"There is no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher."
Pat Conroy, Prince of Tides
Welcome to our website

We are the Jefferson County Education Association (JCEA). Affiliated with the Colorado Education Association (CEA) and the National Education Association (NEA), JCEA is both a professional association and an advocate organization for teachers. Since 1968 we have successfully represented the interests of teachers, students and public schools through successful negotiations of our comprehensive Master Agreement with the Jeffco Public Schools and a variety of Association programs.

Our mission is to empower educators to promote professional rights, responsibilities and practices to achieve educational excellence within a changing society. Our motto-Shaping Tomorrow Today - reflects that mission and the purpose of public schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. We believe the students in our classrooms today will be the decision-makers, custodians, and taxpayers of our democratic society tomorrow.
——News & Information——
JCEA Council declares bargaining impasse: read media statement
Links to other Association news and information:
CEA's What's New?
NEA's Latest News?
Believe in a Better Colorado is an unprecedented alliance among the state’s three largest education associations (CASE, CASB and CEA) to inform public school employees and citizens about Colorado’s dwindling tax base for essential public services. The ultimate goal is to adopt a new tax system to fund public services that are critical to our state’s future – such as K–12 and higher education, health care and transportation. To find out more, click here!
NEA's Read Across America
Celebrate literacy every day of the year
For NEA resources and information, click here!
Contribute to the JCEA Excellence Fund. It's tax deductible! The JCEA Excellence Fund is a tax-exempt, 501-c3 charitable foundation. Its purpose is: To promote the teaching profession by providing academic scholarships to prospective teachers and opportunities for professional development and training for JCEA members. The Fund includes two important parts: The Christa McAuliffe Excellence Award Scholarships and the Dave Saunders Quality Teaching Foundation. The fund grows only through the generous gifts of our members. Make your check out to: The JCEA Excellence Fund. US mail it to JCEA, 1447 Nelson St., Lakewood, CO 80215. If your gift is given as a memorial or as an honorarium in recognition of retirement or other special occasion, please provide us the name of the person being remembered, honored or recognized. JCEA will send that person (or family) an acknowledgement card.
Helping Children Cope with Trauma & Tragedy: Adults and children react to trauma and tragedy in very different ways. The Association offers a variety of resources to help you talk to your child about what's going on in their world. Click here!
Website technical note: Some of the resource information within this web site is in a .pdf format. To read and/or print this material you must have "Acrobat Reader." Download here!
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