IEA Sinnissippi

05/07/2026

Celebrating the incredible educators of IEA Sinnissippi Region 22 tonight! ✨🍎
Thank you for going above and beyond every day for students, schools, and our communities. Your dedication, compassion, and commitment make a lasting difference. Congratulations to all recognized this evening — we are proud to celebrate you! ❤️👏

02/10/2026

New to being a building association representative?
Interested in a refresher on AR skills and concepts?

The IEA Rockford/Sinnissippi Office offers a free building rep training for IEA locals.

Please join us for our introductory training on skills and concepts necessary to be an effective Association Representative. We will spend the evening discussing membership, advocacy, representation, leadership, and communication and how they apply to your role.
• April 8, 2026: 5:00 pm

01/26/2026

Ready to build the power we need to stop ICE everywhere?

Join us for a training on organizing locally and being ready if ICE comes to your community. No experience is necessary—anyone who wants to take practical steps to build neighborhood-level power is welcome.

📆 Tomorrow, January 27
⏰ 5pm PT/ 8pm ET

Sign up here:
https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/885616/?utm_source=20260126_nod_fb26_soc

01/26/2026

01/26/2026

🚨Comment and SHARE if you support Rockford Education Association! Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions.

01/19/2026

Resource: Teaching the Truth - American Revolution (Zinn Ed Project)

The U.S. Department of Education launched the America 250 Civics Education Coalition to celebrate “a new era of American greatness.”

Given the many crises with immigration detention, extreme weather, education censorship, loss of healthcare, genocidal wars, authoritarian rule, and more — it is imperative that we give students tools for an honest study of the American Revolution so that they can shape a more just future: Teach the Truth: American Revolution - Resources

Resources for teaching a people's history of the American Revolution.

01/17/2026

Highlight: Educator resources

EmbraceRace supports parents, guardians, educators, and other caregivers in their efforts to raise children who are thoughtful, informed and brave about race. Their work centers around the theory of change. Embrace Race Resources:
•Color-Brave Caregiver Framework and Practices
•Ages & Stages Guide: A Caregiver’s Guide to Supporting Children’s Racial Learning
•Color-Blind”* or Color-Brave?
•Caregiver Toolkit for Raising Asian American Children

EmbraceRace supports parents to raise children who are brave, informed and thoughtful about race. Join the movement!

01/16/2026

IEA offers Virtual Book Studies: Free to IEA members!
Up to 26 Professional Development Hours

-The Anxious Generation
-Disrupting Poverty is a great place to start!
-The Let Them Theory

RSVP Deadline: 01/23/26

February 2 to March 29 - Up to 26 Professional Development Hours -- STUDENT WELLNESS The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Fifty Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement : Creating a Thinking Cu...