IEA leadership is trying to explain what they have done to us.
Two years after IEA Executive Director Aurdrey Soglin led the team that proposed legislation that made linking teacher performance reviews and evaluation to student performance (legislation that was passed by the General Assembly) a mandatory part of local bargaining, the leadership is getting around to explaining it to the membership.
And they’re working to consolidate local leaders around Senate Bill 7, the bill that took away seniority and tenure rights from teachers in Illinois.
Part of the problem is that local leaders are heading into collective bargaining with no clue about how this sellout by the state leadership is going to impact their negotiations.
The other part of the problem is that many members are just now realizing what our leadership has done, and