February 11,
2013
TO:
MTA Local Association Presidents, Board of Directors and
Staff
FR:
Paul Toner, President, and Tim Sullivan, Vice
President
RE:
Join NEA’s online forum on school safety
NEA
members in Massachusetts and eight other states are being
invited to participate in an online peer discussion about
school and college safety. The discussion is sponsored by
the NEA in partnership with VIVA Educators.
To
participate in the forum, go to: http://vivanea.mysocialsphere.com/
The
MTA recently worked with New Voice Strategies, which runs
VIVA, on an MTA VIVA Idea Exchange about how to reduce
achievement gaps in the state’s Gateway Cities.
For
the NEA project, teachers will exchange ideas about how to
improve safety in our public schools and on our college
campuses. A small group of the participants will draft
recommendations based on the leading ideas shared in the
forum, and these will be presented to the NEA and to public
officials in Washington, D.C.
Please join the
discussion yourself and encourage your members to
participate by forwarding this e-mail to them.
Let
your voices be heard.