Idaho Education Association

We're two months away from the premier professional development event of the year for Idaho educators — Summer Institute!

More than 100 educators are already signed up to attend and we don't want you to miss out. Register now: https://bit.ly/3RmVw9S

☀️ Free for IEA members; open to non-member educators for a fee

📚 Earn up to four professional recertification credits through Idaho State University

🥔 Free lodging and meals; free bus travel from E. Idaho available (limited seats)

Idaho is pro-public education.

Through May Matters, IEA members helped make public education one of the defining issues of yesterday's election. Our voices carried into communities, onto doorsteps, through phone calls, at town halls, and all the way to the ballot box.

And the results reflected that effort.

This election was bigger than any single race. It was about amplifying educator voices and reminding our legislature that strong public schools matter in all communities and in every corner of this state.

Read our breakdown of election results in IEA Reporter: https://bit.ly/4eZ1DLI

Over the past several months, IEA members showed up in every corner of Idaho for May Matters:

-50+ events and trainings statewide
-Thousands of phone calls, door knocks, and conversations with voters
-Dozens of educator-led candidate interviews and endorsements through the Political Action Committee for Education (PACE)
-Countless volunteer hours spent advocating for Idaho public schools and students

And tonight, no matter the outcome of any single race, one thing is clear: the momentum is real.

More educators are engaged, organized, and ready to shape the future of Idaho public education than we’ve seen in years. Together, we built relationships, strengthened local leadership, and reminded communities across Idaho that public schools matter.

Tonight, we celebrate every educator, volunteer, local leader, and supporter who chose to step forward, speak up, and show up for each other.

Tomorrow, we keep building to November.

Join us: https://idahoea.org/join

For months, our members have shown up.

They’ve volunteered at events, made phone calls, knocked doors, talked with coworkers and neighbors, and helped build momentum in communities across Idaho.

Now, Election Day is upon us — Tuesday, May 19. Your vote is one more way to show up for your community, your students, and one another.

After all the work our members have done together, let’s finish strong.

Go vote.

🗳️ Take our voter guide with you to the polls: https://bit.ly/4t71dGv
🇺🇸 Everything you need to know about in-person voting: https://bit.ly/3YOybiS

“It is really about helping kids find who they are, find their voice, and find whatever it is inside that they’re holding onto and scared to show.” 🌟

- Tiffanie Bird, Moscow Education Association Member and Moscow School District #281 Educator

Read our profile on how Tiffanie helps her students step into the light every day at Moscow Middle School.

💫 https://bit.ly/4u3Yb6Y

Idaho educators did your homework. ✅ 💯
Now you just have to vote. 🗳️🖐️

View/download our pro-public education voter guide featuring candidates endorsed by the Political Action Committee for Education (made up of Idaho educators who interview, evaluate, and vote to endorse candidates). https://bit.ly/4t71dGv

VOTE EARLY NOW! https://bit.ly/48WhkNX

Have you seen our pro-public education voter guide? View here: https://idahoea.org/may-matters-prepare-vote-may-19

Great teaching doesn’t happen in isolation — it happens in community.

This Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating Idaho educators not just for what you do, but for how you continue to learn, adapt, and support one another.

That’s what Summer Institute is all about: four days of professional development, connection, and camaraderie with educators from across Idaho.

✔️ Free for IEA members (including meals + lodging)
✔️ Open to all Idaho educators

Because appreciation should look like support, too.

🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/3RmVw9S

IEA Center for Teaching and Learning

Caldwell Education Association members Joy and Melyssa attended tonight's Region 8 phone banking event to support the May Matters campaign. 🍎🍏

Have you volunteered to help support getting pro-public education candidates into office this election? If not, reach out to your local president and find out how to get involved. 💪

If not you, who? If not now, when? ⏰

Help support the VEA Back-To-School Fair — one of the largest in the Treasure Valley that helps hundreds of local families with school supplies, uniforms, immunizations, haircuts, and much more!

Idaho Gives launches at Midnight!

As usual, VEA is participating in this effort to raise $5,000 to support families at our annual Back to School Fair. We have increased our goals and incentives this year!

For every $500 we raise, we will raffle a $50 Visa gift card to a donor. All you have to do is give at least $20 to our campaign.

Check out the link and support us again in this campaign!

Link: https://www.idahogives.org/organizations/vallivue-education-association-5131c180-660f-4c2c-983d-91fbece7f073