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Great Schools Great Communities Local radio station hosts Teacher of the Month program WJBR 99.5FM has a new promotion this year, and DSEA's Great Schools Great Communities campaign is the sponsor. W hen we had the chance to be the sole sponsor of this effort, we all said YES. Kudos to the people at WJBR 99.5FM for thinking of this honor for local teachers, and using their successful radio station – WJBR has the most listenership of any Delaware radio station - to let the public know the names and faces of our great teachers. Using Great Schools Great Communities media campaign funds, we are honored to provide the resources for this effort. Every month, WJBR will announce the winner from among all of the nominations that they receive online. They then surprise the winning teacher with a visit to the teacher's classroom, and then post the video of their visit online. The teacher receives a plaque and a gift certificate for dinner for two! September's Teacher of the Month was our own James Foltz, an English teacher at Middletown High School. You can see the video of the presentation, where a grateful former student, Kevin, was able to thank Foltz in person, at . Here's what he said in his win- ning nomination: "Mr Foltz really cares about the students. He is will- ing to help us out even when we are in college. He taught me things in his English class that I still remem- ber and use today, especially related to writing." "It's nice not only to be remem- bered," Foltz said, "but to know that what I did is still having an impact." NEA launches second television ad campaign to support education jobs bill Florida laid-off teacher urges Congress to put students ahead of politics WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2011…. The National Education Association today launched a second, limited television ad campaign urging Congress to pass The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act. If passed, the proposal will help put first responders, teachers and support staff back to work. "The Teachers and First President Frederika Jenner's radio spots are airing on WJBR 99.5 FM and WDEL 1150 AM. She's anxious to put more member voices on the air. To see all the Teacher of the Month videos, as well as to nomi- nate a teacher, go to Fun and Games, then Online games. And encourage parents and colleagues to nominate a great teacher for this honor, too. New Great Schools radio spots on WJBR and WDEL Listen for DSEA and Great Schools radio spots in stations in Kent and Sussex County soon. In the meantime, you can hear our current radio ads at . , Responders Back to Work Act is the right plan for the American peo- ple," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "Congress can choose to put students ahead of political gridlock by supporting a bill that puts educators back in classrooms and off of the unemployment lines." Teachers, education support pro- fessionals, parents and others in local communities are rallying behind President Barack Obama's bold proposal to get the economy moving in the right direction. The proposal would put approximately 400,000 educators back to work and help keep class sizes more manage- able. The new 30-second ad, which is micro-targeted in media markets in Alaska, Massachusetts, Nevada, and West Virginia, follows a similar 30-second ad buy that aired in www.dsea.org media markets in Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas and the District of Columbia. The new ad campaign features Cherine Akbari, a laid-off history teacher from Northeast High School in Oakland Park, Florida. Cherine was let go the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week and five days after she moved into her new house. "The day I found out that I would- n't be coming back into the class- room was awful," said Cherine Akbari. "One of my students start- ed crying in front of the whole class. When I tried to reassure her, she said, 'You don't understand. You changed my life. I want to become a teacher because of you.' I couldn't help wondering if she became a teacher, would there even be a job for her?" The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act, if passed, would put people like Cherine back in the classroom with her students again. There are hun- dreds of thousands of unemployed educators like her who are willing and eager to get back to schools and classrooms—with help from Congress. To view the 30-second ad, visit . To learn more about a new report showing the impact of budget cuts on schools, visit October 2011 DSEA ACTION! 15 http://tinyurl.com/6ftrg5d org/ home/48907.htm. www.wjbr.com http://www.nea. wjbr.com schoolsgreatcommunities.com www.great