Iowa City Education Association

10/09/2025

ICCSD TEACHERS ENDORSE
FINCH, MALONE, STEVENSON

MALONE EARNS EDUCATOR’S CHOICE

HONORABLE MENTION RECOMMENDATION GIVEN TO
HORN-FRASIER

The Iowa City Education Association (ICEA), representing over 700 teachers in the Iowa City Schools, is proud to announce its endorsement of Jayne Finch, Ruthina Malone, and Dan Stevenson for the Iowa City Community School District's Board of Directors.

In addition to her endorsement, current School Board President Ruthina Malone earned an Educator’s Choice distinction for her long and successful track record of leadership in the district and state-wide advocacy for public schools.

Candidate Jennifer Horn-Frasier received an honorable mention recommendation from ICEA for the November 4 election.

ICEA President Brady Shutt celebrated the impressive pool of school board candidates as well as the community’s support for public education. “We are fortunate to have high-quality, thoughtful, and talented candidates who are willing to serve in this critically important and often under-appreciated role,” remarked Shutt. “Our community has consistently demonstrated its strong commitment to our students and our public schools, and our recommended candidates share that commitment.”

In addition to their commitment to district students, staff, and community, endorsed and honorable mention candidates consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to the collaborative partnership between ICEA, administrative teams, and the school board. Endorsed candidates also demonstrated a strong understanding of district policies and the roles and responsibilities of the school board, in addition to articulating a compelling vision for the continued success and growth of the Iowa City Schools.

ICEA thanks the ICEA School Board Endorsement Committee members for their diligence and considerable time dedicated to this process: Julie Bride, Siri Felker, Suzanne Fraser, Travis Henderson, April Kelly, Courtney Nelson, Brady Shutt, Ben Smith, and Mick Weitz.

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09/26/2025

It's school board election season! ICEA asks candidates questions about their positions on a number of issues important to our educators. You can see their responses at this website (click the image to open a side-by-side comparison of each candidate's response).

school board candidate questionnaire responses

05/05/2025

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Huge shout out to our members. An association is only as powerful as its collective voice. We are proud to stand with our educators in ICCSD.

Special shout out to teacher leaders and building reps Ben Smith and Suzanne Fraser. They brought a little joy to their colleagues at Mann last week with a very unique and spirited idea. The pictures tell the story best!

05/02/2025

ICEA and ICCSD engaged in a productive and collaborative negotiation on Tuesday, 4/29 to finalize the details of the 25/26 contract for teachers. Through our strong partnership, we successfully secured a 3.25% overall package increase for teachers. A notable aspect of our negotiation was its collaborative tone. The negotiation opened with camaraderie and a charcuterie board. Thanks to Nay’s for providing a delicious start to our negotiations.

05/07/2024

Huge shout out to Nay's Charcuterie & More for providing this excellent spread for our teacher and administrative teams during our negotiations last week. A long night goes much better with cheese!

Check it out here: https://www.nayscharcuterie.com/

02/09/2024

Organizers had a chance to chat on January 30th with ICEA members about their experiences in our district and at Liberty. The themes in this graphic emerged. Thank you Justin Colbert and team for such a warm welcome as we had great conversation with your Bolts.

01/21/2024

01/08/2024

Two important announcements on collaborations with the League of Women Voters Johnson County. Check them out here, and head to our website to learn more! https://sites.google.com/view/iowacityeducationassociation/news-calendar-and-updates?authuser=1

11/07/2023

Today’s the day! Please help us get out the vote!

We hope you have a WALE of a good time voting this week (if you haven't already had a chance to do so), and we urge a vote for Iowa City Teachers EA picks for school board - Williams, Abraham, Lingo, and Eastham.

11/07/2023

We need your support. Please vote tomorrow, and encourage friends and loved ones to do the same!

We hope you have a WALE of a good time voting this week (if you haven't already had a chance to do so), and we urge a vote for Iowa City Teachers EA picks for school board - Williams, Abraham, Lingo, and Eastham.

11/06/2023

We hope you have a WALE of a good time voting this week (if you haven't already had a chance to do so), and we urge a vote for Iowa City Teachers EA picks for school board - Williams, Abraham, Lingo, and Eastham.