FEA Secures Discounted Recertification Courses for FEA Members As a benefit exclusively for Association members, FEA is working with Virtual Education Software (VESi) and the accredited Augustana University to provide members with reduced pricing on courses approved for DoDEA teacher recertification and Academic Salary Lane (ASL) changes. This new member benefit amounts to significant savings every recertification… Read More
Happy Holidays I wish all of our members, wherever they are in the world, a happy and restful holiday break. I hope you get time to spend with loved ones. Thank you for your membership and all you’ve done to educate military-connected children in 2023. FEA Files Grievance Over Prep and Lunch Time FEA recently… Read More
Possible gov shutdown starting Nov. 18th DoDEA educators should once again prepare for a possible government shutdown. After a shutdown was narrowly avoided in late September with a funding extension to November 17th, the federal government might see a shutdown starting November 18th. In past shutdowns, DoDEA school-level employees were excepted and schools continued to… Read More
Back in the Field I have just returned, along with FEA Executive Director/General Counsel Richard Tarr, from visiting schools and assisting with trainings in FEA’s Pacific region. This year’s training was especially critical given that Overseas educators are working with a new contract, which they approved in a vote last spring. Thank you to our… Read More
Welcome Back! I hope all FEA members had a wonderful and restful summer. Thank you all for your FEA membership, standing with your fellow education employees, and for allowing FEA to stand for you. I hope you all have a great 2023-2024 school year. In case of a government shutdown In the unlikely event that… Read More
New Overseas Contract Approved by Overseas Members Last month FEA members in the Overseas bargaining unit ratified the proposed tentative agreement presented to them, marking the first time since 1989 that DoDEA management and FEA Overseas members have agreed upon a contract proposal. The agreement will lead to a new five-year Overseas contract beginning August 1st,… Read More
FEA FIGHTING FOR RESOLUTION TO HEALTH CARE CRISIS FOR EDUCATORS OVERSEAS DoDEA employees and other federal civilian employees in Japan and Okinawa not covered by Tricare Prime have lost nearly all access to DoD medical facilities under a policy enacted by the Pentagon last year, forcing them to seek medical attention in the Japanese communities… Read More
OVERSEAS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE After an arbitrator determined in 2022 that DoDEA previously negotiated in bad faith with FEA on the Overseas contract, the Association and the Agency have been making progress in recent negotiations. Over the coming weeks and months, FEA will provide more details to prepare Overseas members for a possible ratification vote… Read More
FEA PRESSING FOR CLARIFICATION ON DODEA’S MISCALCULATION OF RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS Earlier this month DoDEA was informed there was a programming error found within the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) when retroactive payroll corrections were processed for a prior year. Due to this error, the retirement contributions (from employees and employer) were miscalculated for some employees… Read More
BACK IN THE FIELD I have just returned from over a month of visiting schools and assisting with trainings in FEA’s Europe and Pacific regions. It was wonderful to meet the leaders stepping up in FEA roles. Thank you for representing educators in your school. Thank you as well to our fantastic UniServ Attorneys… Read More