Skip to main content

About Us

24C97C94-C726-7D8D-A23C08DB5ED1F618_th.jpg

The Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRP) division of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, represents more than 350,000 school support staff in K-12 districts, colleges and universities. Our jobs include office employees, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers, instructional paraprofessionals, food service workers, school nurses and health aides, technicians, groundskeepers, secretaries, bookkeepers, mechanics, special education assistants and hundreds of other job titles.

MORE
medina-buckeye-classroom_1200x813.jpg
Throughout this century, the AFT has been a major force for preserving and strengthening America's democratic commitment to public education and public service. Desegregating public schools, passing the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act, establishing collective bargaining for teachers and other public employees, and addressing the needs of disadvantaged children are just a few of the causes the AFT has championed. MORE

Learn the history of the AFT, including the union's founding in Chicago in 1916, its affiliation with the AFL-CIO, its battles for workers and human rights and its continued work to uphold the proud traditions on which the union was created.

MORE

AFT Mission Statement

The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through the work our members do.

Learn more about the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers and is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO.

MORE

The Alachua County Education Association is a union of professionals that champions fairness, democracy, economic opportunity, and high-quality public education for our students, their families and our community. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining, and especially through the work our members do.

  • ACEA strives to ensure that all Alachua County students receive a quality public education.
  • ACEA seeks to improve the salaries and working conditions for teachers and education support professionals.
  • ACEA works locally and at the
MORE

Carmen Ward, ACEA President

 

Kelly Moore (Littlewood), ACEA Vice President, Instructional

Nancy Mason (Transportation), Vice President, Non-Instructional

Dr. Crystal Tessmann (Parker), ACEA Secretary

Tawanna Hines (Littlewood), ACEA Treasurer

Jamarr Akins, Service Unit Director

Jennifer Anhalt  (Littlewood), Elementary School Rep

Wanda Moffett (Lanier), Center School Rep

David Dixson (Westwood), Middle School Rep

Nicole Biener (BHS), High School Rep

Shirley Evans (Alachua Elem.), Custodial Rep

Bridgett Clark (Rawlings), Aide/ Paraprofessional Rep

 

Wanda Durham (ACEA), Office Personnel Rep

 

Jim

MORE

Carmen Ward, ACEA President

carmen.ward@floridaea.org

 

Jamarr Akins,  Member Services Director

jamarr.akins@floridaea.org

 

Wanda Durham, Administrative Assistant

wanda.durham@floridaea.org

 

Kim Cook, Office Manager/Bookkeeper

kim.cook@floridaea.org

MORE

Share This