring WEA President Charles Hasse:

Marysville teachers are back at work, but the board is putting our students' future in doubt (11/2/03) (view a PDF version, 105kb)

Marysville EA tells community: Why our teachers are on strike (10/1/03) (.jpg file size 135kb, or view a PDF version, 105kb)

Lessons For A Lifetime: Bonnie Dunbar (2003) (Quick Time Movie .MOV format, file size 1.4MB)

Newspaper ads show perils of legislative failure (6/18/03)

Summit UniServ Ad, published May 14 (.jpg file size 85 kb)

Sammamish UniServ Ad, published May 12 (.jpg file size 80 kb)

Support the House budget: Call your state senator (file size 1.6 MB, Real Media file that requires free RealOne Player software to view)

View WEA's newspaper ad, published April 8 & April 9, 2003

View WEA's newspaper ad, published April 1 (90kb JPG image)

TV Spot: Legislators ignoring voters on I-728 & I-732 (file size 1.6 MB, Real Media file that requires free RealOne Player software to view) (same ad in Quick Time Movie .MOV format, file size 2.7MB)

View the TV ad: "Promises" (March 26, Real Media file, 1.6 Mb) (same ad in Quick Time Movie .MOV format, file size 3.2MB)

Communications

Helping Your Child Learn and Grow (Adobe PDF file, 4.56 MB: A high-speed Internet connection is strongly recommended to download this file.)

Navigating the Tween and Teen Years (Adobe PDF file, 3.07 MB: A high-speed Internet connection is strongly recommended to download this file.)

For Starters: A handbook for new teachers (Adobe PDF file, 3.4 MB: A high-speed Internet connection is strongly recommended to download this file.)

Legacy - The History of WEA

Building Community Connections

52 Ways to Help Your Child Learn (Standard Web page format)

Legislative Outlook
 

Print the latest version of Outlook for your building (Adobe PDF file)

2004-05 Legislative Outlook

April 21 April 14 April 7 March 31 March 24 March 17 March 16
March 15 March 10 March 8 March 3 Feb. 24 Feb. 17 Feb. 10 Feb. 3
Jan. 27 Jan. 20 Jan. 13 Jan. 6 Dec. 17 Dec. 10 Dec. 2 Nov. 18

Election Edition Legislative Outlook

Nov. 3 Oct. 28 Oct. 21 Oct. 14 Oct. 7 Sept. 30 Sept. 23 Sept. 16
Sept. 9 Sept. 2

Aug 27

 

2003 End of Session Report (Adobe PDF) more

2003 editions of Outlook

 

WE Magazine
 

2005

 January - February March - April - May - June - September OctoberNovember

2004

January - February - March AprilMay - JuneSeptemberOctober - NovemberDecember 

 

 

 

 

 
Legal

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Certificate Discipline 11/97

Code of Professional Conduct 12/97

Creating a School Violence Committee 1994

Criminal Abuse of Students by School Employees 3/98

Disciplining Special Education Students

Handling Assaults On School Employees

Legal Rights & Responsibilities of Certified School Employees 2003

Legal Rights & Responsibilities of Classified Employees 2001

Legal Rights & Responsibilities of Washington's Community College Faculty

Preventing and Coping with School Violence - A Resource Manual for Washington School Employees

Reduction in Force 2003

School Employee Rights in Dealing with Students with Weapons 1/98

Sexual Harassment

Tips for Witnesses

Violence and Threats at School 

 

KEYS to Excellence in Our Schools

(Visit the KEYS main page)

Research / Education Statistics

Rankings of the States

Washington ranks 34th in K-12 education spending

K-12 public education's share of the Washington General Fund-State Budget is shrinking

Washington's average classroom teacher salary rank falls from 5th to 19th

Average salary paid to Washington's classroom teachers is $7,723 below the average for all far-west states

Starting salary for Washington's teachers thousands below salaries offered to other with Bachelor's degree

Washington's average teacher salary lags thousands behind annual pay for other workers

State legislature's budget priorities changed over the past 20 years

Increases in inflation and per capita income outpace pay increases for community and technical college faculty

Increases in inflation and per capita income outpace K-12 ESP pay increases

Increases in inflation and per capita income outpace Washington educator pay increases

Special Education

 

 

Misc / Other

Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes, resources & Web links

WEA Action
Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2002
Dec. 2002 Jan. 2003 Feb. 2003
March 2003 Final    

 

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