WEA-Riverside UniServ Council

🏳️‍🌈 Every LGBTQ+ student deserves a school where they feel safe, seen, and free to be themselves. This Pride Month, NEA has the resources to help make that a reality in your classroom, your school, and your community. From lesson plans and trainings to know-your-rights guides and model policies, we have you covered. Find the NEA toolkit in the comments.

🏳️‍🌈 Every LGBTQ+ student deserves a school where they feel safe, seen, and free to be themselves. This Pride Month, NEA has the resources to help make that a reality in your classroom, your school, and your community. From lesson plans and trainings to know-your-rights guides and model policies, we have you covered. Find our toolkit in the comments.

Provide Healthy School Meals to All Students
Students can’t learn if their stomachs are grumbling. Universal school meals are proven to reduce child hunger.

Right now, millions of families are facing growing challenges. An estimated 3.5 million people have been cut off from SNAP since last year due to new restrictions in the Republican tax law, H.R. 1.

That means more children are at risk of going hungry.

At a time when the cost of groceries, gas, and healthcare continues to rise, ensuring students have access to school meals is one practical way to support families and help children succeed.

Tell Congress to pass the Universal School Meals Act so that all students nationwide can get access to free, nutritious school meals.

We don’t need magic to solve child hunger. We already know what works.

Email your senators and representative and ask them to co-sponsor and support the Universal School Meals Act.

Provide Healthy School Meals to All Students | NEA Students can’t learn if their stomachs are grumbling. Universal school meals are proven to reduce child hunger.

NEA Online Facilitated Courses: Support Multilingual Learners

More than 55% of educators have at least one multilingual learner in the classroom. This series of blended learning courses—free for NEA members—will help you to support these students, including building skills in family/caregiver engagement, lesson development, and community organizing.

Courses run June 29 - August 6. Space is limited. Registration closes on June 21.

Register for our Facilitated Supporting Multilingual Learners Online Blended Learning Courses | NEA Today, more than 55 percent of educators in the United States have at least one multilingual learner (ML) in the classroom, making it critical for all educators to become familiar with the key roles that parent and community involvement, legal protections, and policies, advocacy, and community organ...

May 6 is National School Nurse Day and this is National Nurse Week! Share this post and tell your friends about a school nurse who has made a difference for students in your school community or for you when you were a student!

Scholarships available for ESP members!!

WEA is offering six scholarships of $1,500 each to WEA education support professionals who are pursuing professional advancement through trade, technical or collegiate institutions. All current WEA ESP members are eligible to apply for a Warren G. Magnuson Educational Support Professional Scholarship. Three of the grants are designated for ESP members of color. Full details and application are available online. Completed applications must be received no later than 4 p.m. Friday, May 1.