By Cameron Crane
The National Education Association is a group of educational professionals from across the United States, whose mission is to “advocate for education professionals and to unite [their] members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.”
The NEA EXPO, a convention that is held each year, is attended by over 16,000 members nationwide. This year, NEA EXPO 2011 is being held in Chicago, Illinois from June 30 to July 2, and Little Pickle Press is happy to be attending.
Here are some of the goals identified by Leslie Iorillo, Director, Art & Marketing, who will be representing LPP at the event:
To Deepen Our Knowledge of Early Childhood Education
The NEA is committed to advancing public education. This is something that Little Pickle Press also feels very strongly about. We believe that NEA presents a great opportunity to advance our knowledge of what is important in the world of early childhood education, and to build upon it. We are excited to learn all we can!
To Build Meaningful Relationship with Today’s Educators
Little Pickle Press has always desired to build strong relationships with today’s educators. It is one of our main goals is to educate children about issues that are important to their generation. We are always looking for new ways to package our information to educators, like our upcoming lesson plans that will accompany all of our titles.
To Build Meaningful Relationships with Like-Minded Exhibitors
As always, Little Pickle Press is interested in connecting with exhibitors at NEA who have similar values to our own. The relationships we build with like-minded partners are very important to us, and we look forward to connecting with new companies.
To Share What We are Learning
We cannot wait to share our discoveries with you! Throughout the event, we will be posting information about our progress on Facebook and Twitter (we will be using the NEA tag #neara11). Follow us for the latest updates!
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Attending NEA Expo 11 and interested in finding our books? Our award-winning titles will be on display at the Combined Book Exhibit. Stay tuned for the CBE Booth number!
7 comments:
Wonderful news to see that LPP is at the National Education Association EXPO 2011! Nationwide, all educators need to see Little Pickle Press books and to know about the LPP mission. The "What Does It Mean To Be..?" series addresses what every every young child in each of our schools can learn about diversity, saving our resources and respect for self and others. NEA attendees and all educational organizations interested in teaching these concepts to help better our world and create cooperative school environments need to be sure to check out these books...they are great! Don't miss stretching out "Your Fantastic Elastic Brains!" too as you contemplate protecting the Earth with "Sophia's Dream" and then spread the news! Love these books!!
My Dad, Ron DiOrio, was elected the President of the RI chapter of NEA for 7 consecutive 2-year terms, so we know all about the value of the NEA in my family. I can't help but smile over the fact that Little Pickle Press is attending the NEA Expo for the first time this year. It seems like a preordained milestone. If you would like to meet with us at the Expo, please send Leslie Iorillo an email at leslie@littlepicklepress(dot)com. Thank you!
Is that a confirmed Twitter hashtag to use, do you know? I haven't found anything through their Twitter sites stating one. Thanks.
It is what NEA's twitter site, NEAMedia is using. We are waiting for a confirmation email from NEA EXPO. In the meantime, this seems to be what attendees are using on Twitter. When I have received a reply, I will update the tag if necessary.
Thanks, Cam!
Here's another one:
RA Today
@ratoday Chicago, IL
RA Today is the official Twitter feed of the National Education Association's Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly.
http://www.nea.org/ra
Offering free, high quality, highly researched lesson plans, is what sets Little Pickle Press apart from the others! Every elementary school teacher should have a copy of these.
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