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MEMBER BENEFITS Don't Forget About Click & Save! Are you looking for even more holiday savings? Go to the NEA Member Benefits website to use the popular NEA Click & Save program. Find brand name bargains through Target, Best Buy, JC Penney, The Loft, Restaurants.com, Land's End, Fandango, HP, PetCare RX, FTD, Brooks Brothers, Omaha Steaks, Home Depot, Sears, Lowes, Kohl's, Bed, Bath & Beyond, The Container Store, Macy's, Home Decorator, Direct TV, Lenovo, Dell, to name only a few. That NEA Member Benefits website is at: neamb.com How Your 2013–2014 Modified Dues Dollars Are Allocated The chart below shows how your modified NEA dues ($182.00; $110.50 ESP) are allocated to support and represent members and affiliates in their efforts to achieve NEA's mission. $6.52 $1.54 Build key overarching systems to enhance affiliate capacity to organize, engage, and empo their rights and to improve public education, with emphasis on ballot measures and legislativ technical assistance, field support, member engagement support, communications support, p sharing of best practices throughout the Association. Uniting the Nation for Great Public Schools and Leading the Profession Develop meaningful partnerships with school sites, local affiliates, and state affiliates to mov agenda focused on quality and equity, with a special emphasis on the quality of the profession the quality of student learning, and the quality of educator and association leadership. Research, Policy and Practice Provide support to affiliates in efforts to expand, improve and enhance pro-public education policy conditions, standards, workforce quality and priority schools. Provides specific attention to polic Organizing and Operational Support to Affiliates Support the UniServ program, test effective value propositions for all membership classes, d more effective member recruitment, retention and relevance and by doing so, build Associatio Member Advocacy and Outreach $9.88 $4.98 $22.18 Strong Affiliates for Great Public Schools Harness the incredible power of members to engage in and advocate for NEA's pro-public edu recommended candidates. Engage partners, particularly in the ethnic minority communities, enhance the lives of and protect the rights of our members, while improving public education w Legal and Insurance Support $37.33 Implement advocacy programs for members including the Unified Legal Services Program, F Liability insurance, and a one million dollar per member Educators Employment Liability insura Communications $17.25 $51.13 $21.32 Meet the communications needs of the Strategic Goals and ongoing everyday operations th effective way. Provide customizable communications with applicability and utility for affilia programs and publications to highlight work to improve public education. Business Operations $9.87 Provide business operations to ensure organizational effectiveness through technology infra services, and human resources to serve the needs of affiliates and members. Governance Implement an inclusive, engaged governance process that fosters member participation and such governing bodies as the Representative Assembly, NEA Board, NEA Executive Committee No dues dollars are used to support NEA Member Benefits programs. 24 BACK TO SCHOOL 2013 BTS 2013.indd 24 Contingency Provide funding for emergencies at the national, state, or local levels. | WEAnews 9/17/13 6:48 PM