Peer Assistance and Review (PAR), one of CEA’s most successful programs, is now expanding. The program will now serve second-year teachers in the Briggs and Linden-McKinley feeder patterns. PAR II will be facilitated by a PAR Consulting Teacher and the building principal.
The Columbus Education Association is proud to announce that our signing on to Ohio’s Race to the Top (RttT) grant application helped the state win $400 million. The Columbus City Schools will receive $20.5 million over the next four years.
The $550,000 “Bringing Learning to Life” grant was awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Grant partners include NEA, OEA, CEA, CCS and The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology. Check out NEA’s video of the grant award announcement.
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel stopped in Columbus on Wednesday, Aug. 25, as part of his week-long, multi-city, back-to-school tour. The veteran high school math teacher arrived at West HS at 6:20 a.m. on the first day of the new school year to meet and greet the staff.
The Department of Education recently announced that due to the strength of its application, Ohio was one of a handful of second round states that earned RttT finalist status.
Thirty-four delegates from the Columbus Education Association represented more than 4,500 of their colleagues as they participated in important NEA business at the 2010 Representative Assembly in New Orleans, LA.
Delegates from the Columbus Education Association (CEA) attended the third Ohio caucus on the morning of July 3, 2010.
