Get Involved

These roles enable our members to have representation and ensure that we - the members of KNEA - are charting the course of our organization. When you serve in any capacity, you receive all the necessary training and support, and you become involved with a broad network of your peers who are also dedicated to the profession. We invite you to explore the following ways that you can get involved and serve as …

A Leader In Your Local

Local officers are elected by members. It is the local that is the primary point of service and connection to the member. Each local establishes its own governance/leadership structure via its Constitution and Bylaws in compliance with the “standards for affiliation.”

An Officer In Your Uniserv District

These representatives are elected by locals to oversee the delivery of KNEA programs by the UniServ (or region) to locals and members. The UniServ Chair serves as a joint supervisor of the KNEA professional staff person (UniServ Director) assigned to that unit along with the KNEA Associate Executive Director in charge of the UniServ program.

A KNEA Representative Assembly Delegate

Delegates from locals all over Kansas attend this annual policymaking meeting. The KNEA Representative Assembly (KNEA RA) approves KNEA Resolutions and to the KNEA Constitution and Bylaws, makes recommendations to the KNEA Board of Directors, and makes recommendations regarding KNEA programs and dues amount. Each local association is guaranteed at least one representative/delegate.

A KNEA Board Member

The Board is responsible for transacting the business of the Association, implementing policy and program directives of the State RA, proposing and adopting the budget, hiring the Executive Director, negotiating salaries with staff, developing policies, proposing and approving changes to the Constitution and Bylaws, and proposing changes to the Constitution for State RA approval.

A KNEA Executive Officer

The President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer are elected by all KNEA members for a three-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms in a given office. The President and Vice President are full-time release from their positions to function as spokespersons for KNEA, work with the KNEA Executive Director to implement KNEA programs and policies, and to represent all members throughout Kansas. The Secretary-Treasurer remains full-time in the classroom and supports KNEA in the evenings, on weekends and throughout the summer.

An NEA Board Member

The NEA Board serves as the policymaking body when the NEA RA is not in session. Representatives - based on a membership formula - are elected from each state (Kansas has two) plus additional at-large representatives from Education Support Professionals, Higher Education and administrators who serve three-year terms (two-term limit). These members continue their full-time educator duties and have four face-to-face meetings per year and several virtual meetings.

An NEA Representative Assembly Delegate

Delegates are elected by members in locals, clusters of locals and statewide from all states. This policymaking body meets for approximately one week each summer to adopt the NEA Budget, approve resolutions, approve changes to Constitution and Bylaws, and to act on business items regarding programs and policies of the NEA.

An NEA Executive Committee Member

Executive Committee members are elected by the NEA-RA to serve three-year terms (two-term limit). There are six at-large positions on the Executive Committee and these individuals have “teaching partners” in their schools so they can be free to serve virtually full-time as needed anywhere across the country on behalf of members and the Association.

An NEA Officer

The President, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer are also elected by the NEA RA for three-year terms (two-term limit). These persons function as the spokespersons for NEA and work with the NEA Executive Director to implement NEA programs and policies.

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