FEA represents members’ views at every opportunity. We attend and speak at School Board meetings, advocate for better funding from the Board of Supervisors, lobby the legislature, and meet with FCPS administration to guide changes in our schools. As a member, you have the power to join (or lead!) those conversations to make your views […]
2018 NEA Convention: Teacher of the Year, Advocacy and More
Tuesday at the NEA convention, we spent most of the day discussing business and passed over 30 new business items that dealt with a wide range of issues such as advocating for registering high school students who can vote, advocating for more CTE classes, getting more training to prevent suicide, and removing tests like the […]
2018 NEA Convention: Safety, Immigration and More
Monday, the NEA Convention started off in high gear and showed the promise of what good work our union will be doing this week. First, NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia shared her remarks with the NEA Representative Assembly (RA). She spoke eloquently about continuing the fight for public education and caring for our students. She […]
2018 NEA Convention: FEA Goes to Minneapolis
Hello from the NEA Convention! The FEA has a dozen members here representing our organization on issues that affect the entire country. Over the next week, the FEA will be posting blogs, pictures, and videos of the exciting happenings that are going on in Minneapolis! Our delegates arrived on Friday and got to know the city a […]
Rally for Retirement Tuesday, June 26 – Stand Up for Working Families
Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors has proposed six changes to its defined benefit retirement plan, which will reduce guaranteed benefits to newly hired public employees by 20-25% and endanger the economic health of Fairfax County and hurt working families. Tell the Board of Supervisors these cuts are not acceptable! Stand up for the future of […]
FEA Objects to Recent Substitute Survey from FCPS
The Fairfax Education Association strenuously objects to the recent substitute survey that was sent out by Fairfax County Public Schools and calls on FCPS to scrap it and listen to the FEA. If FCPS is interested in getting feedback from their employees on this issue, they should have listened to the data, input, and recommendations […]
Latest Video from FEA President Hickerson #Red4Ed
Wear #Red4Ed this Wednesday. Plus, join us for a Facebook live blog from the School Board meeting later this week!
Election Results for the Office of FEA President-Elect
We have the results for the election for the office of President-elect. The winner is Kimberly Adams, Librarian, Mantua Elementary School. She will begin serving her term as President-elect on August 1, 2018. She will start her three year term as FEA President on August 1, 2019. I would like to thank all the candidates […]
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Wear Red Every Wednesday #Red4Ed
Wear red every Wednesday! A message from Virginia Education Association: After wearing #Red4Ed in support of fellow educators in NC this week, we want to keep the momentum going for the rest of the school year! Show your support for change by wearing #Red4Ed every Wednesday! Get your colleagues to join in, and post photos on social media. #VEAStrong