Association Representative Resources

Serving Association Representatives & Local Leaders

Highlights:

Putting Our Values to Work: A Guide for the Association Human and Civil Rights Activist
Be an activist. Education is the human and civil rights issue of the 21st Century.
15 Ways for Association Representatives to Welcome New Teachers
As an Association Representative, new colleagues — whether their new teachers or seasoned vets — will look to you for guidance and support as they acclimate to their new school.
Association Representative Spotlight: Suzanne and Scott Wisenburg
This husband and wife team is a union within a union: they live together, teach together, and represent the association together.

This area of the NEA website is dedicated to recognizing and developing effective site leaders, whether they be called "Association Representatives," "Building Representatives," "Shop Stewards," or any other name.

Articles for Local Leaders

Establishing Relationships with Potential Leaders (members only; log-in required)
Scratch Organizing: Cultivating Union Leaders (members only; log-in required)

Online Radio: Organizing & Labor News

Labor Radio presents news from labor unions and activists from across the country, focusing on organizing and bargaining, workplace issues (e.g., safety, privacy, discrimination), and workers' interests in their local communities and the political arena. Listen Now.

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Local President Release Time Grant
Financial assitance for presidents of local NEA affiliates to build and strengthen the Association from the grass roots.