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Hillsborough Educators Association-Retired
3102 N. Habana Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33607
Phone: 813-238-7902
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**Affiliated with AFT Retired, NEA Retired & FEA Retired**
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FEA-Retired Innovative Grants Application 2024
Criteria: The $150.00 innovative grant will be allocated to an educator for a project that will add to efficient and effective teaching and enhance student learning. Multiple grants will be awarded.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to do more for your students! Applications due TBA
2024 Grant Flyer
Message From The HEA-R President
As president I extend a welcome to those of you who are retired, preparing to retire and those thinking about retirement in the future to join our retired branch of the Hillsborough Classroom Teacher’s Association (HCTA). We are affiliated with FEA-Retired, NEA-Retired and AFT. Each of these groups offers retirement benefits.
Here are a few Benefits available to you as a member:
- Medical Supplements, Dental, Vision and Long-Term Care Insurance available from NEA-R with low monthly premiums. (Members qualify for benefits regardless of preexisting health conditions.)
- An FEA Assess Card provides many opportunities to save on daily purchases such as car rentals and dining opportunities. (Use this card a few times a year and its covers your Annual Membership dues.)
- As a member of AFT- retired there are savings on hotels, car rentals, mortgages, travel packages, retail shopping and computer software.
- Be informed on major issues through publications from FEA, NEA, and AFT. In these publications are also resources for vacation sites and leisure activities.
If you are currently receiving union sponsored benefits as an active member of CTA, these may not be available to you without being an active member in our retirement group.
Our Goals
- Remain involved with issues in education and supporting ways to protect quality education.
- Remain informed on retirement issues and benefits and find ways to help keep them.
- Assist in lobbying efforts to improve pension and insurance coverage.
- Provide Speakers on educational topics and activities for our members.
- Continue fellowship and communication between active and retired educators.
Our Meeting Times
Regular meetings are held at the HCTA building on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 10:00 am, August through May. Come early for coffee and refreshments and join us at a nearby restaurant after the meeting. We have a fall picnic at a local park, a holiday luncheon in December, and a community outing in March. Each May we host a potluck to honor the HCTA staff.
Guest speakers inspire, educate, and entertain us. Past speakers include a Coast Guard Auxiliary hurricane scientist, a sheriff’s deputy “scam” investigator, an estate lawyer, a journalist/storyteller, and the coordinator from Gibsonton Community School.
HEA-Retired takes a summer break but keeps members informed with the newsletter. This summer we highlighted school board candidates endorsed by HCTA and encouraged members to renew their Vote by Mail application. You are welcome to join us at these scheduled meetings.
Aug. 21: Proposed Millage Referendum
Sept. 18: Nature’s Classroom tour
Oct. 16: ABC & D of Medicare
Nov. 20: 70th Anniversary of Brown vs. the Board of Education
Dec. 11: Holiday Luncheon
Barb Toepke btoepke504@gmail.com
HEA-Retired President 813-439-7481
HEA-R Newsletters 2024
HEA-R Newsletters 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – January 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – February 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – March 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – April 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – July 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – August 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – September 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – October 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – November 2023
- HEA-R Reporter – December 2023
HEA-R Newsletters 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – January 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – February 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – March 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – April 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – May 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – June 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – July 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – August 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – September 2022
- HEA-R Reporter – October 2022
HEA-R Newsletters 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – January 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – February 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – March 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – April 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – May 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – June 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – July 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – August 2021
- HEA-R Reporter – September 2021