Teachers systemwide are invited to join one (or more) of our union's committees, outlined below in three groups:
New - Created as ways to help reinvent the MTEA.
Established - Focused on professional areas and concerns.
Standing - Support the governance and democratic structure of MTEA.
Online Sign-up
You can sign-up for a committee(s) online at the bottom of the page where the committees are listed together alphabetically.
NEW!
Community/Parent Outreach - Will improve already existing relationships with various community and parent groups in Milwaukee.
Democracy Action - Will expand member involvement in political issues of the city, state, and country.
Membership Activation/Social - Will focus on internal organizing to increase the capacity of our union through member involvement.
Publications - Will review existing communications of the MTEA and make recommendations for print and web media.
Social Justice - Will explore issues of social justice affecting our schools and communities, and develop education.
Teacher Evaluation - Will examine the implementation of the new procedure for teacher evaluation (a pilot in 8 schools in 2011-12) and monitor its effectiveness.
Teaching and Learning - Will focus on improving curriculum, professional development, and daily teaching and learning practices in math, science, language arts, social studies, reading, etc. Subgroups may be formed for subject areas.
Technology - Will focus on improving MTEA's use of technology in member communication, data storage, and efficiency.
Established
Art Educators - Will advocate for art education in the district.
Bilingual/ESL - Will focus on issues and trends affecting students and educators in bilingual and ELL classes.
Early Childhood - Will focus on educational policies and their appropriateness on early childhood education.
Human Relations/Multicultural Educators - Will develop quality professional development opportunities in multicultual education and promote the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. writing contest.
Music - Will advocate for music education in the district.
Physical Education - Will advocate for physical education in the district.
Security and Discipline - Will address safety, security, and discipline issues.
Special Education - Will identify and address issues related to special education students and instruction.
Standing
Balloting - Counts general membership votes on political candidate endorsements, election of NEA RA delegates, etc.
Budget - Prepares and recommends an annual program budget and dues for our union.
Collective Bargaining - Gathers information related to negotiations. Helps prepare for negotiations and perform other supportive tasks.
Constitution - Drafts amendments into proper format with pros and cons and makes recommendations to the MTEA Executive Board.
Legislative - Studies and recommends positions on legislation affecting MTEA members. Helps develop campaigns on specific bills, including organizing membership involvement.
Nominating - Recruits candidates for MTEA Officer and Executive Board positions. (Not active in 2011-12.)
Political Action Committee - Interviews candidates for local offices to determine endorsement recommendations. Distributes PAC funds and organizes volunteers to support candidates.