Committees of the SEA (need to add form and edit accordion)

The Springfield Education Association has a set of committees which work in their specialized areas of focus to serve the greater goals of the Association. Any dues-paying member in good standing can serve on a committee by talking with the respective committee chair. A member can indicate interest in joining a committee by filling out the Committee Interest Form below:

Committee Interest Form

  • Political Action Committee

    The COPE Committee functions as the liaison between Association members, School Committee, City Council, and state representatives and senators. They lobby for educational issues and keep members informed about important political decisions being made in education.

  • Finance Committee

    The Finance Committee is chaired by the Vice President. The committee meets to create and then recommend the yearly budget. This recommendation is voted upon by the Executive and Legislative Boards for approval.

    Contact bdunn@seateachers.com 

  • Grievance Committee

    The Grievance Committee works to defend and protect the working rights of the bargaining unit members. The committee develops Association positions on all matters pertaining to the rights of Association members especially academic freedom, professional and personal leaves, administrative discipline and dismissal, and grievance procedures and complies data for the support of these positions in negotiations. The SEA has a full-time Professional Relations staff person who is also the grievance chairperson. The grievance chairperson oversees all grievances.

  • Scholarship Commitee

    The Scholarship Committee reviews applications for the Meline Kasparian, Peter Dupuis, and Joan Cormack Scholarships, and determines the recipients based on a scoring system. Reviewers are not informed of the identities of the individual applicants until scoring is finalized.

  • Superintendent's Committee

    The Superintendent's Committee is a committee of five teachers appointed by the President, representing a cross section of membership, who meet with the Superintendent once a month. The purpose of this committee is to discuss matters of educational policy, curriculum, and improvements of educational climate in the Springfield Public Schools.

  • Retirees Committee

    The SEA Retirees Committee meets once a month to promote and strengthen our mission of demonstrating what our  unions (SEA, MTA, NEA) are doing for teachers. Our team has created Tools 4 Teaching, a recycling store for teachers. We accept classroom resources from retiring teachers, organize them, and distribute them at no cost, to current teachers. During this process, retirees listen, empathize, and validate through action, the importance of the union/teacher connection at all levels of our profession.