February 2015 isea.org • ISEA Communiqué
14
MEMBERS AT WORK
Nearly 500 books are boxed up and waiting for delivery at Iowa State Education
Association headquarters for Read Across America Day 2015. ISEA staff will travel
to Charles City in northeastern Iowa for the March 2 event which runs from 5 – 7 pm
in the Zastrow River Room at the Charles City Public Library. The National Education
Association has good tips on how to plan a local Read Across America Day on its
website at www.nea.org/grants/plan-a-reading-event.htm.
Cedar Rapids Community School District Nurse Laura Wheeler (left) and School
Counselor Rhiannon Hall (center) meet with Rep. Kevin Koester, R-Ankeny, during a lobby
day at the State Capitol. Wheeler and Hall were a part of a group of more than 100 ISEA
members and supporters who talked with lawmakers about support for public education
students, schools and professionals.
Iowa State Board of Education Director Brad Buck (center, dark suit) joins the attendees of the Green Hills Area Education Agency for a "Beginning Educators" event at the Halverson
Center in Council Bluffs. Roughly 55 first-and-second-year teachers attended the event.
Des Moines Education Association member and teacher Steve Hansen helps a student
through a lesson at Lincoln High School in Des Moines.
Centerville Education Association members and teachers Julie Caraccio (left) and
Merry Dudley listen to a panel of state lawmakers during the Iowa State Education
Association's Legislative Conference in Des Moines.
