Area updates
JANUARY 2020 FEA PACIFIC UPDATE
Pacific Area Leadership Council The PAL Council will hold its winter meeting February 1-3 in Okinawa. PAL meets three times a year in person and occasionally throughout the year via teleconference. There are currently five members of the council including myself, the Pacific Area Director, NEATA (Japan) President: James “Mike” Adair, TEAK (Korea) President: Sharon… Read More
FEA-SR RECOMMENDS NOT APPLYING FOR ENI
JANE LOGGINS - FEA Director for DDESS BEN HUNTER - FEA-SR General Counsel ANGELIA STUBBS - FEA-SR General Counsel The following information applies to Certified employees only FEA SR has learned the Agency will be offering an Early Notice Incentive (ENI) for educators who choose to resign or retire from their position at the end… Read More
DECEMBER 2019 FEA PACIFIC UPDATE
Holiday Message 'Twas the night before Winter Recess,when all through the school Not a creature was stirring, not even one pupil; At the airport, teachers excitedly awaited boarding pass in hand; In hopes that their flight will be fast and go as planned; ...Whether you are traveling or holidaying in place, I wish you and… Read More
November 2019 FEA PACIFIC UPDATE
Pacific Area Directors Activities One quarter down! Way to go teachers! Your character counts: you have persevered! October has been a busy month, but in a different way than the month before. Some of the more frequent activities that I have been involved with include but are not limited to: responding to members concerns, researching… Read More
PAL UPDATE: OOCTOBER 2019
Pacific Area Directors Activities I blinked and September is gone! It has been a very busy month. Throughout the ninth month of the year/first full month of SY2019-2020, I have been working to get up to speed on the many aspects of the office of Pacific Area Director. Just when I think that I have… Read More
FEA STATESIDE TAKES CONTRACT FIGHT TO ARBITRATOR
September 16, 2019 FEA-Stateside Region last week went before a neutral arbitrator to present its case that DoDEA illegally and unilaterally implemented an unsigned contract on the Stateside Certified bargaining unit. As relief, FEA-SR asked the arbitrator to order management to comply with the signed Master Labor Agreement that has been in place since… Read More
SEPTEMBER 2019 FEA STATESIDE NEWSLETTER
JANE LOGGINS - FEA Director for DDESS BEN HUNTER - FEA-SR General Counsel ANGELIA STUBBS - FEA-SR General Counsel Hurricane Dorian -- The pending threat of Hurricane Dorian is causing evacuations in at least two of our stateside locals, Laurel Bay and Fort Stewart, which are now under a base/post commanders mandatory evacuation order. The… Read More
PAL UPDATE WELCOME BACK SY 2019
Welcome Back SY 2019-2020 Welcome Back! I hope your summer was better than expected.I know you all have returned to many new faces, processes, curriculum, and other changes/challenges. All of this can seem overwhelming at times, but you’ve got this! Change is the very nature of education and being an educator. Nobody affects change like… Read More
AUGUST 2019 FEA STATESIDE NEWSLETTER
posted August 6, 2019 Jane Loggins - FEA Director For DDESS Ben Hunter - FEA-SR General Counsel Angelia Stubbs - FEA-SR General Counsel Welcome Back School Year 19 -- 20 -- Many schools in the Southeast have started and soon the mid Atlantic and Guam will join us! As educators return to school we face… Read More
EARLY NOTICE INCENTIVES AND REASSIGNMENTS
Special Update May 9, 2019 ENI Early Notice Incentive -- FEA-Stateside Region has been informed that HR is notifying bargaining unit members who applied for VERA/VSIP and ENI and did not receive an offer of VERA or VSIP that they must resign by June 30. The ENI interest form provided by the agency is not… Read More