Moline Education Association

Congratulations to the May 2021 Moline District #40 Why Moline winners!

Jose Castro, World Languages & English Language Learners Department Chair & Teacher, Moline High School

Shannon Dudek, Special Education Instructional Coach, Wilson Middle School

Todd Thompson, Industrial Technology Teacher, Moline High School

Christine Watts, 4th-grade Teacher, Bicentennial Elementary

Special thanks to our community partner, Jersey Mike’s Subs for donating lunch certificates for the winners!

Questions? Contact:

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Congratulations to Anna Bousson, Kindergarten Teacher at Jane Addams, for being selected as a WQAD My Favorite Teacher (https://www.wqad.com/video/news/education/my-favorite-teacher-a-long-distance-nomination/526-5b631dab-5af4-48bd-b331-6fa5e146eafb).

Way to go, Anna! 🙂

Questions? Contact:

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Congratulations to Zach Morton, Band Director at Moline High School, for being selected as B100 Teacher of the Week (https://b100quadcities.com/qc-teacher-of-the-week-zach-morton-at-moline-high-school/).

Way to go, Zach! 🙂

Questions? Contact:

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Congratulations to Heidi Neels, 1st Grade teacher at Washington Elementary, for receiving a Regional Illinois Teacher of the Year Award for Region #49.

Way to go, Heidi! 🙂

Questions? Contact:

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Every two years, we need to have an election for our MEA Executive Board positions.

Here is a message from Marigrace Alonso, our Elections Chair :

“The elections nomination window for the MEA Executive Board positions is now open! Current seats up for election include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and the 7 At Large positions. The MEA will definitely need at least one nomination for Elementary At Large because there is going to be an unfilled seat!

If you would like to add your name to the ballot, the window closes April 30, 2021. Please make sure to include a biography.

The election date will be May 7, 2021.”

Please let Marigrace Alonso (malonso@molineschools.org or 743-8941) know if you would like to add your name to the ballot!

Any positions that go unchallenged will not require a paper ballot vote.

Click here to view the April MEA Monitor … MEA Monitor – April 2021

Questions? Contact:

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Congratulations to the March 2021 Moline District #40 Why Moline winners!

Cindy Hanft, Counselor, Washington Elementary

Heather McDermott, 1st Grade Teacher, Hamilton Elementary

Adrian Ritchie, Security, Moline High School

Ellie Zinke, Paraprofessional, John Deere Middle School

Special thanks to our community partner, Jersey Mike’s Subs for donating lunch certificates for the winners!

Questions? Contact:

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Click here to view the February MEA Monitor … MEA Monitor – February 2021

Happy holidays to community members, staff, and students alike – we got through 2020 together! Here’s to a brighter and better New Year and 2021! 🙂

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Congratulations to the January 2021 Moline District #40 Why Moline winners!

Julie Bennett, Payroll Accountant, Allendale District Office

Jordan Emerick, 5th Grade Teacher, Lincoln-Irving Elementary

Lynn Thiele, Administrative Assistant, Moline High School

Kaitlyn Yakish, 1st Grade Teacher, Willard Elementary

Special thanks to our community partner, Jersey Mike’s Subs for donating lunch certificates for the winners!

Questions? Contact:

Kim Anderson, MEA Public Relations Chairperson

kanderso@molineschools.org

OR

Susan Hafner, MEA President

slhafner@molineschools.org

Attention MEA Members:

There will be an MEA election on March 3rd, 2021. 

There will be multiple positions voted on in this election:

• Nominations of local/cluster NEA RA Delegates to the virtual NEA Convention on July 2-6, 2021.
• Region Council Elections –> Region Chair (NEA RA State Delegate), Region Vice-Chair (NEA RA Successor Delegate), and Ethnic Minority at-large Representative to Regional Council  (2021-2024 term).

The elections nomination window is now open!  If you would like to add your name to your school’s ballot or nominate a co-worker (Please make sure he or she is actually interested!), please do so before the window closes on February 3rd, 2021, at 4:30 pm.

Let Marigrace Alonso, MEA Elections Chair, (malonso@molineschools.org or 743-8941) or Leslie at the IEA office (Leslie.Kahler@ieanea.org or 797-4126) know if interested! Good luck and thank you for being involved in the MEA. 🙂