Polk Education Association
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PEA Organization and Contract Steward Information
View information on our organizational structure and governance, including school/department contract stewards.
PEA Organizational Structure
Polk Education Association utilizes a "bottom-up" organizational structure where governing decisions are voted on by ALL members. ALL members vote on Executive Officers (who serve a 3-year term). Members elect their worksite contract stewards and our Executive Board (district area reps and committee chairs--3 year term, when applicable). Committees bring suggestions for budgets, bylaws, legislative priorities, etc. to the members for a vote. Any member can serve on any committee with open seats. Below is our current organizational chart.
PEA Contract Steward Information
Members at each worksite or within each district-wide department elect worksite/department contract stewards at the start of each school year through electronic nominations and elections run through the PEA office. Any member in good standing may run for PEA Steward of their worksite/department. PEA Stewards are the first point of contact for member issues (i.e. contract violations and questions, concerns or issues that arise at a worksite/department, the timely dispersal of union business, etc.).
Each worksite/department is entitled to 1 steward for every 20 members. If more than one member runs for an open seat, an electronic, secret ballot election is conducted. Once elected, these stewards are sworn in as Directors for the PEA Board of Directors, our governing body. Open seats are filled by electronic election 3 times per school year, at the beginning of the school year, the beginning of the second quarter, and the beginning of the third quarter. The steward (director) term expires at the end of the school year. Committee motions (budgets, bylaws, legislative priorities, bargaining, etc.) are brought before the board for a review. Decisions that impact all members will be advertised for review and voted on by all members present during the March Steward meeting.