Carroll County

________________, President

Carroll County Education Association has successfully advocated to improve employee compensation. The association has active building representatives and meets regularly with the Superintendent to discuss issues that impact educators and students.

Floyd County

_______________, President

The Floyd County Education Association has been actively working on compensation. FCEA leadership regularly attends School Board and Board of Supervisor's Meetings. Keep up with the FCEA on Facebook.

Galax

Devon Lineberry Jennings, President

Galax Education Association is a small, but very active and successful local. Each month, we offer free professional development opportunities for members. We also have a Books for Babies program which gives a free book in English or Spanish to every baby born in Twin County Regional Hospital to promote early literacy. We give a scholarship each year to a future educator. We have prepared and served food in the local soup kitchen. We have collected needed supplies for the local homeless shelter. We also work closely with our Superintendent and School Board to ensure a positive working environment for employees. We have successfully lobbied for raises, sick bank policies, dental insurance programs, and increased personal day roll-over policies. .

Giles County

Katie Wright, President

The Giles Education Association is very active in their community! They have hosted a Put Kids First Rally to advocate for students, educators and public education. Their advocacy was recognized at the state level. GCEA is working to increase employee compensation and funding for public schools in Giles County. Like the Giles Education Association on Facebook

Grayson County

Deborah Greif, President

The Grayson County Education Association is a small group that is beginning to be more active. This year's goal was to get our staff caught up to their correct salary step (we were frozen several years ago and many are behind at least 4 steps). We’ve had several members join me this year in attending school board and board of supervisors meetings in order to accomplish our goal. Although we experienced misconceptions about what was to be written in our contracts, we stuck with the effort and ended up restoring 2 steps to our 20 year plus group and 1 restored step for the 15 - 19 year group, with the contracts rewritten to reflect this. This came with a promise to complete the restoration process this school year so everyone will be on their correct step.

Our members fundraise yearly in order to finance the Carol Wheatley Memorial Scholarship which is given to a student going into the teaching profession. GCEA is making a difference!

Montgomery County

Matthew Fentress, President

Good things are happening in Montgomery County! The salary scale has been corrected to align with teacher's years of experience. Each fall the MCEA holds a Celebration of Education with performances from schools, artwork and the Superintendent, School Board and other local elected officials in attendance. Members of the MCEA are active at the local and state level to advocate for our students and our colleagues. Like the MCEA on Facebook or follow them on Twitter @mceavea.

Pulaski County

Candance Castelluccio, President

The Pulaski County Edcuation Association is standing up for public education! PCEA was actively involved with the Just Build It Campaign to fund a new middle school. This advocacy paid off! PCEA also is involved in their community and regularly sets up booths to read aloud to area students.

Radford

Shannon Kessler, President

Radford Education Association has a proven track record of advocating for students and school employees. REA has spent the last year getting more involved with their local and school communities by helping out "The Book Lady" and sponsoring the REA Writing Contest. REA plans to continue and strengthen this community involvement this upcoming school year by partnering with Bobcat Backpacks and more events within their organization. REA worked very closely with the school board, superintendent, and budget personnel to make strides in compensation and insurance increase relief. They look forward to keep that relationship strong to help make members' needs known in the future.Like them on Facebook@radfordedassociation