Member Activity

Celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week 2019

Want to thank your favorite New Hampshire teacher for expanding your mind? Or all teachers for the incredible work they do each day? Use one of our online thank you cards. Select your favorite card design, enter a custom message and share via social media. Don’t forget to tag your favorite teacher(s) in your post! Wear #REDforED on Wednesday, May 8 This year, we especially appreciate all our NEA-NH members who are fighting for school funding, professional pay, and better learning conditions for their students. Show your solidarity with them by wearing red on Wednesday, May 8, and sharing a […]

Manchester Education Association Committed to Students and Members

Recent confusion regarding status of negotiations the result of a series of misunderstandings and miscommunication.  CONCORD, NH – April 10, 2019 – The Manchester Education Association remains committed to maintaining a quality public education for every student and believes that the current confusion surrounding the status of our negotiations is the result of a series of misunderstandings and miscommunication between the parties involved. No one from MEA leadership has made a deliberately false statement regarding the negotiations, and if incorrect information was conveyed or expressed it was not intentional. We understand fully that the well-being of our students and members is not […]

James Patterson Donates $1.25M to Classroom Libraries

NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson’s latest gift for literacy is a $1.25 million pledge to classroom libraries. On Tuesday, the best-selling author announced the fifth installment for his Patterson Partnership, formed in coordination with Scholastic Book Club. Patterson is giving $250 each to 4,000 teachers around the country to help purchase books. He is also distributing $500 each to 500 teachers with three years or less experience. Scholastic will match Patterson with gifts of 250 and 500 bonus points for its book club. Teachers can apply for grants through www.scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership . The deadline is July 31. In recent years, […]

Dover Teachers Hold Second #Red4ED Event

After their second walk-in and walk-out (working to contracted hours), Dover teachers rallied outside city hall before tonight’s school board meeting. Dover Teachers Union negotiators meet with the board for its tenth and hopefully final meeting on Friday morning. About 100 Dover teachers and their supporters wore #RedforEd to call attention to the lack of funding for public education in Dover. “Dover teachers are working around the clock to make a difference in the lives of their students and standing up for better school funding. They’re raising their voices together for their students, for their schools and for their community,” […]

NEA-NH Seacoast Region Affiliates Contracts Approved by Voters

NEA-NH units in the Seacoast Region also did very well at the polls. While we are still awaiting a few results and the possibility of a recount in one town, we can report that 10 associations affiliated with NEA-NH had their CBA’s passed by voters including: Epping Education Association Exeter Paraprofessional Association Fremont Education Association Oyster River Regional Educational Support Staff Association Newfields Paraprofessionals Association Newmarket Teachers Association Rye Educational Support Professionals Association Sanborn Regional Education Association- Passed both towns, Kingston and Newton Sanborn Educational Support Professionals – Passed both towns Seacoast Education Association

NEA-NH Affiliates in the Eastern Region Connect With Voters

At Town Meetings and at the polls, NEA-NH affiliates in the Eastern Region had nine agreements ratified by voters. Barrington Education Association Freedom Education Association Gov Wentworth Education Association  Gov Wentworth Support Staff Association Northwood Educational Support Personnel Nottingham Paraprofessionals Association Rollinsford Education Association Tamworth Educational Support Professionals Wakefield Paraprofessionals Union