Resources

General

• Media coverage about the Local or Local members
• National Salary Trends and Tools for Organizing & Bargaining (PDF slides with active links)
• Website of Local 965 from 2007-2012

Via National Education Association

• NEA Today is the flagship publication of the 3 million-member NEA
  • Latest articles from the magazine
• Professional Development resources for faculty and staff (education service professionals), note the Higher Ed section
  • Webinar: Faculty Salary Trends and Data Tools for Bargaining and Organizing
  • Webinar: Strategic Research in Higher Education: How to Find Out What Your Employer Doesn’t Want You to Know
• Higher Ed Professional Growth, an NEA digital library for faculty
• ESP Professional Growth, an NEA digital library for educational staff employees
• Covid-19: Creating Safe and Just Schools, NEA’s list of pandemic resources

Via Arkansas Education Association

Resources that the AEA provides just for members:

• Contact information of elected board members, and AEA staff and field representatives
• Tools and tips developed by educators for educators, geared toward K-12 and not secondary
• Governing documents including the AEA constitution and bylaws

AEA Districts and Zones

AEA chapters are divided into regional districts.

1. District 1: Pulaski County – Little Rock
2. District 2: Pulaski County – PACT (Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers), PASS (Pulaski Association of Support Staff)
3. District 3: North Little Rock and Faulkner, Cleburne, Van Buren, White, Garland, Saline and Lonoke counties
4. District 4: Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Desha, Drew, Ashley and Chicot counties
5. District 5: Crawford, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Franklin, Pope, Johnson, Yell, Logan, Conway and Perry counties
6. District 6: Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Pike, Sevier, Dallas, Cleveland, Ouachita, Union, Bradley, Calhoun counties
7. District 7: Prairie, Monroe, Lee, Phillips, Arkansas, Baxter, Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, Stone counties
8. District 8: Benton, Carroll, Boone, Marion, Washington, Searcy, Newton, and Madison counties

UniServ (Unified Staff Service) representatives covers areas separated into four zones. The map was updated in summer 2024. Related: NEA’s Union Terms to Know (or view glossary as a PDF) is a handy resource.

Washington County is in AEA’s Zone 1 that covers north Arkansas counties, served by UniServ Director Renee Johnson.