The mission of CPAA is to help realize the individual and collective potential of the students, families, and communities served by our members. The Association is dedicated to achieving this mission by ensuring school leaders get the resources, respect, support, and district priorities they need to do their jobs, and by supporting our members through a coordinated program of services, benefits, advocacy, and organizing. Specific action directions include:
conducting and disseminating research on issues of concern to our members;
representing members regarding welfare issues including compensation and benefits;
advising members in professional matters related to due process and legal issues;
providing leadership in local and systemwide decision making and policy formulation;
influencing local, state, and federal legislation related to education;
sponsoring meaningful professional development programs and activities to meet the unique needs and requirements of experienced, beginning, and aspiring administrators;
developing a proactive communications and public relations plan to better serve members and targeted external groups;
providing a support system for networking and a clearing-house for information; and
increasing collaboration with other professional associations, universities, business partners, and education reform groups.
Our union is an affiliate of the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA), the exclusive national labor union for school administrators, professionals, and supervisors speaking out for excellence and equity in all of our schools, workplaces and communities.
AFSA members are leaders in their schools and communities and are charged with the privilege and responsibility of helping to mold our nation’s students into successful, mindful individuals.
As school leaders, AFSA members are constantly advocating for better public schools and systems of education. In regards to education reform, AFSA members support reforms that put students first and include school administrators in the discussion and implementation.
As a union affiliated with the AFL-CIO, AFSA members recognize the importance of collective bargaining rights and their right to organize. AFSA members are active in the labor movement and proudly stand in solidarity with all trade unionists and school administrators.
For more information, contact us at (202) 986-4209 or email afsa@AFSAadmin.org.