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Whom We Represent

If You Work Anywhere Within the Public Education System, We Will Represent You.
As a certified professional, education support professional, aspiring educator (student), or retired member, you are fighting the good fight for our profession and public education. Your membership and active participation will help us to strengthen that great equalizer of our democracy -- public education.
Whether currently in your classrooms, offices, lunchrooms and hallways, on our buses, or in graduate school, as a member of GAE you will be part of a community working to ensure we will always have representation from every walk of life participating in our country's great democratic experiment.

GAE Aspiring Educators

Any college student pursuing a career in education, that does not already fit into once of our other membership categories, is an Aspiring Educator.

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Certified professionals are our GAE members who are active teachers, administrators, and counselors in a Georgia K-12 Public School.

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Paraprofessionals, Secretarial & Administrative Services, Building & Grounds Maintenance, Transportation, Delivery & Mechanics, Food Services, Health & Student Services, Trades, Crafts, & Machine Operators, Technical Services, Security Services. ESP's include all "classified" school employees.

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Retired members are those who have retired from a job in a public school system but still want to advocate for the profession, schools, and themselves.
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It's important for me to grow the union because we can't do it alone. There are people who want to be a part of change, and all it takes is for someone to ask: ‘Would you like to be a part of the union? This is what you can do and what we can accomplish together.’
Quote by: Timothy Lyons, Middle School Language Arts and Life Science Teacher
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The Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) is Georgia's preeminent professional association for public school employees. We are a member-led organization supporting students and educators in Georgia's public schools through grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and legal action.
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