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INSIDE AEAADVOCATE FEATURES 11 • NEA PRIORITY SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN On Howenstine Stage, Local Leaders Come Together to Transform TUSD Gem Creighton Elementary School District's Academic Parent-Teacher Teams 18 • LOOKING BACK AT 120 YEARS OF AEA DEPARTMENTS 4 • POINT OF VIEW by Andrew F. Morrill 5 • MEMBER TALK 6 • AT THE CAPITOL 2012 AEA Legislative Agenda AEA Education Day at the Capitol 2012 Legislator Directory 10 • AROUND AEA 15 • ESProfessional 16 • NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE NEA President Announces New Three-Part Action Agenda 22 • WE ARE AEA AEA Member Named 2012 Arizona Teacher of the Year AEA Member Honored by Fulton Homes as "Teacher of the Week" Three AEA Members Named 2012 Rodel Exemplary Teachers AEA Member Named Top 50 Cyber Lobbyist 24 • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 6,200 Teachers Earn National Board Certification: Total Nears 100,000 27 • GOVERNANCE Cast your Vote Onlline for NEA-RA 2012 NEA-RA Candidate Statements 34 • RESOURCES 39 • READ ACROSS AMERICA OATH 40 • WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT… National Board Certified Teachers MOVING? Please let us know before you go. Simply clip your mailing label from the back of the Advocate and send it along with your new address to: AEA Advocate, 345 East Palm Lane, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1532. AEA MISSION STATEMENT AEA…Keeping the promise of quality public education AEA Advocate x Spring 2012 3