Organize and Empower Public Educators

JCTA is governed by a multitude of elected officials. Our organization is led by four officers and our board of directors. Our main policy-making body is the professional representative council, which is comprised of representatives from each school site or program location. Each school is allowed one professional representative and one alternate for every fifteen members or a major fraction thereof at its site. JCTA also has a full-time staff of employees who help to implement our policies, advise the leadership, and advocate for members.

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About Us

Our JCTA Mission

Organize

Organize and Empower Public Educators

Promote

Promote Success for Every Learner

Serve

Serve as the Active Voice for Excellence in Public Education

Advocate

Advocate for the Rights and Interests of Members

Advance

Advance Human, Civil, and Economic Rights for All

Our Team

Meet Our Officers

Maddie Shepard

Maddie Shepard

President

Kumar Rashad

Kumar Rashad

Vice-President

Tyra Walker

Tyra Walker

Secretary

George Nichols

George Nichols

Treasurer

JCTA Supports Local Control of Public Education

The Jefferson County Teachers Association strongly supports local control of public schools, by those closest to the learners. Not only is this the most democratic way to operate these public institutions, but it is how we create school environments that most effectively promote learning.

By elevating the voices of each school’s students, teachers, and families, we can best make our classrooms relevant and engaging for each learner, which is essential for student success.

For this reason, the Association believes district decisions are best made by local boards of education, rather than policymakers in Frankfort, and school decisions are best made by School Based Decision-Making (SBDM) Councils, rather than school boards or superintendents.