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FEA Files ULP Seeking DoDEA
Budget/Spending Information
Continued refusals by DoDEA to reveal public
information about taxpayer spending, particularly
how it relates to non-educator positions <strong>and</strong> travel
within the agency, have prompted FEA to file an
Unfair Labor Practice seeking to force disclosure of
this information.
The ULP was filed in April after several
months of requesting budget information from
DoDEA. The ULP seeks to make DoDEA comply
with an FEA request for information such as:
• Listings of all non-educator positions within DoDEA,
broken down by name, title <strong>and</strong> position, <strong>and</strong> duty location
from 2007 to the present
• Information on the full costs involved in hiring,
employing <strong>and</strong> stationing all non-educator positions
throughout DoDEA over the same period. Such
information includes salaries <strong>and</strong> benefits, allowances,
moving costs, etc. for all such employees. The request
also covers the costs of hiring, appointing or transferring/reassigning
such non-educators including copies of
job postings <strong>and</strong>/or reassignment notices
• An accounting of appropriated funds incurred in travel
by any individual in DoDEA Headquarters dating back
to 2007
• Details on all funds spent by Headquarters staff for
renovating, refurnishing or decorating office space
since 2007
• Information on all purchases of electronic equipment
for Headquarters staff, such as computers, electronic
communication devices, etc.
• A listing of all funds spent on DoDEA Task Groups
since 2007
DoDEA has refused multiple requests from
FEA for this information despite the Association’s
right to this data for bargaining purposes, as well
as under the terms of an Executive Order from
President Obama.
“The Association needs this information for
purposes of bargaining <strong>and</strong> to fully represent the
interests of our bargaining unit members. Furthermore,
the very questionable spending priorities
DoDEA has exhibited recently are hurting our
members <strong>and</strong> the quality of education we will be
able to offer in our schools,” says FEA Executive
Director/General Counsel H.T. Nguyen. “Because
DoDEA has refused to reveal this information <strong>and</strong>
st<strong>and</strong> up to public scrutiny, we have found it necessary
to take legal action in order to find out exactly
where the taxpayers’ money has been going.”
The ULP was filed in mid-April with the
Federal Labor Relations Authority. It is hoped that
the FLRA will issue a ruling on the matter as early
as this summer.
“DoDEA has hidden behind a veil of secrecy
long enough,” says Nguyen. “It’s time for real transparency
<strong>and</strong> accountability.”
JOURNAL
May, 2010 www.feaonline.org Vol. 53 No. 5
Members Elect At-Large
Officers to FEA Board
Vice President
BettyLou Cummins
NEA Director
Brian Chance
FEA President
Michael Priser
Secretary/Treasurer
Anita Lang
Human & Civil
Rights Coordinator
Mimi Cuadrado
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Thank you, for another year of great service. I
have visited over 100 schools this year <strong>and</strong> continue
to see countless examples of excellence in
education for our military families. Educators
continue to rise above all obstacles <strong>and</strong> keep test
scores high, the curricula comprehensive, <strong>and</strong>
the unique needs of each military community
addressed. Your work is recognized, appreciated
<strong>and</strong> will provide an impact on children for years
to come. Thank you.
What has Dr. Miles Added to the Budget?
FEA has serious concerns about the direction
Dr. Shirley Miles is steering a great school system.
Any business person will tell you that how
one spends limited resources clearly defines the
CEO’s priorities. Take a look at the course on
which Dr. Miles is steering DoDEA:
• Dr. Miles has spent millions of dollars creating
unnecessary new school positions – originally called
Resource Managers – with job responsibilities that
had been done by other school personnel for years.
• Dr. Miles has created a dual-layer of administration
with the addition of Area Superintendent positions
to mirror the existing Area Directors in Europe, the
Pacific, <strong>and</strong> Stateside. These Area Superintendent
positions, along with numerous new administrative
positions to support them, are a waste of taxpayer
money <strong>and</strong> serve no purpose other than removing
decision-making authority from the local level <strong>and</strong>
concentrating it in the h<strong>and</strong>s of people loyal only to Dr.
Miles.
• Dr. Miles continues to add new positions to her
Headquarters staff in Arlington.
• Dr. Miles has approved millions of dollars for training
programs for her administrative staff, including an
estimated $2.5 million to train 500 administrators in
Los Angeles this summer.
• Dr. Miles continues to push a “one size fits all”
professional development program for educators (“Us-
ing Data for Differential Instruction” or UDDI), focusing
on pre-packaged “sit <strong>and</strong> get” training instead of
meaningful professional development opportunities for
educators.
What does Dr. Miles Propose or Take Away
from the Budget? So how does Dr. Miles
expect to pay for these multi-million dollar new
items for a bloated administrative staff, along
with huge training programs geared solely for
above school level staff? One only has to take a
look at decisions Dr. Miles has already made:
• This school year, Dr. Miles has cut nearly three
dozen positions for services to academically at-risk
children worldwide. She had cut Reading Recovery
programs, literacy programs <strong>and</strong> remedial math
services.
• Dr. Miles proposed cutting over 350 middle school
positions, but under public pressure, reversed that
decision.
• Dr. Miles proposed cutting numerous kindergarten
instructional aides worldwide, but again, had to
reverse that decision based on the reaction of parents
<strong>and</strong> teachers.
• Dr. Miles continues to cut most summer professional
development programs to educators <strong>and</strong>, for the
second year in a row, offers no training for elementary
school teachers. She has even stated that when she
decides to restore training, it will only be UDDI training.
• Since September 11, mental health services have
been increased to meet the significant needs of
our students as their family members face frequent
deployments in the ongoing war on terrorism. Dr.
Miles appears to be reversing this trend, saying she is
“rightsizing” the counseling staff guidelines – another
word for “cutting.”
• DoDEA Headquarters recently floated a proposal
to cut school nursing positions in overseas schools
without any consideration to the unique needs faced
by families in foreign countries. Senior leaders tried to
downplay these cuts, saying that the reductions would
be met through “attrition.”
• FEA continues to get reports from schools around
the world that clerical services <strong>and</strong> other GS positions
(including supply clerks) are being cut. Dr. Miles
never fully funded the clerical needs to high school
counseling programs as originally proposed by her
own task group.
Transparency <strong>and</strong> Accountability? Dr. Miles
is fond of talking about “accountability” <strong>and</strong>
“transparency” but her actions, <strong>and</strong> those of
DoDEA under her leadership, demonstrate how
empty her words are.
FEA has made repeated requests for budgetary
information from DoDEA, especially as
it affects education programs worldwide. Those
requests have been consistently denied by Dr.
Miles <strong>and</strong> her staff (see page 1). In an effort to
keep participants on DoDEA Task Groups from
sharing any information, Dr. Miles has required
them to sign Confidentiality Agreements, which
are then used as a threat against any Task Group
members who wish to consult their peers for
input or information prior to making decisions
on a matter before the group.
All of these actions prompt one to ask:
if such persistent <strong>and</strong> extreme steps are being
taken by DoDEA to avoid transparency <strong>and</strong>
accountability for decisions being made, how
much confidence could anyone possibly have in
the quality of those decisions?
As we depart for the summer, rest assured
that FEA will continue to press for this information
<strong>and</strong> for a return to educationally-sound
decision making throughout DoDEA.

On behalf of the Association, I thank you <strong>and</strong>
congratulate you for another year of serving
our students <strong>and</strong> their families. While it has
been a very challenging year, I wanted to make
sure before the summer break starts our members
receive the thanks you rightly deserve.
Unfair Labor Practice
As you well know, FEA has been forced to take
legal action due to DoDEA management’s
failure to follow the law, such as management’s
unilateral implementation of changes. FEA
recently prevailed on an Unfair Labor Practice
(ULP) we filed with the Federal Labor Relations
Authority over such an instance.
In this case, FEA filed a ULP charge
against DoDEA for implementing m<strong>and</strong>atory
testing requirements unilaterally for DoDDS
FLES educators in FEA’s bargaining unit
without notifying FEA or bargaining over the
change.
The FLRA Washington Regional Director
issued a complaint against DoDEA for this
action <strong>and</strong> reached a settlement agreement.
As a result, there will be FLRA postings in all
DoDDS schools in the FEA unit, signed by
DoDEA Principal Deputy Director Charlie
Toth, stating that DoDEA will henceforth
meet its obligations to notify <strong>and</strong> bargain with
FEA on these changes. Please look for these
postings in your school.
“Target <strong>and</strong> Terminate”
FEA has received reports from members in
both DDESS <strong>and</strong> DoDDS schools, indicating
that some principals are beginning to use the
“target <strong>and</strong> terminate” training they received
at the beginning of this school year. In other
words, these principals have been trained <strong>and</strong>
now they are implementing that training by
going after educators.
The Association will do everything we
can to preserve targeted educators’ due process
rights in the face of unwarranted attacks.
Executive Order
On December 9, 2009, President Obama
signed Executive Order 13522, which contained
several important decisions <strong>and</strong> orders
from the President to the Executive Branch. In
Executive Order 13522, the President ordered
that:
“Management should discuss workplace challenges
<strong>and</strong> problems with labor <strong>and</strong> endeavor to
develop solutions jointly, rather than advise union
representatives of predetermined solutions to
problems <strong>and</strong> then engage in bargaining over the
impact <strong>and</strong> implementation of the predetermined
solutions.”
The President clarified in Section 3 of the
Executive Order that this means management
must engage unions at a much earlier stage, in
a process called “pre-decisional involvement.”
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Association Business
H.T. Nguyen
FEA Executive Director
A Big Thanks <strong>and</strong> Updates Before Summer
As you are well aware, DoDEA management
has not engaged FEA at all. Instead,
DoDEA is still presenting FEA with “predetermined
solutions” in a final product form <strong>and</strong>
seeking to limit FEA’s involvement to “bargaining
over the impact <strong>and</strong> implementation of the
predetermined solutions.” Furthermore, FEA
has specifically asked DoDEA for information
on the DoDEA budget for bargaining, but
management has refused to provide any information,
prompting another ULP (see page 1).
As a member of the National Council on
Federal Labor-Management Relations, which
was created under Executive Order 13522,
I have raised the issue of agencies failing to
engage the unions in pre-decisional involvement.
I also noted that management providing
unions with a final product, rather than engaging
unions from the start, does not comply
with the Executive Order. I will continue to
raise these <strong>and</strong> other issues before this Council.
The Executive Order also created labormanagement
partnership councils at the
Agency level, which in our case is DoD. FEA,
which is one of the 10 DoD unions with
National Consultation Rights, is also a member
of this DoD council. I will continue to apprise
the Pentagon of DoDEA-specific problems
through this forum.
We can all be thankful we now have these
avenues to redress management actions.
Get all the
latest news on
issues affecting FEA
members by
regularly visiting
FEA’s Web site at
www.feaonline.org

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FEA At-Large Officers Set
to Begin Three-Year Terms
FEA members returned three of
their peers to the Association’s
Board of Directors <strong>and</strong> selected
two new members to fill Board
seats in balloting completed last
month.
FEA President Michael Priser
<strong>and</strong> Vice President BettyLou
Cummins were both re-elected
in unopposed contests. Also
unopposed was Brian Chance,
who left his previous position as
Secretary/Treasurer on the FEA
Board in order to seek office as
NEA Director for FEA.
Newly-elected Board
members are Anita Lang, from
Lakenheath High School, filling
the Secretary/Treasurer office,
<strong>and</strong> Naomi “Mimi” Cuadrado,
from Vilseck Elementary School,
elected to be FEA’s Human <strong>and</strong>
Civil Rights (HCR) Coordinator.
All were elected to three-year
terms, to begin this summer.
Voter participation in this
election was lighter than past
votes, which is to be expected
with so many uncontested races.
The two multi-c<strong>and</strong>idate
offices – Secretary/Treasurer <strong>and</strong>
HCR Coordinator – were hotly
contested, with each requiring
the maximum possible number
of rounds of preferential voting
to determine the final winners.
Complete election results,
including breakdowns of all
rounds by location for each
office, are available at www.
feaonline.org.
FEA congratulates <strong>and</strong>
thanks all those who ran for
office, as well as those who took
the time to vote.
Area Directors Up
for Vote Next Year
Area Directors for each of FEA’s
four geographic areas will be
selected by members during balloting
to take place spring 2011.
Any FEA Active member
may run for an Area Director seat,
but the member must be working
in the Area they seek to represent.
Nomination information
will be available fall 2010 in the
FEA Journal <strong>and</strong> from your FEA
building representative.
The four FEA Area Director
positions to be elected are:
• FEA Director for DDESS
• Pacific Area Director
• Europe Area Director for Isles
<strong>and</strong> Heidelberg districts
• Europe Area Director for
Bavaria, Kaiserslautern <strong>and</strong>
Mediterranean districts
<strong>Voting</strong> <strong>Results</strong> By Office
for complete voting report, go to www.feaonline.org
President
Michael Priser 1,210
Abstain 42
Write-ins 14
Total 1,266
Secretary/Treasurer
Vice President
BettyLou Cummins 1,180
Abstain 65
Write-ins 21
Total 1,266
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
R<strong>and</strong>y Ricks 389 448 522
Anita Lang 375 427 530 - winner
Angela Miller 203 (eliminated)
David Presley 258 293 (eliminated)
Abstain 40 98 214
Write-in 1 0 0
Total 1,266 1,266 1,266
Human & Civil Rights Coordinator
NEA Director
Brian Chance 1,178
Abstain 80
Write-ins 8
Total 1,266
Total ballots: 1,279
Invalid ballots: 13
Total valid ballots: 1,266
Europe - 572
Pacific - 367
Stateside - 327
A majority of valid ballots,
not counting abstentions,
is needed to win.
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Mimi Cuadrado 375 403 439 477 575 - winner
Faithful Carter 108 119 (eliminated)
Michael Tate 306 318 345 378 471
Norma S<strong>and</strong>ers 239 242 259 290 (eliminated)
Luis Rios 117 131 143 (eliminated)
W<strong>and</strong>a
Robinson-Caton
84 (eliminated)
Abstain 36 53 80 121 220
Write-in 1 0 0 0 0
Total 1,266 1,266 1,266 1,266 1,266

The schools below each succeeded in increasing their overall Association
membership by at least one person this school year. FEA congratulates
these schools <strong>and</strong> thanks all of our members <strong>and</strong> local leaders for their
hard work <strong>and</strong> support of FEA throughout the year.
Fort Benning
Dexter Elementary
Faith Middle
Loyd Elementary
Stowers Elementary
White Elementary
Wilson Elementary
Fort Bragg
Albritton Junior High
Butner Elementary
Devers Elementary
Gordon Elementary
McNair Elementary
Pope Elementary
Fort Campbell ESPs
Fort Campbell Central Office
Jackson Elementary
Fort Campbell
Barkley Elementary
Lincoln Elementary
Lucas Elementary
Mahaffey Middle
Wassom Middle
Guam
Andersen Elementary
Andersen Middle
Guam High
McCool Elementary/Middle
West Point
West Point Elementary
STATESIDE
Fort Knox
Kingsolver Elementary
Mudge Elementary
Van Voorhis Elementary
Walker Intermediate
Ft. Knox ESPs
Fort Knox High
McDonald Intermediate
Scott Middle
Fort Jackson
Pierce Terrace Elementary
Pinckney Elementary
Laurel Bay
Elliott Elementary
Camp Lejeune
Johnson Primary
Delalio Elementary
Camp Lejeune ESPs
Johnson Primary
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell AFB Elementary
Quantico
Russell Elementary
Quantico Middle
Fort Stewart
Brittin Elementary
Diamond Elementary
Kessler Elementary
AEAO
Bechtel Elementary
Earhart Intermediate
Kadena Elementary
Kadena High
Killin Elementary
Kubasaki High
Ryukyu Middle
Stearley Heights Elementary
TEAK
Daegu Elementary/High
Joy Elementary
Osan Elementary
Osan Middle
Seoul High
Bavaria
Bamberg Elementary
Garmisch Elementary
Grafenwoehr Elementary
Illesheim Elementary/Middle
Netzaberg Elementary
Netzaberg Middle
Rainbow Elementary
Vilseck Elementary
Vilseck High
Heidelberg
Patch Elementary
Patch High
Patrick Henry Elementary
Robinson Barracks Elementary
Mediterranean
Ankara Elementary/High
Lajes Elementary/High
Vicenza Elementary
PACIFIC
EUROPE
NEATA
Arnn Elementary
Darby Elementary
Edgren High
Ikego Elementary
King High
Kinnich High
Mendel Elementary
Perry Elementary
Perry High
Sasebo Elementary
Sollars Elementary
Sullivans Elementary
Yokosuka Middle
Zama Middle
Isles
AF North Elementary/High
Lakenheath Middle
Shape High
WT Sampson Elementary
Kaiserslautern
Baumholder High
Kaiserslautern Elementary
Kaiserslautern High
Ramstein Elementary
Ramstein High
Ramstein Middle
Spangdahlem Elementary
Spangdahlem Middle
Volgelweh Elementary
Wetzel Elementary
100%
These schools
achieved 100 percent
membership in the
Association this school
year. Thank you
very much for your
commitment to FEA!
May, 2010 Page 5
Bamberg Elementary
CT Joy Elementary
Garmisch Elementary/Middle
Kaiserslautern Middle
Kleine Brogel Elementary
McCool Elementary/Middle
Osan Middle
Spangdahlem Middle

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Kadena Elementary
Aukamm Elementary
Bitberg Elementary
FEA members turn Dr. Seuss'
birthday into a global
celebration of reading
Brittin Elementary
Stearley Heights Elementary
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Patch

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Elementary
Grafenwoehr Elementary
Learn more about
NEA's Read Across America
by going to
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Grafenwoehr Elementary
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Hainerberg Elementary

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FEA provides its members with
comprehensive legal advice <strong>and</strong>
services, including access to
our team of highly-experienced
UniServ Attorneys <strong>and</strong> up to $1
million in liability insurance covering
you against legal actions
related to your work.
Find links to legal resources,
including negotiated agreements
<strong>and</strong> legal updates, by going to
www.feaonline.org/passport/legal
FEA’s Legal Defense Fund Another Perk of Membership
Legal services are perhaps the most valued
benefit of membership in FEA, but what
happens if the alleged offending party is
not a DoDEA entity?
In certain cases, FEA members can
utilize the Association’s Legal Defense
Fund for assistance.
The Legal Defense Fund was created
by FEA in the early 1990s to help offset
members’ legal fees when pursuing legal
action against non-DoDEA entities.
Assistance from the Fund is available
only for actions against non-DoDEA personnel
because such cases must generally
be heard in local courts <strong>and</strong> FEA is unable
to represent members in actions that do
not directly involve DoDEA personnel.
The incident or injury prompting the
legal action must be the result of a schoolrelated
activity <strong>and</strong> cannot be covered by
other FEA/NEA legal services or the Asso-
Would You Like to Contribute to the
FEA Legal Defense Fund?
Your contribution will help other FEA members
pay for work-related legal actions against non-
DoDDS/DDESS personnel.
Send your donation, made out to “FEA,” to:
Barbara Wright, Business Manager
FEA
1201 16th St NW, Suite 117
Washington, DC 20036
Include “Legal Defense Fund” on the memo line
of your check. Donations are not tax deductible.
ciation’s Professional Liability Policy. Only
FEA members may apply for help from the
Fund.
See the box to the right for complete
Fund guidelines.
The Legal Defense Fund is not paid
for with FEA dues dollars. Instead, it is
funded by voluntary contributions from
individual FEA members (see box below
for donation information)
The Fund is not intended to be a
“Legal Aid Bank,” but rather is to be used
in cases that may be precedent-setting, or
whose outcome may have a positive effect
on many FEA members.
FEA members who wish to be considered
for assistance from the Legal Defense
Fund must contact their FEA UniServ
Director <strong>and</strong> Area Director. Approval by
the FEA Board of Directors is necessary
<strong>and</strong> there is a limit of $5,000 allowable per
incident.
“The Legal Defense Fund is something
we created to help our members
who feel that legal action is their best
option but they may not be able to afford
representation on their own,” says FEA
Executive Director/General Counsel H.T.
Nguyen. “Although FEA cannot represent
our members in cases not involving Do-
DEA personnel, this fund – more specifically,
their fellow members who contribute
to this fund – can offer them assistance.
“It’s another great benefit of membership.”
Guidelines for the FEA Legal
Defense Fund
• In order to qualify for any moneys from the FEA
Legal Defense Fund, the applicant must be an FEA
member <strong>and</strong> a member at the time of the incident.
• The legal injury – including but not limited to defamation
of character, sl<strong>and</strong>er, or libel to the member
– must come from non-DoDEA personnel.
• The legal injury must arise from school-related
activities.
• The application for moneys will be submitted in
writing to the FEA Area Director concerned. The
area UniServ Counsel, after consultation with local
counsel, will render an opinion as to the probability of
success in the appropriate court.
• If the Association concurs, an award up to $5,000
will be made in those cases with a high probability of
success.
• The member will execute an agreement, promising
to repay the award or any part that is recouped as
the prevailing party or otherwise. Further, the member
must agree to fully cooperate in the prosecution
of the case not to settle or otherwise compromise the
case without consultations with FEA.
• After receiving any moneys as a result of the case
being pursued, the member will have 30 days in
which to replace the award, otherwise a 10 percent
annual interest rate will be charged on the amount
owing.
• The FEA Legal Defense Fund is not obligated to
fully fund any legal action. The amount <strong>and</strong> number
of award(s) are at the sole discretion of the FEA.

Back to the Bayou
FEA/NEA Annual Meetings Return to New Orleans This Summer
Thous<strong>and</strong>s of NEA members, including about three
dozen FEA delegates elected by their fellow members,
will converge in New Orleans this summer
for the NEA Annual Meeting <strong>and</strong> Representative
Assembly.
The NEA-RA is considered to be the largest
democratically-elected deliberative body in the
world. Each year, close to 10,000 NEA members
from around the U.S. – <strong>and</strong>, thanks to FEA, around
the world – gather to discuss, debate <strong>and</strong> vote on
resolutions, by-laws <strong>and</strong> amendments that govern
their professional association, the NEA.
FEA’s delegates were elected by their fellow
FEA Holding Its Annual Membership
Meeting June 30 <strong>and</strong> July 1
FEA’s Annual Membership Meeting will be held this year
at the Chateau Bourbon Hotel, just outside of the French
Quarter in New Orleans.
The FEA meeting is open to any FEA member,
Active or Retired - you do not need to be elected to attend.
The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday,
June 30, <strong>and</strong> from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, July 1.
The FEA Annual Membership meeting is an opportunity
for members to question <strong>and</strong> hear from FEA
Board of Directors members <strong>and</strong> staff.
Any FEA member in the New Orleans area at the
time of the meeting is highly encouraged to visit the meeting,
even if they are unable to stay the full time. Additional
information on the meeting <strong>and</strong> the hotel where it will be
held can be found at www.feaonline.org/ra
members in each of our Association’s three geographic
areas (Stateside, the Pacific, <strong>and</strong> Europe.)
As delegates, they attend all business sessions at the
NEA-RA <strong>and</strong> have the right to vote on the issues
that come up.
In addition to the business being conducted,
highlights of the NEA Annual Meeting <strong>and</strong> RA include
speeches by the Teacher of the Year <strong>and</strong> Education
Support Professional of the Year, the presentation
of the annual NEA Friend of Education award,
<strong>and</strong> the keynote address by the NEA President that
kicks off the meeting.
Meeting attendees also attend exhibits of education-related
goods <strong>and</strong> services,
network with their fellow delegates
from throughout NEA, <strong>and</strong> elect
officers for NEA.
A video showing highlights of
the delegate
experience is
available on
FEA’s Web
site at www.
feaonline.org/
ra.
Any Active
member of
FEA can run
for a delegate
position to the RA.
The 2011 meeting will be held in
Chicago.
May, 2010 Page 9
Who Dat
Goin’ to the Meeting?
• June 29 (evening) - FEA Minority Affairs Council meeting
• June 30-July 1 - FEA Annual Membership Meeting
• July 1-6 - NEA Annual Meeting <strong>and</strong> Representative Assembly
get meeting details <strong>and</strong> information at www.feaonline.org/ra
The following FEA members have been elected delegates
to this year’s NEA-RA:
Michael Priser (FEA President)
Trudy Pollard (NEA Director for FEA)
Nancy Almendras (Heidelberg)
W<strong>and</strong>a Beatty (Fort Jackson)
Diane Brown (Fort Bragg)
Yvonne Brown (AEAO)
Thomas Bugg (TEAK)
Gerry Cain-Goodwin (AEAO)
Linda Callender (Kaiserslautern)
Brian Chance (NEATA)
Tim Connolly (Bavaria)
BettyLou Cummins (Kaiserslautern)
Debra Degalis (NEATA)
Cameron Gonzalez (TEAK)
Michael Gros (NEATA)
Michelle Gros (NEATA)
Mary Ann Harris (AEAO)
Anita Lang (Isles)
Chuck McCarter (Heidelberg)
Angela Miller (AEAO)
Michael Napoli (NEATA)
Leanne Pope (Lakenheath)
David Pressley (Fort Campbell)
R<strong>and</strong>y Ricks (AEAO)
C<strong>and</strong>ace Rogers (Fort Stewart)
Jack Rollins (FEA Retired)
Clark Ruby (NEATA)
R<strong>and</strong>y Sangalli (TEAK)
Wilhelmena Sapp (Fort Bragg)
Alex Veto (Bavaria)
Tynisa Young (NEATA)

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Pre-Retired Membership A Great
Gift for Yourself or Colleagues
With one low payment now, you can assure yourself or one of your
fellow FEA members a lifetime of access to the many benefits of
association membership.
FEA/NEA Pre-Retired Membership is open to any current member
of FEA/NEA, regardless of the person’s retirement date. This
membership allows an individual to enroll in the FEA/NEA retirement
program, prior to actual retirement, for a one-time-only payment.
The current payment amount is $298. That amount will increase
after August 31, 2010.
Once you have paid your one-time dues fee for Pre-Retired
membership, you are automatically a retired member for life of both
FEA <strong>and</strong> NEA. Your retired membership will take effect once you
have retired from DoDEA. Members must continue to pay annual
FEA/NEA Active Member dues until the time of their retirement.
The Pre-Retired dues amount increases each year in proportion
to the overall FEA dues, so by pre-paying for your retired membership
now you can save significantly. If you are not retiring for another
5, 10 or 20 years, the cost of retired membership will have risen
significantly above today’s level by the time you do retire.
As an FEA/NEA retired member, you will be able to retain access
in your retirement to the many Member Benefits programs for
retired members, including various financial, insurance <strong>and</strong> investment
programs. You will also continue to receive FEA <strong>and</strong> NEA
publications. And, if you decide to substitute teach after your retirement
from DoDDS, you will continue to be covered by NEA’s liability
insurance.
Completing your Pre-Retired Membership is easy. Go to www.
feaonline.org/join/form.htm <strong>and</strong> follow the link for Pre-Retired Membership.
You can purchase the membership for yourself or any other
FEA/NEA Member.
NEA Offering Free Training
on Indoor Environmental
Quality for Members Online
NEA <strong>and</strong> its Health Information Network are offering
a free, 4.5-hour online training course, “What’s Your
IEQ? A Roadmap to School Indoor Environmental
Quality.”
This interactive course will educate members on
how to identify, prevent <strong>and</strong> resolve IEQ issues like
mold/moisture problems, chemical exposure, asbestos,
radon <strong>and</strong> more. The course covers the basics of IEQ,
including factors that affect IEQ <strong>and</strong> the effect of IEQ
on performance <strong>and</strong> health.
The IEQ course is offered through the NEA Academy.
To access the course you must register for a password.
Go to www.neaacademy.org <strong>and</strong> click on the
“What’s Your IEQ?” link, then click “Register.” After
submitting your registration you will receive a registration
code via e-mail within 24 hours. You can preview
the course without a password by going to http://sites.
nea.org/academy/onlinecourses/environ-quality.html
Non-members, such as administrators <strong>and</strong> parents,
may also sign up for the course, if you would like
to share the information with members of your school
community.
Notice for Members: How to Cancel Dues Deduction
Any FEA member who wishes to cancel payroll
deductions next school year for their SY 10-11 Association
dues must submit a Cancellation of Payroll
Deduction for Labor Organization Dues, Form SF
1188, to the appropriate location.
In Europe <strong>and</strong> Stateside, the forms should be
submitted to the Customer Service Representative
(CSR) at your District Office. In the Pacific, submit
the form to your FEA membership chair. The SF 1188
form is available from your school secretary or the
CSR.
VFW Teacher of the
Year Award Goes to
FEA Member in Japan
FEA member Michael
Applegate, a social
studies teacher at Sullivans
Elementary School
in Japan, was recently
honored with the Veterans
of Foreign Wars
Teacher of the Year
Award. He has previously
won the award at Michael Applegate
the local <strong>and</strong> state levels.
In honoring him, the VFW cited numerous
activities <strong>and</strong> study trips incorporating
patriotic <strong>and</strong> civic lesson themes Applegate
has organized for students, including flag raising
<strong>and</strong> folding ceremonies <strong>and</strong> trips to U.S.
Navy ships ported in Japan.
Applegate is a retired U.S. Navy Master
Chief Petty Officer <strong>and</strong> a Life Member of
VFW Post 1054.
Congratulations Mike!
There is a limited time at the beginning of the
school year when such payroll deductions can be
halted. If you miss the deadline, your FEA dues will
continue to be deducted from your pay throughout the
remainder of SY 10-11. Check with your FEA building
representative to learn the deadline for submitting the
SF 1188 if you wish to halt dues deduction for next
school year.
To ensure you are complying with all local
requirements, please check with your FEA building
representative about this procedure.

NEA Group Term Life Insurance
Rates
just
lowered
Protect your family now for an average of 14% less.
This year, with Americans facing continued cutbacks <strong>and</strong> other economic uncertainties, having
enough coverage is more important than ever. Your Association has worked hard to bring you the
best rates yet because we know the financial hardship a member’s death can cause when there isn’t
enough life insurance for the family. We’re especially pleased to announce these new rates in
time for the new year, when term life rates nationwide are up anywhere from 5-15%.*
Get an instant rate quote on neamb.com/insurance
You can also call us at 1-800-637-4636
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (or Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1p.m. ET).
Spanish-speaking representatives are also available.
Coverage under the NEA Group Term Life Insurance Plan is issued by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark,
NJ. Please see Certificate for complete details about coverage. Contract series 83500.
*The Wall Street Journal, 9 June, 2009
Rate <strong>and</strong> savings shown above are applicable for a 44-year old non-smoker.
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Call NEA Member Benefits Toll
Free Around the World
The NEA Member Benefits program provides many programs <strong>and</strong>
services to FEA members. Please contact Member Benefits with
questions about any of their services using the following toll-free
numbers in applicable areas:
Stateside
1-800-637-4636
Overseas
First dial the AT&T Direct Access Code
In Germany <strong>and</strong> UK In Japan
0800-2255288 00539-111
Then dial Member Benefits at
800-893-0396
And don’t forget the Member Benefits Web site. You can access
information on all of NEA-MB’s programs, get current rates on
CDs <strong>and</strong> investment funds, <strong>and</strong> sign up for other services.
www.neamb.com
The JOURNAL is a quarterly publication of the Federal Education Association.
Contributions, letters, photographs <strong>and</strong> other submissions to
the JOURNAL are welcome <strong>and</strong> should be sent to the address below.
Gary Hritz, Editor
H.T. Nguyen, Executive Director
Michael Priser, President
BettyLou Cummins Vice President
Brian Chance, Secretary/Treasurer
Trudy Pollard, NEA Director
W<strong>and</strong>a Beatty, HCR Coordinator
John Luchtman, Europe Area Director
Chuck McCarter, Europe Area Director
Debra Degalis, Pacific Area Director
Terry Arvidson, FEA Director for DDESS
Federal Education Association • 1201 16th St. NW, Suite 117 •
Washington, DC 20036 • 202-822-7850 • Fax: 202-822-7867
fea@feaonline.org • www.feaonline.org

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NEA Annual Meeting <strong>and</strong>
Representative Assembly, New Orleans
July
FEA Executive Director/General Counsel H.T. Nguyen was appointed
by President Obama to the National Council on Federal Labor-Management
Relations. The council was created to advise the president
on federal workplace issues. H.T. (at left) is shown at a recent council
meeting with W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
Gina Lightfoot-Walker, of the National Association of Government
Employees; <strong>and</strong> Dr. Clifford Stanley, Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel <strong>and</strong> Readiness (representing Deputy Secretary of Defense
William Lynn). The council meets periodically throughout the year.
30 - July 1
FEA Annual Membership Meeting
New Orleans
June
16-18
FEA Pacific Leadership Council
Meeting, Tokyo
May
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