Lee Education Association
Welcome to the LEA Website. We are a union of educators that work in the Lee/Tyringham School District in Lee Massachusetts. The LEA represents two groups: Teachers/Specialists/Nurses, and Paraprofessionals.
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Teacher's Contract
LEA Guiding Principles
We believe that the Lee Education Association should be built upon, and always act upon, certain fundamental principles.
Therefore, as members of the Lee Education Association, we commit ourselves to ensuring that our union will:
1. Be democratic in every way, built on a commitment to full membership control, with a free and comprehensive flow of information to support meaningful member participation.
2. Guarantee that all LEA organizational decisions, including the negotiation of contracts, be made democratically and locally.
3. Guarantee that our locally elected leadership will be fully accountable on all matters to the membership.
4. Be strong, well-informed and unified when asserting our rights as educational professionals while remaining a positive force in promoting and improving public education on behalf of our students.
5. Be based on mutual respect, equality, cooperation and tolerance, and guarantee that rights of individuals, minorities and groups will always be respected and enforced within the organization.
6. Guarantee full representation for, and opportunity for participation of, individual members and groups within our organization.
7. Recognize and fully utilize the skills, expertise and experience of our members as we conduct union activities.
8. Provide or seek out appropriate training and educational opportunities for our members so all have the knowledge and skills required to fully lead and participate in union activities.
9. Be a vehicle for identifying, promoting and representing the interests of individual members and groups within our organization through public relations and educational activities in our communities, and legislative and lobbying efforts in our state and nation.
10. Recognize the need to periodically modify these guiding principles as we continuously evolve as an organization.
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LEA Professional Rights
We believe that all members of the Lee Education Association can complete their professional duties knowing they have certain undeniable rights.
Therefore, as LEA members, we shall endeavor to ensure that we have the right to:
1. Participate as equal partners with all members of the community in every decision that affects our members, the jobs we do, and the students we educate.
2. Negotiate on our own behalf fair and appropriate compensation, and all other terms of employment.
3. Participate as equal partners with the Lee School Committee and administration in decisions involving appropriate procedures, policies and equipment for doing our jobs, and be able to determine necessary and appropriate professional development opportunities.
4. Participate fully with the Lee School Committee and administration in deciding how available resources in our district can best be used to deliver the highest possible quality education for our students.
5. Work in a cooperative and democratic decision-making structure based on mutual respect, equality and cooperation.
6. A full range of individual rights on the job including free speech, representation on grievances, unbiased outside arbitration on unresolved grievances, a safe and healthy workplace and job security, and that these rights are enforceable through a legally binding contract.
7. Mutual support and cooperation district-wide, and that each distinct individual and group works to promote the professional goals of all.
8. Mutual responsibility and accountability so that administrators are responsible and accountable to staff in the same ways that staff is responsible and accountable to administrators.
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