SDEA-Retired Program

After YOUR investment in children and their future through education YOU deserve an investment in YOUR retired future!

What is SDEA-Retired?

SDEA-Retired comprises current and former SDEA/NEA active members who have joined together to achieve improvement in retirement benefits, to find new opportunities for fun and learning and to stay actively involved in improving education and retiree life.

Representation

• The SDEA-Retired President holds a voting seat on the SDEA Board of Directors.
• SDEA-Retired members are eligible to be elected as delegates to both the NEA Representative Assembly and the SDEA Representative Assembly.
• Members are eligible to vote for SDEA-Retired officers and SDEA officers.

2007-2008 Officers:

2007-2008 Dues

News from SDEA-Retired

• Click here for the latest newsletter from the National Council on Aging.
   

• SDEA-Retired's newsletter is now online!  Click below to see issues from 2007-2008:

  • Winter 2008 Newsletter

  • Fall 2007 Newsletter

  • Spring/Summer 2007 Newsletter
     

• Weekly news clippings are now available online!  Click on links:

• June 24, 2008

• June 16-20, 2008

• June 10-13, 2008

• June 2-5, 2008

• May 29-30, 2008

Teacher To Remember
Essay Winners Recognized

SDEA Retired recently named the winners of the 19th Annual Teacher To Remember Contest as well as the teachers honored.

Click here to read the winning essays

Coming Meetings/Events

Watch for events for 2008-2009 soon!

SDEA-Retired E-Mail List Serv

If you are an SDEA/NEA-Retired member, have e-mail and would like to receive regular announcements from SDEA-Retired about statewide activities and from NEA-Retired about how they are fighting for your rights regarding such issues as Social Security, Medicare Benefits, Pension Benefits and others, please send your e-mail address to Sue.Nipe@sdea.org and ask to be placed on the SDEA-Retired e-mail list serv.

In Memory

SDEA notes the recent passing of the following former educators:

• Norma Immel
  lifetime SDEA-R member. Also was active in NEA and the Sioux Falls Teachers' Association. Cards may be sent to Don Immel,
  1213 Whatcomb, Bellingham, WA 98229.
  See obituary
   

• David Strom
  former state legislator
  and teacher at
  West Central High School
  See obituary

NEWS CLIP
OF THE WEEK:

In an effort to improve care at the nation's 16,000 nursing homes, the Bush administration will start rating facilities based on a five-star system and require all of them to install fire sprinklers.

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