2012 NEA-NM Election Update & Information

Follow this Link to Your Electronic Ballot (You Need Your Member ID and Last Name as Printed on the Postcard You Received)

• Find out who's running
• Check out the calendar for important dates to remember
• Read the Candidate Statements

Start planning to run and attend the 2012 Representative Assembly (RA)

• Download the RA Brochure
• read the 3-1(g) plan or watch the powerpoint for our ethnic minority representation plan and goals
• see what past participants have to say about the importance of minorty representation

Teacher Seminars in American History
for Summer 2012: Application Now Open
Deadline February 15, 2012

K-12 history, social studies, language arts, and English teachers are invited to apply to the 2012 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars. Taught by renowned historians on college campuses in the US and the UK, these one-week interdisciplinary seminars give educators the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of topics in American history and literature—while gaining practical resources and strategies to take back to their classrooms. Apply Now!

Earn a Place in History

Nominations for the 2012 History Teacher of the Year are being accepted by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

To Nominate:
• Submit the name and email of an outstanding teacher at www.gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
• Nominations of K–12 teachers accepted throughout the year.
• Nominations can be made by a student, parent, colleague, principal or school administrator familiar with the teacher's work.

The Nomination Deadline for the 2012 award, honoring middle and high school teachers, is February 1, 2012.

To nominate a teacher and learn more about the award, visit: National History Teacher of the Year Award  or read below.

Making a Difference: Teachers tell their stories

• Meet Henry Armendariz a maintenance worker in Loving, NM

• A Wealth of Experience: Angie Lucero

• Visit the News Archive