Last chance for TEA’s evaluation survey!
Phase 2 of TEA’s teacher evaluation survey will close this Saturday, Feb. 18.
Survey is open to ALL Tennessee teachers, not just association members.
Results of the survey will be reported to TEA members, SCORE and state-level policymakers.
Individual responses are confidential. Click here to complete the survey.
Based on results from TEA’s first teacher survey and the administrator survey, the Association released its recommendations to improve the flawed evaluation system.
Also, you can participate in the SCORE regional roundtable. SCORE is the organization that Gov. Haslam asked to study the evaluation system.
SCORE
Knoxville Regional Roundtable
Monday, Mar 5, 4:30-6:30PM
UT Visitor Center
2712 Neyland Drive
Parking in front of visitor center
A Valentine’s Treat for you!
Blount County Education Association
invites you to drop by after school on
Valentine’s Day!!
(anytime between 3:30 – 5:30)
Vienna Coffee House
321 High Street
Maryville, TN
(Meeting room in back—can enter from outside deck at back of coffee house)
Drop by for some free coffee, sweet treats and a chance
to win a fabulous prizes perfect for you … …
or the one you want to celebrate with on Valentine’s Day!!
(You don’t have to be present to win!!!)
H&R Block Discount for you!
During February 2012, download a coupon for special NEA member discounts! File a federal form 1040EZ for FREE (through February 29, 2012) or save $20 to $99 on tax preparation at a participating H&R Block tax office or online at Block LiveTM. Visit www.neamb.com/hrblock or call 1-800-786-3429 for details!
Access member benefits on your phone!
New Mobile App for Discounts
Introducing the new TEA/Access My Deals Mobile application! All the great deals available only to TEA members are now on your phone*.
The newly released My Deals Mobile app allows TEA members to find, save and redeem offers on their phone. Most deals require the user to simply show their phone at the point of sale–no ID cards or coupons are required. Users can find deals according to their preference: using the GPS functionality on their device, keyword, favorites or categories. Members can also track their savings as well as store their favorites for offline access.
The app contains offers at restaurants, shopping, services, hotels and more. The TEA’s benefit partner, Access Development, which sustains some of the largest discount programs in the nation, has negotiated substantial offers in all 50 states and more than 5,000 cities, including more than 18,000 restaurants, 14,000 hotels and 7,000 retail stores. The My Deals Mobile app features America’s largest “show your phone” mobile coupon network with over 75,000 offers.
My Deals Mobile can be downloaded in the Android® Market, and is also available for Apple® devices through iTunes®. Because Access content is licensed only for members of client groups, the deals are not available for the general public.
To download the app, simply follow these steps:
1. Search for “My Deals” in the iTunes® App Store or the Android® Market. Or, click on the following:
- iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-deals-mobile/id427118196?mt=8
- Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.access.access
2. Download the “My Deals” app.
3. Enter your registration code, which is 8995 plus your 10-digit TEA membership ID. (Don’t know your ID? Check your copy of TEACH, or ask your AR, or email president.bcea@gmail.com)
Once you’ve registered the app, you’re good to go. You can start using it immediately and enjoy the experience of getting your TEA deals on the go.
Enjoy the savings!
* Currently available for Apple® products (including the iPhone®) and Android® phones.
Read Across America Ideas
This year’s Read Across America Celebration is going GREEN as it highlights Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, and the new Lorax movie that opens on March 2nd!
Planning a Read Across America celebration for your students? Don’t reinvent the wheel! Check out these ideas:
- Share your plan and see others’ ideas at http://www.readacrossamerica.org/
- The Lorax Project: http://origin-www.seussville.com/loraxproject/
- The Lorax Reading Sheets: http://bit.ly/LoraxSheet
- Educator’s Kit with all kinds of writing & reading ideas: http://bit.ly/RAAEducKit
- Lorax Activity Booklet for students: http://bit.ly/LoraxStudent
- Lorax Stickers: http://bit.ly/LoraxStickers
- Read Across America’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/neareadacrossamerica
- Play the pajama game. Invite parents and students to don their pajamas and snuggle up and read in an overnight readathon.
- Aim high. Who says high school students won’t get involved? High School students love reader’s theater and poetry slams, and middle school students can organize book fairs and read to elementary students, or create blogs to engage their peers.
- Tip your hats to hometown heroes. Have students write to local heroes and ask them about their favorite books. Showcase these hometown heroes and their choices in your reading celebration.
- Put reading on parade or hold a book lovers’ ball. Invite local authors and illustrators and showcase their books and characters in style.
- http://bit.ly/NEA More from NEA
- http://bit.ly/JCo Ideas collected by Jefferson County Schools
Legislator Survey
Please take a moment to let us know what you think:
School Funding
Blount has the 12 highest fiscal capacity, which is the measure of a county’s ability to fund programs, BUT 65 school systems invest more in each child’s education than Blount county.
Sources: http://bit.ly/CountyFiscalCapacity & http://bit.ly/PerPupil
Evaluation Survey Phase II
TEA used your responses to the first evaluation survey to advocate with legislators for changes. There are legislators who are listening! Please take the time to complete the second phase of the survey, below.
Happy New Year!
Make your New Year’s resolution to be a stronger supporter of public education: Register to vote!
- Who decides how many students are in each class?
- Who decides how much money your school gets to educate students?
- Who decides how students are tested?
- Who determines how teachers are evaluated?
Elected officials! And voters elect these officials — to school boards, county commissions, city councils, the General Assembly and Congress.
If you’re already an active voter, make this the year you become more involved! Visit TEA’s legislative action center to find out more.
If you’re not a voter, register today! Deadline to register for March Elections is February 6th!
Charter Decision
The State Board of Education voted unanimously to uphold Dr. Gary Nixon’s recommendation to uphold the Blount County Board’s denial of HOPE Academy’s application.
