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.

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

The Zone and District Map of the Arkansas Education Association for 2026 — The 2026 Zone and District Map of the Arkansas Education Association indicates that Washington County, including Fayetteville, lies in AEA Zone 1 and District 8.

UniServ (Unified Staff Service) representatives covers areas separated into five zones. The map was updated in 2026. Related: NEA’s Union Terms to Know (or view glossary (PDF)) as handy resources.

Washington County is in AEA’s Zone 1 that covers north Arkansas counties.