AEA Leadership Conference (June)
AEA Professionals Rights & Responsibilities (PR&R) Conference (April)
ACT/AEA Professional Development Conference (March)
Alabama Aerospace Celebration (March)
AEA Divisional Conference (January)
AEA Emerging Leaders School (held in conjunction with Leadership Conference)
AEA Bell Team Training (held in conjunction with Leadership Conference)
AEA Minority Leadership Conference (November)
Student Alabama Education Conferences (April and November)
Future Teachers of Alabama Conferences (March and October)
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The Alabama Education Association will offer its twentieth version of the Emerging Leaders School in conjunction with the 2008 AEA Leadership Conference to be held June 16-18 in Hoover. Application forms must be received at the AEA Headquarters by Friday, April 18, 2008.
Again this year, the school will be open to individuals who have been members of the AEA for no more than 10 years and who have not held a local, state, or national office (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, member of local executive committees, board of directors) and who have not attended a state or local Emerging Leaders School. The individual must be a newly elected or appointed Association Representative or be willing to commit to serving as an Association Representative or in some other leadership role for the 2008-2009 year.
The school’s purpose is to introduce potential leaders to the Association and provide experiences and training to prepare them for future leadership roles in the AEA, NEA and their local affiliates. The program is also designed to discover leadership talent and help potential leaders become involved in upgrading the organization at the local, state, and national levels.
The AEA will provide scholarships to selected potential leaders to assist them in paying conference expenses. Each scholarship will provide a participant with a non-smoking hotel room at the conference to be shared with another Emerging Leader (if a participant prefers a single room, the participant must pay one half the cost of a single room); round-trip transportation costs at a rate of 40 cents per mile (although car pooling is encouraged to lessen the total cost of this project); an allowance up to a total of $70.00 for meals not provided at the conference and all materials and registration fees.
Members who meet the eligibility requirements will be notified by mail that they have been selected for this school and will be asked to complete contracts which will clearly describe their responsibilities during and after their training, including their long-term commitment to involvement in the United Education Profession. If a participant prefers a single room, the participant must remit to AEA one half the cost of a single room ($77.52 – tax rate subject to change) with the completed contract.
The selection process will provide for equitable representation from the various constituencies within the AEA. If all other factors are equal, participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis according to the date applications are received at the AEA.
Members attending the Emerging Leaders School will join Leadership Conference participants for general sessions and luncheon meetings, and the remainder of their time will be spent in the Emerging Leaders School.
AEA will provide up to 40 scholarships for the school. State leaders, local presidents, and AEA UniServ Directors are encouraged to identify potential leaders and to encourage them to apply for one of these scholarships. The application form must be submitted by the individual applying for the scholarship.
Any questions about the application process may be directed to Mary Bruce Ogles or Brenda Fluker at 1-800-392-5839 or 334-263-5913--Fax.