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Get Involved in Elections 1 Be Proud - VOTE! 2 Legislative Action Voting for Your Interests 3-4 Voting Is Easy 4 2018 Legislative Outcomes 5 Member Benefits Save with Dave 6 Great Things Happen Everyday Paraeducator, Patches, and Pride 7-8 DA Awards 9-10 WEA-PACE Endorsed Candidates 11-12 Your WEA at Work DA Candid Photos 15 Degrees Not Debt 16 New Communication Support Specialist 17 WEA Visionary Leadership Quest 17 Teachers' Salaries 18 Evanston/ESSA Collaboration 19 Wind River Youth Festival 20 WEA-R Setting the PACE 21 Teaching & Learning Continue Your Professional Learning 22 Other Growing a Strong Classroom and Career 23 WEA Allowable Dues Deduction 23 Cat-A-Van 24 WEA Membership Card See Back Cover The professional publication of the Wyoming Education Association Our Vision The WEA is an organization dedicated to creating the best educational environment for all learners and the best working environment for all educational employees. Our Mission The mission of the WEA is to advance public education at all levels by: creating equitable educational opportunity for all learners; promoting the highest quality standards for the profession; and expanding the rights and furthering the interests of the education personnel. The WEA will continue to build a learning community which will provide a high quality education for all. WEA Elected Officers President Kathy Vetter Vice President Grady Hutcherson Treasurer Kimberly Amen NEA Director Amy Simpson Board of Directors Mary Wolf, Steve Thulin, Barbara Gonzales, Vicki Swenson, Dirk Andrews, Melissa Harris, Annie Gripp, John Fabela, Lannette Lahey, Barry McCann, Jon VanOverbeke, Lori Eggleston, Carole Palmer, Madeline Trujillo-Hamel, Darlene Erickson Contact Cheyenne Office: 800-442-2395 Casper Office: 800-464-6419 Rock Springs Office: 800-660-6771 Lander Office: 800-464-6412 www.wyoea.org Editor Andrea Shipley Proofreader Kathy Scheurman Ad & Layout Bryce Francois The WEA News (ISSN 007-370) is published quarterly (September, December, March, and May/June) by the Wyoming Education Association, 115 East 22nd Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001. Subscription: average $5.49 of WEA members' dues is designated for WEA News. Periodicals postage pending at Cheyenne, WY, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The WEA News, 115 East 22nd Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001. Copyright 2018, by the Wyoming Education Association. All materials in this periodical may be reproduced by teachers for distribution to students or by affiliate associations for their own publications. Unless expressly stated, acceptance of advertising does not necessarily imply endorsement of the product by the WEA. Summer 2018 ii - 9