What LEA Does For You:

• Negotiates your Contract (strength in numbers).  Since 2000 we’ve…
  • Gained about 15% increase to base pay
  • Negotiated all salary advancement credit to be inservice credit
  • Restructured and increased coaching pay
  • $2000/year for National Board Certified teachers
  • Negotiated LPS insurance contribution for dependant coverage
  • Negotiated time for ILP testing at elementary and secondary levels
  • Improved personal leave
  • Negotiated inservice credit for committee work
  • Strengthened 93-93 retirement package
  • Improved maternity leave

• Provides information to state legislators regarding education legislation
• Works with LPS to influence policy-making decisions that affect teachers
• Supports teachers in grievances
• Networks with other local Associations for coordinated activities and actions

What CEA Does For You:

• Provides training for Contract negotiators
• Provides legal and financial advice for negotiators
• Lobbies governor and legislators in support of pro-education legislation
• Communicates values and goals of public education to the public through radio and newspaper ads as well as the occasional TV ad.
• Provides legal assistance to teachers.
• Provides important information to media regarding laws such as the so called “No Child Left Behind.”

What NEA Does For You:

• Provides money for educational research
• Lobbies lawmakers at national level
• Provides training for state and local officers
• Communicates to state and local associations regarding the affects of federal education legislation
• Coordinates networking between state associations
• Provides free life insurance to all members
• Provides numerous financial services in low cost insurance, loans and travel
• Communicates with members news of locals around the nation
• Communicates public education’s values and goals to the public and the news media

Why We Need You to Join Us:

• High membership numbers equates directly to an effective organization
• The stronger we are at the local level, the more effective we are at the state and national levels
• Greater membership promotes networking between buildings and allowing LEA to identify and resolve inequities
• High numbers of members provides us with sufficient resources to assure that we can keep abreast of state and national issues before they become a crisis
• Increased teacher input enables us to be an effective and fair organization
• High membership guarantees a full-time release president who works to support you in the workplace and monitors affairs in the district
• Strong teacher support allows for effective lobbying for educational issues locally and nationally