What The ROEA Does For You!

THE ROEA NEGOTIATES SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR YOU 

Why does sticking with the ROEA improve our salary and benefits? School employees cannot negotiate for themselves without extensive legal knowledge, time and money. If you have difficulty bargaining, the pressure you alone could exert as an individual would not be sufficient to get your contract settled. 

THE ROEA PROTECTS YOU IF BECOME INVOLVED IN LITIGATION CONNECTED WITH YOUR JOB 

What would you do if an upset parent decided to sue you? Or a false allegation was lodged against you? You would no doubt find it difficult to afford the legal fees and/or salary losses without union-provide legal representations. Also, MEA/NEA member benefit from $1,000,000 professional liability insurance coverage that provides the necessary protection if you are involved in a civil suit. 

THE ROEA ENSURES YOU GET COMPENSATED FOR EXTRA DUTIES Even if you love coaching and running-after school programs for kids, would you do it for free? Extra duties such as coaching, being a mentor, working at sporting events and musicals, student council, school plays, newspaper, yearbook would be assigned without pay or choice (as they are in charter schools). 

THE ROEA ASSURES YOU GET TIME OFF WHEN YOU OR YOUR FAMILY NEEDS IT What if you didn’t have the ability to take a sick day when you or your child was ill? THE ROEA Contract provides for sick days, personal days, bereavement days, religious holidays, and child care leave. 

THE ROEA BARGAINS LOWER CLASS SIZES TO BENEFIT KIDS AND KEEP YOUR JOB Everyone knows the lower the class size the better the outcomes for student learning but how do lower class sizes help keep jobs? Without the ROEA Contract, class sizes can be whatever the district decides. Cost savings in districts often involved increasing class sizes to reduce the number of teachers needed. 

THE ROEA ENSURES YOU A SUITABLE TEACHING ASSIGNMENT AND WORK SCHEDULE 

Who decides what your daily work life looks like? The ROEA Contract provides limits on the number of students, after school meetings, and parent conferences and assures daily prep time to mitigate an already strenuous workload. 

THE ROEA NEGOTIATES INCREASED SALARY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Plan on getting a higher education degree or already have one? The ROEA Contract mandates a salary schedule with a permanent increase in pay for higher levels of education. 

THE ROEA BARGAINS CALENDAR, HOLIDAY, AND COMPENSATION DAYS Have you ever wondered how our district calendar is created? Having religious holidays off, winter and spring break, snow days, and compensation days for parent teacher conferences are not given to us by the school district; they are bargained by the ROEA. 

THE ROEA ASSURES YOU HAVE ADEQUATE PLANNING TIME TO BE YOUR BEST FOR KIDS Do you think planning time is a necessity to be a good teacher? Without the ROEA Contract duties such as lunch, hallway supervision, or an extra class could be assigned to teachers without just compensation and in lieu of planning time.