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OCT 15
Win a Student Achievement Grant NEA FOUNDATION GRANT
The NEA Foundation awards grants to educators and education support professionals three times a year. The deadline for the next review period is Oct. 15. Student Achievement Grants support initiatives to improve academic achievement. Learning and Leadership Grants support high- quality professional development activities. The NEA Foundation has awarded more than $7 million in grants over the past decade to educators and ESP members. The NEA website lists dozens of other grants and awards available to teachers and students. Visit neafoundation.org and www.nea.org/grants/ grantsawardsandmore.html.
OCT 21
Thank You Teacher Pro ject DEADLINE
We know that many of you have received thank-you notes from students whose lives you've touched. Here's a chance to go public with them. As part of a special Thanksgiving story in the California Educator, we would like to publish some of those letters. If you have a note you'd like to share (don't be modest!), please send a copy to: Thank You Teacher Project, CTA Communications Dept., 1705 Murchison Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010, or e-mail to: dmartin@cta.org.
OCT 28–30
GLBT Conference Hotel Zoso, Palm Springs CONFERENCE
Open to all CTA members, the third annual confer- ence serves as a venue to address gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues facing educators, students and the entire education community. The keynote speaker is Margarethe Cammermeyer, for- mer colonel in the National Guard and gay rights activist. Register at www.cta.org/conferences.
NOV 01
Your Contribution Makes a Difference OPT-OUT DEADLINE
Thanks to voluntary contributions by CTA members this past year, the CTA Foundation for Teaching and Learning awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships and grants, and CTA continued to fight against budget cuts and attacks on educators and public schools. New members are automatically enrolled in the default annual contribution of $5 for the CTA Foundation and $15 for advocacy efforts. Members may change their allocation or opt out. New members have 30 days from the date of enrollment; previously enrolled members may change their contribution during the window from Aug. 1 to Nov. 1. www.cta.org/About-CTA/Voluntary-Contribution
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