The 2017 Florida Education Association Delegate Assembly will be held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando October 26 – 28. Unfortunately, the Rosen Centre Hotel is at capacity. However if you have not yet booked your room, there are still rooms available at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel located at 9939 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819. FEA delegates will receive the conference rate for hotel room accommodations of $139.00 per night single/double occupancy and additional persons at $20.00 each, plus 13.5% taxes. Overnight self-parking has been discounted for FEA members to $6.00 per vehicle.
Rooms must be reserved no later than 5:00 pm on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. To book your room at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, please call them directly at (866) 996-6338 and tell them you are one of the delegates from the Florida Education Association. Rooms are filling up quickly, so book yours now!
For those presidents who reserved rooms for your local at the Rosen Centre – if you find out that you will no longer need all of the rooms that you booked, please contact Joyce Hunter at joyce.hunter@floridaea.org before cancelling to ensure that those rooms are returned to FEA’s room block. We are trying to keep as many delegates in the Rosen Centre Hotel as possible.
The Delegate Assembly will start promptly at 7:00 pm Thursday evening this year. We will be giving away a cash prize as soon as it starts, but you must be present to win.
SFEA will be participating in Make a Difference Day by collecting donations for those impacted by Hurricane Irma. Delegates are invited to donate school supplies, nonperishable food, diapers and cleaning items throughout the DA. Everything will be packed on Saturday, October 28th (which is also the national Make a Difference Day!) and sent home with delegates from the impacted areas. By participating in this event, we have a chance of winning $10,000 toward our FEA hurricane relief fund! Click here to download the flyer for the event.
FEA is pleased to announce that we will be offering special assistance to those who need it at the 2017 FEA Delegate Assembly. This is for any delegate who may need extra help during the voting process and other DA functions.
Delegates can pre-register for special assistance only by sending an email to Amy Rodman at amy.rodman@floridaea.org. You can also notify a registration specialist onsite at the DA registration desk for special assistance.
All delegates must pre-register before October 13. If there are not enough requests made by October 13, we will be cancelling our reservation in order to not incur additional costs.
Anyone who would like to register their child should go to the website http://super-sitters.com/, hover over Rates and Reservations then click on Pre-register for Conference Childcare. Scroll the calendar to October and click on one of the DA event days (October 26, 27 and 28). You only need to fill out one form and it will cover all days.
Tickets are now on sale for the HCR Luncheon! This event will be held on Friday afternoon after the Second General Session from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. Tickets to this event sell FAST, so order yours today. You will want to be in attendance as we recognize the individuals and groups who have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in the advancement of civil rights, social justice, equality and diversity.
You can still get your HCR tickets in advance at the cost of $35. The price will increase to $40 on the day of the luncheon, if there are any tickets remaining. Don’t take the chance at missing out on this event. Send in your order today.
You can click here to order tickets.
HCR tickets will be handed out in Orlando at the Delegate Assembly at the FEA information desk located in the Grand Foyer.
Don’t forget that if you recruited a new member from April 3, 2017 through October 25, 2017, bring a copy of the membership form to the Delegate Assembly to receive a gift and enter the drawing for a chance to spin the wheel and win up to $500 cash. The more members a delegate recruits, the more chances they’ll get to win big money!
The Rosen Centre is offering a special stayover rate of $89.00 per night if you would like to extend your stay after the Delegate Assembly. The $89.00 rate will be available for up to a 3 night extension starting on Saturday, October 28 thru Tuesday, Oct 31. Saturday night will be a BIG Halloween Party night at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal and Disney & SeaWorld also have Halloween special events.
If you would like to extend your stay at this special rate, simply request the additional nights when you book your reservation online.