Our Structure:
AR – local association leader who
represents 10-15 members within
a school building at all levels of the
united education profession, and
who also speaks for these members
at the local association’s representative
council.
Association Representative
(AR) Structure – at least three
ARs (1:10-15 members) who act
as a small leadership group within
the school building; meet with the
building administrator at least once
a month to discuss such items as
contract enforcement, instructional
programs, and building policies and
practices.
Local Association – a formal organization
of local school personnel to
advance the interests of its members,
promote the cause of education and
build a strong unified profession.
UniServ Cluster – the grouping of
local associations within a county for
the purpose of exchanging information,
planning legislative efforts, and
taking other joint actions on matters
of mutual professional concern.
NJEA Delegate Assembly (DA) –
approximately 125 delegates elected
on a county (and unit) basis – one
for each 1 percent of the state total
of active NJEA members or major
fraction thereof within a county (or
unit)* – who meet at least four times
annually to establish NJEA policy,
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approve the budget, and act on reports
of the NJEA officers, the NJEA
Executive Director and standing
committees.
NJEA Executive Committee –
the NJEA president, vice president,
secretary–treasurer, and one (or
two) representatives elected from
each county and unit based on
membership enrollment*. Voting is
weighted to reflect the one-person,
one-vote principle. The Executive
Committee meets monthly during
the school year to administer state
association policy.
NEA Representative Assembly
(RA) – approximately 10,000
delegates – one for every 150 NEA
members (or major fraction thereof)
in local affiliates or clustered small
locals, and one for every 1,000 NEA
members in state affiliates – who
meet annually to establish national
association policy.
NEA Board of Directors – determines
general NEA policy between
annual meetings of the Representative
Assembly; consists of at
least one “director” from each state
association, each commonwealth,
the Overseas Education Association,
and the District of Columbia
(each of these units is entitled to an
additional director for each 20,000
or more active and life members
of NEA.) Additional members are
elected to meet administrator, higher
education, and ethnic minority representation
guarantees, if necessary.
New Jersey has 11 NEA Directors.
NEA Executive Committee
– considers and acts on general
policies and professional interests of
the Association between meetings
of the Board of Directors; includes
the NEA president, vice president,
secretary treasurer, and six members
elected at-large by the RA on a rotating
basis, two each year.
One-person one-vote principle
– a voting procedure by which the
vote of each member of the constituency
has equal weight so that in the
elected legislative body each delegate
represents approximately the same
number of constituents as each and
every delegate.
Special Interest Affiliate – an affiliated
organization whose members
share a common interest based on
curriculum specialization or position
within the educational community.
There are more than 40 NJEA
special interest affiliates.
* Additional members are
elected to meet established
ethnic-minority and active
professional/ESP representation
guarantees, if necessary.
• representation at all levels of
grievance procedure, including
arbitration
• legal assistance, if required