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ECOEA Scholarships to NEA Conferences 2023-2024

ECOEA Scholarships to NEA Conferences

One $500 scholarship to attend will be awarded using the following ECOEA policy. Use the links below to apply for the various scholarships to NEA Conferences. Not all conference locations and dates have been announced. You can read more about these conferences at this link to the NEA website.

8.5      NEA National Leadership Summit Conference Scholarship        (2/10/16)

One $500 scholarship may be awarded to attend the 2024 NEA Leadership Summit, based upon the following criteria:

  1. The applicant must be a member of ECOEA.
  2. Selection of a winner shall be by a lottery.  Deadline for applications will be determined annually and announced in the ECOEA Newsletter and/or the ECOEA website.
  3. The winner shall send a receipt of expenses to ECOEA after attending the conference and a reimbursement check will be sent to the recipient.
  4. The scholarship will be awarded to a member who has not previously received the NEA National Leadership Summit Conference Scholarship. If all applicants have previously received this scholarship, the most recent recipient shall be disqualified from consideration. (2/20/16)
  5. Apply at this link: https://form.jotform.com/82123283986160
  6. The conference will be held March 1-3, 2024, Chicago, IL.

8.6        NEA Education Support Professional Conference Scholarship

One $500 scholarship may be awarded to attend the NEA ESP Conference dates & location TBD, based on the following criteria:

  1. The applicant must be a member of ECOEA.
  2. Selection of a winner shall be by a lottery. Deadline for applications will be determined annually and announced in the ECOEA Newsletter and/or the ECOEA website. (2/12/14)
  3. The winner shall send a receipt of expenses to ECOEA after attending the conference and a reimbursement check will be sent to the recipient.
  4. The scholarship will be awarded to a member who has not previously received the NEA Education Support Professional Conference Scholarship. If all applicants have previously received this scholarship, the most recent recipient shall be disqualified from consideration. (2/20/16)
  5. Apply here:
  6. https://form.jotfTorm.com/92552809783166
  7. The conference will be held in Las Vegas,NV, March 22-24, 2024. See the NEA website for more information at https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/conferences-events/esp-conference

8.7      NEA Retired Conference Scholarship

One $500 scholarship may be awarded based upon the following criteria. The NEA Retired Leadership Conference 2024, will be held March 3-5, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.

  1. The applicant must be an NEA-R/OEA-R Member with preference given to NEA-R/OEA-R Life Members.
  2. Retired member must have retired from a local in the ECOEA District.
  3. Selection of the winner shall be by a lottery. Deadline for applications will be determined annually and announced in the ECOEA newsletter/website, ECOEA-R newsletter/website, and OEA-R Newsline.
  4. The winner shall send a receipt of expense to ECOEA after attending the conference and a reimbursement check will be sent to the recipient.
  5. The scholarship will be awarded to a member who has not previously received the NEA-Retired Post-Summit (formerly the NEA National Retired Organizing Conference) Scholarship. If all applicants have previously received this scholarship, the most recent recipient shall be disqualified from consideration. (2/20/16)
  6. Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/212274467291155

8.9  NEA Minority and Women’s Training Conference Scholarship

One $500 scholarship may be awarded to attend the 2023 Minority Leadership and women’s Leadership Training Seminar to Advance Racial and Social Justice, dates and location TBD, based upon the following criteria:

  1. The applicant must be an ECOEA member.
  2. Selection of the winner shall be by a lottery. Deadline for applications will be determined annually and announced in the ECOEA newsletter/website.
  3. The winner shall send a receipt of expense to ECOEA after attending the conference  and a reimbursement check will be sent to the recipient.
  4. The scholarship will be awarded to a member who has not previously received the NEA Minority and Women’s Training Conference Scholarship. If all applicants have previously received this scholarship, the most recent recipient shall be disqualified from consideration.
  5. Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/82124494386159

8.10  NEA LGBTQ  Educational Issues Conference Scholarship

One $500 scholarship may be awarded to attend the conference based upon the following criteria:

  1. The applicant must be an ECOEA member.
  2. Selection of the winner shall be by a lottery. Deadline for applications will be determined annually and announced in the ECOEA newsletter/website.
  3. The winner shall send a receipt of expense to ECOEA after attending the conference and a reimbursement check will be sent to the recipient.
  4. The scholarship will be awarded to a member who has not previously received the LGBTQ Training Conference Scholarship. If all applicants have previously received this scholarship, the most recent recipient shall be disqualified from consideration.
  5. Application information will be posted when available.
  6. Apply here for the ECOEA scholarship: https://form.jotform.com/83052426286154
  7. The next LGBTQ Issues conference is scheduled for April 11-13, 2025. See the NEA LGBTQ page for more information.