Member Benefits
Benefits of Membership
Problem-solving and direct input at your school or department
- Building representatives help resolve issues with administrators
- Propose & implement duty schedules with maximum planning time for educators
- Advocacy if unfairly evaluated
Free continuing education at the KEA Center for Teaching and Learning
- All KEA members have access to all of the Center’s professional development courses, workshops and services (free to members)
- Support for Educator Effectiveness/teacher evaluation
- Professional development by educators for educators
- Workshops and events for new educators
Advocacy and support for benefits when you need them
- Medical and professional leaves, including maternity, paternity and family leave
- Representation around wage issues
- Worker’s compensation
- Health insurance assistance
- Representation in discipline matters
- Retirement and financial planning
- Assistance with transfers and reassignment
- Help if assaulted on the job
- Support and training for new educators
- Support for licensing and evaluation
Be part of a professional association that protects our profession and lifts up public education
- Increased planning time through member organizing campaign
- Labor management committees on professional development, safety and discipline, special education, and others
- Working in coalition with parents and community organizations to demand quality public education and fair funding
- Supporting legislation that strengthens public schools and fights privatization
- Insisting that the KUSD school board and administration partner with educators through our professional association