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Tips for Making Parents Your Partners |
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"Good news" phone calls. Periodic postcards. Weekly work folders. All are great techniques for getting parents on board with your classroom plan. Learn about these and other great strategies in "Point of Contact," the cover story for the November issue of the Virginia Journal of Education. Some other resources to help you work with parents: "Ten Things Teachers Want You to Know," an excellent article you can distribute to parents, and the NEA-PTA Parent Guides, a set of downloadable brochures on a variety of timely topics. Your best primary source of materials for parents is www.veanea.org/parents.
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Register to Vote! Deadline is October 6. |
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Please take the time to check your voter registration—the deadline is Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Virginia residents can check their voter registration status in one of three ways. You can visit www.sbe.virginia.gov and click on the "Check Voter Registration Status" link. Or call (804) 864-8901 or (800) 552-9745. Staff and volunteers answer phones at the Virginia State Board of Elections Voter Registration Call Center from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm. Finally, you can call your local registrar. Contact information for registrars is available in the blue pages of the phone book.
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Enter Drawing for Bose Sound Dock System |
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If you're a VEA member and register for Members-Only content by October 31, 2008, we'll enter you in a drawing to win a Bose Sound Dock system that will have your iPod sounding better than you've ever heard it. The Sound Dock comes with a carrying bag (but not an iPod—you'll have to provide that yourself!). In early November, we'll do a random drawing from all VEA members who registered for the site prior to November 1. And one lucky member will win the Sound Dock and carrying bag, which is valued at $458. (If you already registered for members-only access after the new web site launched on August 27, you're automatically entered in the drawing.) Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page for the details on how to register. It only takes a few minutes!
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Get Free Read-Across Calendars While They Last |
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The Association's Read Across America program has expanded from a one-day event into a year-round effort to promote reading for pleasure and achievement. Make sure to visit the Read Across America site and note that, while supplies last, you can order a free 2008-09 Read Across Calendar. The site also features free downloads of Read Across America books. Check it all out at www.nea.org/readacross.
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VEA Logo Apparel. We're Ready for Fall! |
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Check out the new ladies shirts and sweater sets, and the unisex pullover in the VEA store. Place your order now and get ready for American Education Week! We’ve also added a logo umbrella, a new briefcase-style tote big enough for your computer and a slot for your new umbrella, and a leatherette padfolio. Don't forget, all these items are available for individual purchase or for custom orders with your local Association logo. And don't worry—polos will be back next year, along with other new items.
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Association Members Are Making the News |
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In the past few months, Association leaders in Albemarle, Richmond, Norfolk, and Spotsylvania—as well as VEA President Kitty Boitnott—have been quoted by media outlets across the Commonwealth. Speaking up, and speaking out, is a chance to let your fellow members and the general public know the truth about your Association’s great work and the successes in public education. Check out our updated list of Association members in the news here. And if you want tips on how to work effectively with the media, you’ll find them in the Leader Center section of the VEA web site here.
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