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Connecticut Education Association
| Connecticut Education Association | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Hartford, Ct. |
| Type: | 501(c)(5) |
| Top official: | Sheila Cohen, President |
| Website: | Official website |
The Connecticut Education Association (CEA) is a school union in the state of Connecticut. The CEA is the largest education association in the state and is an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA).
Mission
According to the organization's most recent available tax forms, the CEA has the following mission:[1]
| “ | The association provides direct services to each of their local affiliates in the areas of negotiations, grievances, public relations and professional development.[2] | ” |
Background
The Connecticut Education Association is a state affiliate of the National Education Association. The organization works to lobby legislators for issues related to public education. The CEA also maintains an education-related news blog, BlogCEA, and offers members professional development and legal services.[3]
Work
Professional services
| Influencers |
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| State affiliates of the National Education Association |
The CEA offers its members a number of professional development opportunities as well as grants and awards for civil rights work, teaching excellence, and professional contributions.[4] The organization is also responsible for collective bargaining for teacher contracts.[5]
Lobbying
The CEA actively lobbies the Connecticut State Legislature on issues pertaining to education throughout the state. According to the group's website, the CEA has been involved in legislative work since 1945, when it was involved in passing the Legal Liability Protection Law and the Equal Pay Law. More recently, the group has worked to reform the ways that charter schools are established and to establish an oversight board to review the effectiveness of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), the state's standardized testing system.[6]
In 2016, the group called for a permanent end to the use of test scores in teacher evaluations. The organization argued that basing evaluations solely on student scores on the SBAC (which is linked to the Common Core standards) meant that teachers focused on teaching to get better scores rather than using the time for what the CEA sees as instruction and learning. CEA president Sheila Cohen told the Connecticut Post, "We have concluded our new ... guidelines are actually detrimental to student learning. They are doing more harm than good."[7]
Leadership
The following individuals are listed on the CEA's website as the organization's leadership:[8]
- Sheila Cohen, President
- Jeff Leake, Vice president
- Tom Nicholas, Treasurer
- Pat Jordan, Secretary
- Mark Waxenberg, Executive director
- Donald E. Williams Jr., Director of policy research and reform
- Vincent Loffredo, Director of government and political relations
- Janet Streckfus, Director of finance, membership, and human resources
- Marilyn Mathes, Director of affiliate services and member training
- Kathy Frega, Director of communications and member benefits
Finances
The following is a breakdown of Connecticut Education Association's revenues and expenses as submitted to the IRS for the 2012 to 2014 fiscal years:
| Annual revenue and expenses for Connecticut Education Association, 2012–2014 | ||
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Total Expenses |
| 2014[1] | $20,380,732 | $19,649,432 |
| 2013[9] | $20,261,995 | $19,083,617 |
| 2012[10] | $19,640,552 | $18,669,567 |
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Connecticut Education Association
- Connecticut Education Association on Facebook
- Connecticut Education Association on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guidestar, "Connecticut Education Association IRS Form 990 (2014)," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ BlogCEA, accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut Education Association, "Grants and Awards," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut News Junkie, "Teacher Unions Reluctant To Support Tenure, Collective Bargaining Changes," February 22, 2012
- ↑ Connecticut Education Association, "Legislative Achievements," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut Post, "Teachers want evaluation system changed," January 25, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut Education Association, "Meet Our Team," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Guidestar, "Connecticut Education Association IRS Form 990 (2013)," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Guidestar, "Connecticut Education Association IRS Form 990 (2012)," accessed July 8, 2016
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