Frank Edelblut, New Hampshire’s Education Commissioner, selected school administrators and school boards representatives for his official Task Force. NEA-NH, and the 17,000 professional educators we represent, was not invited. “We were instead offered a place on a workgroup, meaning the voices of those in the classrooms, hallways, buses, cafeterias and offices – the frontline for any
Over the past few weeks, NEA-NH has conducted a number of online workshops and member conversations. Many of these have been recorded and posted on our website. Previous Tuttle Talks appear in their own archive that can be found here. Workshops conducted for the Educate and Elevate Campaign can also be found on their site
June 23, 2020 – CONCORD, NH -The STRRT Task Force reviewed half of their preliminary draft recommendations and sub-actions for reopening New Hampshire’s public schools today during an online meeting where members worked to fine tune the recommendations prior to submitting them to the Governor on June 30. “We are concerned that these recommendations do
CONCORD, NH – June 19, 2020 – NEA-New Hampshire released their statement on the safe re-opening of our public schools today. Something important happens in our schools and classrooms that remote learning can never replace. While remote learning is a necessary response to a national emergency, it can never replace the productive learning environment of
The next two Tuttle Talks will be devoted to safely re-opening our public schools NEA has released internal guidance for affiliates on reopening schools for in-person instruction. The guidance addresses four key dimensions of the reopening process: How best to amplify educators’ expertise through bargaining and/or other collaboration structures to address COVID-19 issues; How to
On June 10, NEA-NH hosted a live Q&A session with representatives from the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security to answer member’s questions about eligibility for unemployment benefits as a result of cutbacks due to COVID-19. More than 160 members attended the live session. We’re providing the audio portion of the event in case you