“The Massachusetts Teachers Association enthusiastically recommends Jeromie Whalen to be the U.S. Representative for the state’s 1st Congressional District,” MTA President Matt Bach said in a statement. “Jeromie is a career educator and community activist who understands how government can better serve working people and families. Credit: CONTRIBUTED“Being a teacher means never giving up on the responsibility to guide the next generation,” Whalen said in a statement. MTA members include teachers, faculty, professional staff and education support professionals working in public schools, colleges and universities statewide. He has spent more than a decade teaching high school in the Pioneer Valley as a communications and media production teacher.