The 2024 WEA RA will be in Spokane, WA.

April 11 - 13, 2024

Session 1: April 11, Thursday, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Session 2: April 12, Friday, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Lunch Recess: 12:00 pm – 1:30 PM
Session 3: April 12, Friday, 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
- Dinner Recess: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Session 4: April 12, Friday, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Session 5: April 13, Saturday, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Lunch Recess: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Session 6: April 13, Saturday, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Dinner Recess: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Session 7: April 13, Saturday, 6:30 PM – TBD PM

WEA RA Forms and Procedures / Submitting Proposals to RA

How the Representative Assembly Drives WEA

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WEA is a member-driven, democratically governed organization, and the annual Representative Assembly (RA) is its chief policy-making body. Once a year, local associations select more than 1,000 WEA members to gather for RA.

Local associations attending RA hold an election among their members to select delegates.

The annual meeting, which looks and feels similar to a major political convention, provides a forum where WEA members can collaborate, debate, and vote. Individual members and local associations submit New Business Items, New Resolutions, or Amendments to Continuing Resolutions, Standing Rules, Bylaws, and the WEA Constitution, which, when passed, set the organizational priorities for WEA for the coming year.

RA delegates also elect the WEA President and Vice President every two years and NEA State Board Directors when their varied terms are up.

WEA Constitution and Bylaws

WEA's core governing principles are spelled out in our constitution, bylaws, and continuing resolutions. These key documents are debated and reviewed annually by the Representative Assembly.