EC/K-12 Council Meeting was held on May 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM. The new officers of the Council will take over May 20. They are Gary Ravani, President; Barbara Kimmel, Senior Vice President; Elaine Merriweather, Vice President; Daniel Barnhart, Vice President; and Linda Plack, Secretary.

January 12 —The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) have jointly developed a series of general instructional activities to give teachers lesson ideas to help their students understand the historic significance of this presidential inauguration.

Use these instructional activities to teach students about the history of the inauguration and the connections between Obama and previous U.S. presidents (Learning History); to prepare students to witness the Obama inauguration (Making History); and to follow the events during President Obama's term (Living History).  Click here to go the lesson plans.

The CFT Early Childhood/K-12 Council is the policy-making body for the Early Childhood and K-12 segment of the CFT, comprised of the presidents of all the Federation's Early Childhood and K-12 locals.

Officers and Staff

• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , President
  
• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Senior Vice-President
  
• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Vice-President
  
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• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Secretary
  
• Jeff Freitas, Legislative Representative
  

At each Council meeting, members present reports of their attendance at various commissions, boards, panels, and organizations where they represent CFT. Resolutions of importance are also presented and voted on by the body.