Mesa Valley Education Association

Negotiation: MVEA negotiates educators salary schedule as well as language in our Master Agreement. Negotiations take a significant amount of our budget in the form of Presidents time, paying for substitutes to cover classes for teachers who serve on the Negotiations team so they may attend meetings, food for these all-day meetings, and printing copies of our Master Agreement once Negotiations have ended. The Master Agreement language was voted on unanimously by District Administration, School Board Members, and the MVEA team. Both of these are achievements for MVEAs purpose of having a strong Master Agreement.

Advocacy: The organization advocates for teachers each day by mediating with administrators, Board of Education members, and the Superintendent. Issues involved with advocacy include morale, teacher workload, evaluations, professional learning, budget benefits, performance concerns and discipline matters. During this fiscal year we were able to get educator voices at the table of every district committee and initiative. We maintained positive relations between the Association, School Board and District Administration effectively eliminating the need for legal arbitration.