Who We Are

Our mission is to empower educators to advocate for professional rights, responsibilities and practices to achieve educational excellence within a changing society.

Since 1968 we have worked with licensed professionals in Jefferson County Public Schools to improve teaching and learning conditions through collaboration, collective bargaining, and political advocacy.

JCEA is both a professional association and an advocacy organization. Representing approximately 5,200 non-administrative professional educators working in the Jefferson County School District, JCEA is affiliated with the 40,000 member Colorado Education Association (CEA) and the 3.2 million member National Education Association (NEA).

The Association's decision making bodies include an Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Association Representative Council. The staff is responsible for implementation made by the elected membership who make up the decision making bodies.

The Association - at all three levels - is a highly democratic organization governed by members. The decision-making structure is designed to ensure maximum representation. Within JCEA the voices of members are clearly heard through three elected representative bodies:

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JCEA News

Coverage of the Employee Summit Process
Several media sources cover the agreements made at this years Employee Summit Process. The tentative plan reached at the summit protects the classroom and saves jobs for the 2012 school year. All recommendations are tentative and subject to approval by the Jeffco School board and employee associations. Follow the links to the original news articles.

9News Reports from press conference on Friday
Outcomes from the Summit process are reported by 9News. Kerrie Dallman is quoted in the attached video.

Summit makes recommendations - JCEA positions and salaries protected….for now
Once again the Summit has brought people together for a collaborative process to address extreme budget cuts in the district. The Summit was hugely successful in recommending $20 million in cuts for 2012-2013 that puts students first and continues to keep most cuts out of the classroom.

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