Pamella Johnson, WEA's 2022 Education Support Professional of the Year, is an academic and behavioral intervention specialist at Rochester High School and a passionate advocate for paraeducators.
Your union is working on several fronts to help with the student loan debt crisis in this country. We want to help you better understand the Federal Loan Forgiveness programs and to move you forward toward forgiveness. Join us online Oct. 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m., to learn the facts about the current federal loan forgiveness programs, both Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness as well as the Limited PSLF Waiver. You also will learn how to access to the NEA Member Benefits Loan Forgiveness Navigation tool available at www.neamb.com/start. Members with current federal loans and student members are welcome.
WEA's Inclusionary Practices Project (IPP) is providing 24 professional development courses this year. The courses are free, provide clock hours, and available to all. Participants move through the course at their own pace and can start at any time.
Educators are experts on making sure our students learn honesty about who we are, integrity in how we treat others, and courage to do what’s right. Recent broad-ranging attacks on how we teach and what we teach has created confusion about how we can safely continue teaching accurate and updated curricula to help our students understand our past and present in order to create a better future.