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My New Beginning
An Aspiring Educator's journey to a new country opens up career opportunities.
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Working, Growing, and Becoming Stronger Together
It had been a long day on the floor of the Representative Assembly in Houston in early July 2019, when Tom Zigan, then vice president of WEAC-Retired, asked the leaders of Education Minnesota Retired if they would like to get together for dinner. Zigan had ulterior motive: He wanted to start a new joint state conference.
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Trailblazers in Education
Two Aspiring Educators champion change and representation.
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Earning My Stripes
Our big move seemed to come out of nowhere. It was the mid-1980s, and I had a toddler at home and a busy job as a special education teacher in Southern California. Then my husband, a U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, came home one day and announced that we were being transferred. Our new assignment: Four years in Naples, Italy!
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Star Player in Iowa
As a college field hockey and softball player in the mid-1960s, my female teammates and I played with hand-me-down equipment, back-seat scheduling, and little, if any, fan promotion.
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Power up Your Career with NEA's Aspiring Educators Program
From donation drives to leadership training, two aspiring educators share what you can achieve through NEA membership.
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'The importance of collective voice went beyond that'
Jacob Bauer Zebley is a Social Studies Teacher in Harford County, Maryland
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'This is what I was born to do'
Cartier Scott is a Math Teacher in Riviera Beach, Florida and winner of NEA's 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Award
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'The value of working together to improve things for all of us'
Sylene "Kit" Kofoed is a Technical Support Manager in Rock Springs, Wyoming
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Instilling Pride, While Dispelling Prejudice
Leslie Montemayor is an Indian Education Coordinator in Oklahoma
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