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Update 5-31-23  Certificated Contracts for 2023-24 SY

Update 5-24-23  WA Cares Act - LTC Begins Again July 1, 2023

Update 5-17-23  Annual Leave Carry Over Survey

Update 5-10-23  Call for Nominations Round 2

Update 5-3-23  Elections for Reps to the Executive Committee

Update 4-27-23  Olympia Watch: a look back at the 2023 session

Update 4-6-23  The Power of the PAC

Update 3-29-23 Olympia Watch: It's make-or-break tiem. Take Action!

Update 3-22-23 Olympia Watch: tracking our priorities

Update 3-15-23 Our CBA Requires Some Decisions be Revisited

Update 3-8-23  Olympic Watch: Tracking Our Priorities

Update 3-2-23  School Start Times 2023-24

Update 2-22-23  Olympic Watch: Tracking Our Priorities

Update 2-15-23 Enjoy Your Mid-Winter Break

Update 2-8-23  Important Deadlines are Approaching

Update 2-1-23  Olympia Watch: tracking our priorities

Update 1-25-23  It is Time to Think About the 2023-24 SY

Update 1-18-23  The Power of the Pac

Update 1-11-23  Navigating the Student Loan Forgiveness Journey

Update 1-4-23  Legislative Session begins on January 9

Update 12-14-22  Lake Washington EA STEM Robotics

Update 12-7-22  WEA and NEA Rep Assembly Election Ballots

Update 11-30-22  Know Your Contract

Update 11-23-22  Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving

Update 11-17-22  5 Days Left in OE

Update 11-9-22  13 Days Remain - OE Ends Nov. 21, 2022

Update 11-2-22  Important Changes to Kaiser Permanente

Update 10-26-22  SEBB Benefits - OE Begins Monday!

Update 10-19-22  The Most Expensive Pizza You Have Ever Eaten

Update 10-12-22  Know Your Contract

Update 10-5-22  SEBB Benefits - Open Enrollment

Update 9-28-22  1st Pay Day is Friday!

Update 9-21-22  Our CBA Requires Some Decisions be Revisited By Staff Every Year

Update 9-14-22  LWEA and LWSD to Engage in Full CBA Bargain This Year

Update 9-8-22  Welcome to the 2022-2023 school year!

Update 6-15-22  Stay Connected

Update 5-25-22  Certificated Contracts for 22-23

Update 5-18-22  2022-23 LWEA Executive Committee Election Results

Update 5-11-22  Ballots for the 2022-23 EC Elections Close Friday, May 13

Update 5-4-22  Summer/Spring Cert Training and Clock Hour Opportunities

Update 5-2-22  Special Election Update - Exec Committee Elections

Update 4-27-22  Nominations Are In for the 2022-23 Exec Comm Reps

Update 4-20-22  Key Dates for Semester 2

Update 4-13-22  Updated Safety Protocols in Our Schools

Update 3-31-22  5.5% COLA: what does that mean for you?

Update 3-24-22  Legislative Wins and WEA-PAC

Update 3-17-22  The End of the mask mandate: what comes next?

Update 3-10-22  Sine Die = Final day of the 2022 regular legislative session!

Update 3-2-22  Say YES to Adequate COLAs + NO to Educator Pay Cuts

Update 2-23-22  Educator COLAs

Update 2-16-22  Enjoy Your Mid-Winter Break

Update 2-9-22  2022 Levy Measures Likely to Pass

Update 2-2-22  The 2022 Levy Measures will directly impact the staff, programs and space at your school

Update 1-27-22  The 2022 Levies Will Directly Impact Your Students

Update 1-19-22  Tell Voters How the 2022 Levies Will Impact Our Students and Schools

Update 1-13-21  The Success of the 2022 Levies Will Impact You and Your Students

Update 1-5-21  How Will the 2022 Levies Impact You and Your Students?  Prop 3

Update 12-15-21  How Will the 2022 Levies Impact You and Your Students?  Prop 2

Update 12-9-21  How Will the 2022 Levies Impact You and Your Students?

Update 12-2-21  Dear Members, Thank You

Update 11-17-21  The Latest LOU: Instructional Supports for Quarantined Students

Update 11-10-21  Weds, Nov. 10 - ITW Day

Update 11-3-21  Make Changes Now to your 2022 SEBB Benefits

Update 10-20-21  Covid Leave Provisions

Update 10-13-21  Coming Soon: SEBB Open Enrollment

Update 10-6-21  October 1

Update 9-29-21  Missing Sub Coverage Plans

Update 9-22-21  Did you know that our CBA requires some decisions be revisited by staff every year?

Update 9-15-21  What is Happening With Bargaining This Year?

Update 9-8-21  Instructional Supports for Students Required to Quarantine

Update 9-2-21  Welcome Back!

Update 6-16-21  Acknowledgements and Thanks

Update 6-9-21  Farewell and Good Luck

Update 6-2-21  Did You Receive Your Additional Pay?

Update 5-26-21  Certificated Contracts 2021-22

Update 5-19-21  Annual Leave Carryover

Update 5-12-21  LWEA and District to Begin Bargaining New CBA

Update 5-5-21  Did You Audit Your Paycheck?

Update 4-28-21  Submit Professional Funds NOW!!

Update 4-21-21  Covid Leave Options

Update 4-14-21  Wednesday LEAP Calendar Changes

Update 3-24-21  Schools Reopening for In-Person Instruction: Situation Update

Update 3-17-21  NEW Annual Leave Carryover Process

Update 3-10-21  Don't Wait to Submit Your Professional Funds

Update 3-3-21  Covid Vaccinations for Teachers and Childcare Workers Expedited

Update 2-25-21  The First to Open and the Last to Close?

Update 2-17-21  What is the STEM Requirement for Certificate Renewal?

Update 2-10-21  Enjoy Your Mid-Winter Break

Update 2-3-21  Negotiated Agreements Impact You: Leap Wednesdays

Update 1-20-21  Dear Member - Return to In Person Message

Update 1-13-21  K-1 In-Person Work Expectations Summary

Update 12-16-20  LWEA Election Results

Update -12-9-20  PFML Payroll Deduction Beginning January 2021

Update 12-2-20  LWEA Equity Team

Update 11-18-20  SEBB OE Don't Miss the Deadline!

Update 11-12-20  LWEA Election Ballots 

Update 11-6-20  Special LWEA Election Update

Update 11-4-20  Due Dates are Closer Than They Appear

Update 10-28-20  How Different the Experience

Update 10-21-20  SEBB Open Enrollment

Update 10-4-20  Who Will Represent You?

Update 10-8-20  LWEA Nominations

Update 9-29-20  Survey

Update 9-23-20  In Person Teaching - How Would We Get There?

Update 9-16-20  LWEA: What is Constant, What is Changing

Update 9-9-20  Our Fearless Leader Returns and Our Fearless Leadership Continues

Update 9-2-20  First Week: Familiar Routines and New Learning

Update 8-26-20  Welcome to the 2020-21 School Year!

Update 6-18-20  School Re-Opening Fall 2020

Update 6-11-20  Significant Changes at LWEA

Update 6-5-20  Dear LWEA Members

Update 5-29-20  Annual Leave Changes

Update 5-22-20  End of Year is Approaching

Update 5-15-20  Presidents Update

Update 5-8--20  Where to Next?

Update 5-1-20  May Changes

Update 4-24-20  First week of distance learning

Update 4-17-20  Message from LWEA President, Howard Mawhinney

Update 4-3-20  Message from LWEA President, Howard Mawhinney

Update 3-20-20  Certification Deadlines Extended One Year

Update 3-2-20  LWSD School Year Calendar Changes

Update 2-21-20  LWEA Equity Conference 2020

Update 2-7-20  Changes Are Coming to the Update!

Update 1-24-20  PFML Hotline and FAQ

Update 12-19-19  PFML Hotline

Update 12-12-19  LWEA and LWSD Agreement on SEBB and PFML

Update 11-22-19  SEBB Open Enrollment Success!!

Update 11-12-19  LWEA Special Elections Update

Update 11-8-19  SEBB Running Out of Time

Update 11-1-19  Ever wonder what the role of a building rep is?

Update 10-25-19  SEBB: Time Is Running Out

Update 10-18-19  SEBB - Act Now!!

Update 10-10-19  LWEA Nominations

Update 10-4-19  Important SEBB Open Enrollment Information for EVERY Employee

Update 9-27-19  First Payday of the 2019-20 School Year - Monday, September 30

Update 9-20-19  Congratulations

Update 9-13-19  Preparing for SEBB - HCA Resources

Update 9-5-19  Welcome to the 2019-20 school year!

Update 8-26-19  STEM Professional Development Requirement for Certificate Renewal

Update 8-7-19  New Health Insurance for K-12 Employees Is Coming

Update 7-23-19  Frustrated over new STEM certiciation requirements, lack of Special Education support, or other decisions made in Olympia?

Update 7-5-19  TPEP Certification Renewal Requirement Now Eliminated

Update 6-20-19  Want to Know More About SEBB?

SEBB Dependent Verification Approved Documentations

Update 6-12-19  REMINDER: LEAP Course Closing Date June 14

Update 6-6-19  Wednesday LEAP Clock Hour Class

Update 5-30-19  Professional Fund Forms and Receipts - Deadline June 3

Update 5-17-19  Special Educ Summer Boot Camps Now Part of Summer Learning Institutes

Update 5-8-19  LWEA Professional Fund Receipt for Dues 2018-19

Update 4-25-19  STEM Professional Development Requirement for Certificate Renewal

Update 4-18-19  Nominations Are Open - HS Rep to Exec Committee

Update 4-4-19  Special Election for HS Rep to Exec Committee

Update 3-28-19  Support Our Students

Update 3-13-19  LWEA Equity 4 All Conference

Update 3-7-19  Social Media - Know Your Rights

Update 2-28-19  Election Results

Update 2-21-19  Voting Deadline Extended

Update 2-6-19  Special LWEA Election Update

Update 1-31-19  Teachers Returning from Leave for 2019-2020

Update 1-24-19  Thinking about a transfer, reassignment, job share, or leave?

Update 1-17-19  Nominations Close Friday

Update 1-10-19  LWEA Nominations Are Open Now

Update 12-20-18  Happy Holidays

Update 12-13-18  TPEP & STEM Clock Hour Requirements

Update 12-5-18  Professional Fund - Allowable/Unallowable Expenses

Update 11-28-18  Have you checked your beneficiaries lately?

Update 11-15-18   School Start Time Advisory Process and Survey

Update 11-7-18  New Stem Professional Development Requirement for Cert Renewal

Update 10-31-18  LWEA Sponsored Professional Development - Don't Miss it!

Update 10-25-18  Student Discipline: What is a teacher to do?

Update 10-18-18  Ever wonder what the role of a building rep is?

Update 10-10-18  Spread the word - LWSD is looking for subs!

Update 10-3-18  Here's everything you need to know about the Professional Fund

Update 9-26-18  You're getting a nice raise on Friday!

Update 9-18-18  Your Executive Committee at work

Update 9-12-18  Meet your 2018-19 LWEA Executive Committee

Update 9-5-18 Time to check your benefits!

Update 8-29-18  Welcome to the 2018-19 school year

Update 6-13-18  End-of-the-year bits and pieces you might need!

Update 5-23-18  Salary Ratification Meeting - June 6

Update 5-16-18  Good idea to review those building files!

Update 5-9-18  From WEA President Kim Mead

Update 5-2-18  What do I do with my clock hours?

Update 4-25-18  WEA wraps up another successful Representative Assembly

Update 4-18-18  Make sure your students are always supervised

Update 4-11-18  Why union? Here's why!

Update 3-28-18  Governor signs McCleary budget for 2018-19

Update 3-21-18  NEA members reject proposals to arm teachers

Update 3-14-18 March for our lives

Update 3-7-18   Be sure to complete the Strategic Planning Survey

Update 2-28-18  Thanks!!!

Update 2-21-18  How many more will it take?

Update 2-7-18  10 things to know about the bond and levies

Update 1-31-18  Levy failure would cot the district $63.5 million

Update 1-24-18  LWEA contract will be reponed if levy fails

Update 1-17-18  Looking for Professional Development?  LWEA can help!

Update 1-10-18  Thinking about a transfer, reassignment, job share, or leave?

Update 12-13-17  A world of good wishes

Update 12-6-17  Student discipline - here's what you need to know

Update 11-29-17  New contract refresher

Update 11-15-17  Supreme Court rules on McCleary

Update 11-9-17 Levy and Bond meetings start today

Update 11-1-17  Supreme Court hears McCleary Update

Update 10-25-17  Confused about your raise?

Update 10-18-17  School Board approves levy and bond measures for February 13 ballot

Update 10-11-17  Spread the word - LWSD is still looking for subs!

Update 10-4-17  Here's everything you need to know about the Professional Fund

Update 9-27-17  You're getting a nice raise on Friday!

Update 9-20-17  Ever wonder what the role of a building rep is?

Update 9-13-17  Confused about the extra 30 minutes?

Update 9-6-17  Now is a good time to review your benefits!

Update 8-29-17 Welcome back!

 

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