{"id":1116,"date":"2021-01-12T22:09:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T22:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/?page_id=1116"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:43:48","slug":"colibri-wp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"
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education support professionals<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Welcome to SVVEA!<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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SVVEA is proudly affiliated with the <\/span>Colorado Education Association (CEA)<\/strong>\n  and the <\/span>National Education Association (NEA)<\/strong>. Together, the SVVEA\u2013CEA\u2013NEA form a highly democratic organization governed by its members. Our decision-making structure is designed to ensure strong representation, with members electing their colleagues to speak and act on their behalf in all Association matters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within SVVEA, members\u2019 voices are heard through two elected representative bodies:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The BOD functions as the Association\u2019s executive body. It includes four executive officers and ten at-large members elected from the general membership. The Board meets on the second Tuesday of each month.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The AR Council serves as the Association\u2019s policy-making and legislative body. It\u2019s made up of about 70 Association Representatives elected from each school and meets on the third Tuesday of each month.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Join us! It will only take a minute<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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What makes our organization great.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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SVVEA<\/h4>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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1,500 Local Members<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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CEA<\/h4>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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38,000 Statewide Members<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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3.2 Million Nationwide Members<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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NEA Member Benefits<\/h4>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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NEA provides a variety of savings through auto and home insurance, travel, tuition, everyday purchases and professional development. Members receive $1 million in liability insurance and more.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Your association advocates for you through professional advocacy and legislative advocacy focusing on students, public education, educator rights, school funding and workplace improvement. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Grow your skills at the local, state and national level. Trainings are provided through COPILOT that range from classroom management, educator effectiveness and more.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Our Team<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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k-12 teachers education support professionals college students retired educators Welcome to SVVEA! SVVEA is proudly affiliated with the Colorado Education Association (CEA)  and the National Education Association (NEA). Together, the SVVEA\u2013CEA\u2013NEA form […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/homepage.php","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3947,"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1116\/revisions\/3947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svvea.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}