Creative Benefits
Creative Benefits for Educators’ partner, H&R Block, created the following link and attached coupon for FEA Members. Please share this beneficial information with your members.
https://www.hrblock.com/hrb-offers/fea
Members can print discount coupon, locate nearby offices, download software, or file online and learn more about their benefits with H&R Block professional tax services via the special link, and a discount coupon is attached for convenience. Any questions or requests for additional information should be directed to Sharon Beardman atSBeardman@cbeducators.com.
Discounts for CCEA/FEA/NEA Members
Scholarships for CCEA members
- Union Plus Scholarship is awarded to union members, their spouses and their dependent children. Awards range from $500 to $4,000 and are for one year. Students may reapply each year. The application is due by noon on January 31, 2018. For more information and the application click here - https://www.unionplus.org/college-education-financing/union-plus-scholarship.
- The AFT Robert G. Porter Scholarship is awarded to dependents of AFT members. There are two types of awards, a 4-year $8,000 award and a 1 time $1,000 award. This application is NOW AVIALABLE and will be due by March 31. Check here for more information on this Scholarship - https://www.aft.org/member-benefits/scholarships.
Insurances that are offered to CCEA members through our Creative Benefits Partners
Liberty Mutual information:
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A Message from Liberty Mutual Insurance
Creative Benefits for Educators partners exclusively with Liberty Mutual to help FEA members save $509 or more on auto insurance.* Call 855-514-6787 or visit Liberty Mutual to get a free quote.
*Average annual savings based on countrywide survey of new customers from 8/1/15 to 8/1/16 who reported saving from prior premiums when they switched to Liberty Mutual. Savings comparison does not apply in MA.
Should you have any questions or need assistance, please let me know. We appreciate our relationship with Liberty Mutual, the members’ only savings and discount program offered through the Creative Benefits for Educators partnership and your efforts to present this updated information to ensure that your members are informed and take advantage of the members’ only benefit.
Membership Doesn’t Cost, It Pays!
Toll-free Number Updates
To ensure proper tracking of policies for member only benefits, Liberty Mutual has assigned a toll-free number 855-514-6787 exclusively for Creative Benefits for Educators.The assigned toll-free number must be the only phone number in use, by May 15, 2018.
Please discontinue use of any previously used numbers immediately, and begin using the provided number on all communications (i.e. print, email, online, social, etc.). Liberty Mutual Insurance will continue to monitor and track member sales through all numbers until May 15, 2018, but after that time all previous numbers will be discontinued.
A Message from Liberty Mutual Insurance
Creative Benefits for Educators partners exclusively with Liberty Mutual to help FEA members save $509 or more on auto insurance.* Call 855-514-6787 or visit Liberty Mutual to get a free quote.
*Average annual savings based on countrywide survey of new customers from 8/1/15 to 8/1/16 who reported saving from prior premiums when they switched to Liberty Mutual. Savings comparison does not apply in MA.
Should you have any questions or need assistance, please let me know. We appreciate our relationship with Liberty Mutual, the members’ only savings and discount program offered through the Creative Benefits for Educators partnership and your efforts to present this updated information to ensure that your members are informed and take advantage of the members’ only benefit.
Membership Doesn’t Cost, It Pays!
Toll-free Number Updates
To ensure proper tracking of policies for member only benefits, Liberty Mutual has assigned a toll-free number 855-514-6787 exclusively for Creative Benefits for Educators.The assigned toll-free number must be the only phone number in use, by May 15, 2018.
Please discontinue use of any previously used numbers immediately, and begin using the provided number on all communications (i.e. print, email, online, social, etc.). Liberty Mutual Insurance will continue to monitor and track member sales through all numbers until May 15, 2018, but after that time all previous numbers will be discontinued.
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SALARIES: Our contract does not guarantee automatic salary increases. CCEA has to fight for them EVERY YEAR at the bargaining table. When you were hired you assumed you would be given a pay increase each year. The district has failed to budget for this for 7+ years.
PROTECTIONS FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT TEACHERS: Two years ago we successfully bargained for a new phase in the hiring process that guarantees annual contract teachers who have been let go an interview before brand new hires.
INSERVICE: Many inservice trainings require follow-up paperwork before points will be awarded. How often have you gone to a training but didn’t find the information relevant to your specific classroom needs? CCEA is fighting for teachers to receive partial points for seat time for all trainings.
INSURANCE: Insurance premiums have risen year after year but the district has failed to increase their contribution. The result is that teachers have seen their take-home pay decline. We recently won an increase in the district’s contribution and will continue to fight for increases in the future.
CONTRACT MONITORING: CCEA ensures that district and school-based administrators follow the contract and can file grievances on behalf of members when the contract is violated.
REPRESENTATION ON DISTRICT-LEVEL COMMITTEES: CCEA places teachers on committees such as CAS (our evaluation tool), PDAC (professional development), Insurance, Calendar, and Student Code of Conduct Review. Without us, many decisions would be made with no teacher input!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: We offer a 20-hour ESE course that satisfies the state’s recertification requirements.
PROTECTIONS FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT TEACHERS: Two years ago we successfully bargained for a new phase in the hiring process that guarantees annual contract teachers who have been let go an interview before brand new hires.
INSERVICE: Many inservice trainings require follow-up paperwork before points will be awarded. How often have you gone to a training but didn’t find the information relevant to your specific classroom needs? CCEA is fighting for teachers to receive partial points for seat time for all trainings.
INSURANCE: Insurance premiums have risen year after year but the district has failed to increase their contribution. The result is that teachers have seen their take-home pay decline. We recently won an increase in the district’s contribution and will continue to fight for increases in the future.
CONTRACT MONITORING: CCEA ensures that district and school-based administrators follow the contract and can file grievances on behalf of members when the contract is violated.
REPRESENTATION ON DISTRICT-LEVEL COMMITTEES: CCEA places teachers on committees such as CAS (our evaluation tool), PDAC (professional development), Insurance, Calendar, and Student Code of Conduct Review. Without us, many decisions would be made with no teacher input!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: We offer a 20-hour ESE course that satisfies the state’s recertification requirements.