Why MTEA Membership Works for You!

Teachers, educational assistants, substitute teachers, and accountants and bookkeepers in Milwaukee Public Schools are all members of the MTEA. Our union gives you access to advocates and programs to help you reach your professional and financial goals:

• Promoting excellence in education
• Securing professional wages and benefits
• Protecting your career
• Building community support
• Lobbying for funding & other decisions that affect our schools
• Providing other member services

As a member, you are part of a strong, united team -- a team that's making a difference for Milwaukee's children. Creating better lives for our members and the students and families we serve is what MTEA is all about. Your membership and involvement is a positive investment in quality public schools.

Advocating for You and Your Career

We're in the business of advocating for you and your career. When you join the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, you'll immediately have access to advocates and programs to help you reach your professional and financial goals. You'll automatically be protected with professional liability insurance. But that's just the beginning. Take a look at the multitude of valuable programs and services that membership brings.

Promoting excellence in education through:

• Professional advice, training, and other assistance related to teacher quality, such as teacher evaluation and mentoring
• Combating privatization in our city and throughout Wisconsin
• Partnering with community organizations that care about our future.

Securing professional wages and benefits through:

• Professional, experienced staff to assist in collective bargaining matters, ranging from research to member organizing to public relations
• Training in bargaining skills
• Lobbyists fighting for you in the State Capitol and with the school board

Protecting your career through:

• Professional, experienced staff advocates to advise and/or represent employees in employment-related matters
• Training in leadership and problem-solving

Building community support through:

• Public relations campaigns to communicate our messages using both news media and advertising
• Building coalitions among school employees, parents, and the public on key issues such as school safety

Lobbying for funding and other decisions that affect our schools:

• Impact on legislative funding and other decisions that affect our schools
• Promotion of increased, adequate, and sustained funding for K-12 public schools 
  
• Lobbying to inform and influence legislators and other decision makers about education employees' interests and priorities

Other member services:

• Membership in the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) and the National Education Association (NEA) offers many services to you personally and professionally
• Publications related to membership and your career
• Notary service
• MTEA group-sponsored insurance opportunities