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Shelby County Education Association



SCEA is the local education professional organization for Shelby County Schools employees.  SCEA is affiliated with the Tennessee Education Association (TEA) and the National Education Association (NEA).  When an employee joins one of the organizations, he/she joins all three of the organizations.


SCEA is governed by the association representatives that are elected at each school, who meet once a month and by the Board and Officers who are elected by the entire membership and meet once a month.   The full-time release president and the paid secretary operate the office. The primary goal of the organization is to represent, protect and improve the working conditions of the employees and further public education.  SCEA has 16 committees working for the membership in areas such as educator benefits, political action, professional development and rights and responsibilities.  Zandra Foster, our TEA UniServ Coordinator works very closely with SCEA and its members and is always there to advocate for members over job related problems that go to Human Resources.


SCEA is only as strong as our membership and we welcome all employees of Shelby County Schools to join us.


                                       

                               Purpose of SCEA

  1. *  To work for the welfare of school children, the advancement of education and the improvement of instructional opportunities for all.

  2. **To unite and strengthen the profession and to secure and/or maintain the salaries, retirement, tenure, professional leave, sick leave and other working conditions necessary to support teaching as a profession.

*To promote within the profession the highest type of professional practices.

*To encourage active participation of all professional ethics.

*To develop and promote the adoption of such ethical practices, board policies, and standards of preparation and participation as marked in a profession.

*To enable members to speak with a common voice on matters pertaining to the education profession before the Board of Education and other legal authorities.

*To cooperate with parent-teacher associations and other civic bodies having educational objectives and to aid in interpreting the problems, the functions, and the progress of the public schools to the public.

*To encourage professionals to exercise their rights and privileges as citizens and to accept leadership in civic affairs.