CEA invites all teacher members to apply for this award, which recognizes and promotes excellence in teaching and service to the profession. Nominations and completed paperwork are due to CEA by March 4, 2009. The CEA member who receives this award will be CEA's nominee for the NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. CEA will host telephone call-in question and answer sessions about the award at 6:30 pm on Thursday, February 5, and at 4 pm on Wednesday, February 11. To register to participate in the question and answer session, contact Peggy Kerby at CEA. Click here for forms and information for this award.
Local Associations that are planning to start or expand internal public relations programs or community organizing activities may be eligible for direct matching grants from CEA. CEA provides matching dollars for local Associations to use for print, radio, TV, or community relations projects as well as internal public relations programs, such as a member newsletter, in four categories. Those categories and the matching amounts include
• Category 1: Individual local Association for internal public relations — up to $1,000
• Category 2: Individual local Association for community organizing — up to $1,000
• Category 3: Combination of locals for community organizing — up to $1,500
• Category 4: Individual Association for technology program or equipment (i.e., digital camera, desktop publishing software, modem, scanner) — up to $500
All grants are approved by the CEA Public Relations Commission and are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. All applications must be received no later than June 1. Application forms and complete details about the CEA Public Relations Matching Grants were included in a grants and awards booklet distributed in the November/ December CEA Advisor.
View the full 2009-2010 CEA Public Relations Grants & Awards Applications & Information here
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