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8 CEA ADVISOR SPECIAL EDITION • AUGUST 2018

CEA Professional Learning Academy offers a wealth of professional development opportunities, aligned with Connecticut’s professional learning standards, to improve teaching practice and enhance student learning. Through the CEA Professional Learning Academy, members can attend free workshops, conferences, and trainings developed by experienced educators, administrators, and experts in law and special education. CEA offers workshops and seminars on dozens of topics, including CEAProfessional LearningAcademy: Your Source for Quality Professional Development From research to practice, personalized instruction for today’s educators Visit cea.org/pla for a complete list of offerings, which are

continually updated to include new strategies and address evolving needs.

• Classroom Management • Social Media Safety • Teacher Evaluation • Maximizing Your Time • Building a Culture of Empathy • Strategies to Help New Teachers Survive and Thrive • Strategies to Foster Social- Emotional Well-Being in School • The Gender Achievement Gap • Unconscious Bias: Its Powerful Effect on Instruction and Learning • Section 504

• Mythbusters: Understanding Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities in the Special Education Process • Teachers and the Law • Preventing and Responding to Assaults by Students • PDEC Strategies to Save Time and Promote Collaboration • ESSA: Implications for Your District – Title I Accountability • Complex Trauma • Bullying Prevention And more!

CEA’s Teacher Development Specialist Kate Field leads a teacher evaluation workshop.

Teacher discounts you never knew you had CEA members shop, travel, explore, and dine for less. Your CEA membership card saves you and your family as much as 60 percent on everything from groceries to vacation getaways.

As a CEA member you can save hundreds—even thousands—of dollars a year on everything you buy, including • Tickets to parks, shows, and sporting events • Groceries, gifts, and household items • School supplies • Health products and services • Fitness programs • Travel • Insurance • Automobiles • Appliances cea.org/mb

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CEA communications staff is available to come out to your school, speak with your local association members about new and updated benefits, and hear your suggestions for new member benefits. Most of our discounts have come from ideas shared by teachers!

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Contact Lesia Winiarskyj at 860-725-6315 or lesiaw@cea.org to arrange for a visit and presentation.

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