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Quality Teaching and Learning

Quality Teaching & Learning

All students deserve quality teachers and a school with a quality nurse, librarian, counselor, and more.
In addition to providing resources to support educators throughout their career, AEA advocates for policies that: Promote a statewide systemic approach to quality teaching and learning, including highly effective educator preparation programs and certification, professional development, mentoring and induction, career development pathways, and compensation structures; promote equitable access to social-emotional learning for all students through curriculum and training for educators; and recognize educators as professionals and ensure them the autonomy to deliver a flexible curriculum and make instruction-based decisions to meet the needs of their students.
Amber Gould
When I became a teacher, I knew that the way to improve the teaching profession was to belong to my professional association.
Quote by: Amber Gould, AEA Treasurer
NEA RA 2019

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Become part of the movement improving public education and advocating for better salaries. Together we are the biggest and loudest advocates for our schools, our students, and ourselves.

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Keeping the Promise of Quality Public Education

With more than 20,000 members, the Arizona Education Association (AEA) is the largest professional association for public school employees in Arizona. AEA members are teachers, community college professors, counselors, speech pathologists, bus drivers, secretaries, retired educators and student teachers and they belong to more than 150 local affiliates across Arizona.
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The Arizona Education Association is a state affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States.

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