Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes to the 95th NEA Representative Assembly
Thank you to the NEA for inviting me here to speak today and to the NEA President Lily Eskelsen García for your unwavering commitment to teachers, students and public education. I would just like to say that I am so grateful to be a member of the NEA. As a teacher I am so emotionally … Continued
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by NEA Executive Director John Stocks to the 95th NEA Representative Assembly
Good morning. Thank you, Lily, Becky, Princess, members of the Executive Committee, the NEA Board of Directors, delegates, special guests and NEA staff. Today, I’m not going to deliver the kind of speech that many of you have become accustomed to over the years. I really want to talk with you about the future of … Continued
Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by NEA ESP of the Year Doreen McGuire-Grigg to the 95th NEA Representative Assembly
Special thanks: NCESP Chair Debby Chandler and CTA leaders Eric Heins, Teresa Montano and David Goldberg, as well as my supporters Dana Dillon, Mike Patterson, and the most recent ESPs of the Year – Paula Monroe and Janet Eberhardt- both from the great state of California! Thank you also to NCESP Chair Debby Chandler. My … Continued
Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by NEA President Lily Eskelsen García to the 95th NEA Representative Assembly
Hermanos y hermanas, there is something important we must do to begin the work of this Representative Assembly. I don’t want to begin with tears, but I will not begin without this. One year ago, I asked 9 delegates to stand up on this stage and read the names of the 9 men and women … Continued