Edmonds Education Association

06/06/2026

I encourage you to follow No Hate in WA State to keep informed on how educators and allies can work to defeat these two initiatives that would harm students!

While Washington families are struggling to pay for food, housing, and health care, a mega-millionaire from California is spending millions on two poorly written initiatives that threaten the safety of Washington’s kids.

Initiatives IL26-001 and IL26-638 will endanger WA students by:
- Removing protections for victims of child abuse
- Forcing schools to out LGBTQ+ students
- Forcing invasive ge***al exams on many girls who want to play sports
- Restricting access to help when students need it most

That’s why we need you to VOTE NO on IL26-001 and IL26-638 this November.

06/03/2026

Registration is open for the WEA Coaching and Mentoring Institute (CAMI) August 6 - 8 in Federal Way. It is free to attend for members and limited to 110 participants. Click here for more info and to register!

Event Information Three-Day Transformational Professional Learning Institute IN-person @ WEA Headquarters | Federal Way, Washington August 6-8, 2026 CAMI — WEA's Coaching and Mentoring Institute — is bringing something different to professional learning this summer. The Summer Institute is a thr...

05/30/2026

OK--this looks like a super cool opportunity for high school teachers!

Want to teach your students about unions?

UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and Seattle University are co-sponsoring a daylong training for high-school educators about incorporating workers' issues into curriculum, including materials and information to simulate a union election and contract negotiations with your students. Also meet with local labor leaders and labor movement experts.

• 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26
• $150 stipend for participants
• Participants can receive professional development clock hours.
• Breakfast, lunch and parking provided.
• Register at: https://bit.ly/43xxrQy

05/30/2026

Join WEA at the Pride Parade in Seattle on June 28th. Learn more and sign up to participate:

WEA members will once again join together to march in the Seattle OR Spokane Pride Parades! Each year WEA members and staff from across

05/22/2026

Reminder--You have to sign in today for the extra pay! When it's done, enjoy the long weekend!

05/06/2026

Librarians--NEA is offering $1,200 library grants to help educators expand school libraries with books that center on disability rights and lived experiences. Funds support titles from the NEA Disability Awareness list, with the option to request approval for additional books. Librarians and media specialists are encouraged to apply by May 29. Check out the link for more info!

Mini-grants to support educators in acquiring books that elevate disability rights and expand the visibility of disabled people, perspectives, and lived experiences

05/04/2026

Here's a great offer for certificated staff this week!

05/01/2026

Happy May Day from EEA! We’re here until 5:30–join us!

05/01/2026

Check out the latest NEA report on educator pay--see where Washington ranks. Our numbers are only possible because of our strong state and local unions! Collective bargaining for the win! Then take a look at New York, which spends $32,370 per pupil per year, compared to our state's anemic numbers.

NEA's 2026 reports provide data on teacher salaries, pay for education support professionals, and higher education faculty salaries in every state. The reports demonstrate the difference collective bargaining makes for both educators and students.

04/27/2026

Last chance to RSVP: May Day is THIS Friday! We hope to see all of you at the corner of 196th and 36th Ave W (the Lynnwood Convention Center) holding signs in support of public education and labor. We’ll start at 3:30 and end at 5:30–come when you can and leave when you need to. We’ll have some printed signs, or you can make your own...there will be prizes for the best homemade signs! Wear red or your EEA gear. Bring your kids, your friends, and anyone else who wants to show up for education and unions, and rally with us!

The sign waving corner is just a few blocks from the EEA office, so afterwards you and your family are invited back to EEA for tacos, beverages, and social time! We absolutely need an RSVP for the “after party” so we can order enough food. Please RSVP by Monday at noon: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ609P46OKiMSU5TQu14Mwm35wKWz2-tjGWRLjUgppw5hKWw/viewform