Vermont-NEA Subject Area Affiliates
Welcome to the page designed especially for Vermont-NEA Subject Area Affiliates.
Listed and linked here is all the information affiliates need to claim Vermont-NEA services and an annual subsidy,
participate in the annual Vermont-NEA Educators' Convention, and maintain status as a Vermont-NEA Affiliate.
Contact for questions: Yolly Turner 1-800-649-6375

Members of the 2007 Vermont-NEA
Convention Planning Committee
Terry Buehner of Burlington, Chair
Ted Fullard of Northfield
Cherrie Torrey of Hatford
Kirsten Vascik of Rutland
Sharonlee Trefry of Winooski

*The Planning Committee is appointed by the Vermont-NEA president.

Vermont-NEA Subject Area Affiliates

VASS
Vermont Alliance for the Social Studies

VATA
Vermont Art Teachers Association

VBTA
Vermont Business Teachers Association

VCEC
Vermont Council for Exceptional Children

VCGE
Vermont Council for Gifted Education

VCLA
Vermont Classical Languages Association

VCR
Vermont Council on Reading

VCTELA
Vermont Council of Teachers of English Language Arts

VCTM
Vermont Council of Teachers of Mathematics

VDTEA
Vermont Design & Technology Education Association

VEMA
Vermont Educational Media Association

VFLA
Vermont Foreign Language Association

VGA
Vermont Geographic Alliance

VMEA
Vermont Music Educators Association

VSCA
Vermont School Counselor Association

VSLHA
Vermont Speech-Language-Hearing Association

VSSNA
Vermont VT State School Nurses Association

VSTA
Vermont Science Teachers Association

VTAFCS
Vermont Association of Family & Consumer Sciences

Affiliate Guide to the 156th Annual Vermont-NEA Educators' Convention

The annual Vermont-NEA Educators' Convention is a 156-year tradition in our state.Teachers have gathered each year since 1851 to meet colleagues, attend the exhibit, and participate in professional programs offered by Vermont-NEA subject area affiliates.

These programs for educators are the heart of the Convention and, therefore, Vermont-NEA offers this support and service to its affiliates:

Financial Support. Vermont-NEA pays a subsidy to affiliates to support their Convention programs. Affiliates get $200 for offering a program, plus $100 more for offering the program at the Vermont-NEA Convention site, where meeting space is available FREE. In addition, affiliates get $50 for every 50 affiliate members, or major fraction thereof.

An Exhibit Table. Affiliates are entitled to free exhibit space at the Convention Exhibition on Wednesday evening and Thursday of the Vermont-NEA Convention. Click here to reserve exhibit space.

Advertising. Affiliates are entitled to FREE space in Vermont-NEA Today to advertise themselves and their meetings. Submit announcements and articles to the editor at vtnea@together.net. To include your affiliate's Convention program in the official Convention booklet, submit it (online, please!) by August 20.

A Place to Hold Meetings. Vermont-NEA affiliates are entitled to use the Conference room at Vermont-NEA's Montpelier office. The room seats 20 comfortably and may be reserved ahead of time by calling Vermont-NEA at 1-800-649-6375. (Ask for Sandy Perkins.)

How to claim your affiliate's subsidy
Vermont-NEA Subject Area Affiliates are entitled to a cash subsidy to support an annual meeting and professional program during the annual Vermont-NEA Educators' Convention. Vermont-NEA does not place restrictions on where affiliates meet or how the subsidy is spent.

Affiliates get $200 for offering a program , plus $100 more for offering their program at the Convention site at the Champlain Valley Expo Centre. In addition, affiliates get $50 for every 50 affiliate members, or major fraction thereof.

A voucher for the subsidy and the affiliate membership list is due at Vermont-NEA within 30 days after the Convention. Click here to submit a voucher online. Send the membership list to vtnea@together.net.

How to get your affiliate's Convention program published
To have their program published in the official Convention Booklet, which is mailed early in September to 11,500 Vermont-NEA members, affiliates must fill out and submit their program description by August 20 . Click here to submit the program description online.

Future Convention Dates
The 2007 Vermont-NEA Educators' Convention will open on Wednesday evening, October 17, at 5:00 pm at the Champlain Valley Expo Centre in Essex Junction. Programs at the Expo Centre will close on Thursday afternoon, October 18. Subject Area Affiliate programs will continue throughout the state on Friday and Saturday, October 19-20.