Martin County Education Association

09/03/2026

Negotiations tomorrow, Thursday at 4:02 at district office(behind main building)

We are looking forward to the school board’s proposal which will impact all teachers!

Please come out and support your MCEA team and your profession. It truly matters!

07/29/2026

Learn about the candidates and make an educated vote!

06/23/2026

It’s not just hype. It’s real. Join MCEA today! Save our contract!

The future of teachers’ unions in Florida is in jeopardy, thanks to a new law signed recently by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

06/22/2026

CALLING ALL TEACHERS NOT IN THE UNION—PLEASE JOIN TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AND TO NEGOTIATE OUR BEST INTERESTS! DO IT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
As of today, we need approximately 40 more members by July 13.

If we fall below 60%, we will be forced into another election in October under the new state rules. Those rules require ballots to be mailed in by at least 50% of the entire bargaining unit in order for MCEA to remain certified. We did not reach that participation level in our April election.

https://themcea.org/?fbclid=IwdGRjcASlemVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeSFNp0x7KDluZD0VoDEfWfB65FnV8bJYfrmnCwNOrf4HnYBTW778jBqShTJ8_aem_7PxnAatn4aIwcotvZQGjLA

Watch MCEA President Kelly Coleman introduce herself at the December 9 Martin County School Board meeting. https://youtu.be/e86WWbSYuAk?si=3OAt4b39cyO90yRs M...

06/18/2026

When politicians rewrite history, students pay the price.

After reviewing Florida's new state-funded U.S. history course, the 14,000-member American Historical Association delivered a blunt assessment:

"𝘽𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖'𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨."

Students deserve classrooms guided by educators, historians, and academic standards, not political agendas.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4fuMiTm

05/12/2026

🎉 VICTORY FOR EDUCATORS IN MARTIN COUNTY! 🎉

Today, educators made their voices heard loud and clear:

✅ UNITY WON
✅ SOLIDARITY WON
✅ MCEA WON

Official Election Results:
🍎 MCEA: 437 votes (81.7%)
🍎 UTMC: 93 votes (17.4%)
🍎 Against Representation: 5 votes

Out of 1,128 eligible voters, the challenging organization received support from only 8.2% of the bargaining unit.

Despite months of attacks, misinformation, outside interference, and attempts to divide educators, Martin County educators overwhelmingly chose to stand together and stick with their union.

This victory belongs to:
✊ Our Building Reps
✊ Our worksite leaders
✊ Every member who made a call, sent a text, followed up on ballots, and stood proudly with MCEA

Most importantly, this victory belongs to the educators who refused to let outside groups define our future.

For over 50 years, MCEA has fought for educators, public education, and our students — and today, educators chose to continue that legacy.

We are stronger together.
We are united.
And we are just getting started.

04/21/2026

Members,
Please check your emails.

Good evening MCEA members,

If you have not received your ballot, please reply to the email as soon as possible with the following information:

Your full name
Your mailing address

We must submit replacement ballot requests to PERC by tomorrow (4/21) , so your prompt response is critical.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.

In Unity,

Kelly Coleman

04/21/2026

Is everyone getting Kelly's emails on Sundays?
If not, let your rep know ASAP, or email [email protected]

04/18/2026

Under Gov. DeSantis' leadership, the cost of living in Florida has skyrocketed—outpacing both the state’s own history and the rest of the South.

Groceries. Childcare. Utilities. All up.
Paychecks? Not keeping up.

Florida’s leaders can’t keep ignoring the struggles of working families. It’s time to put policies in place that actually help Floridians succeed, not fall further behind. Read more: https://bit.ly/3OHcejs

04/18/2026

I just heard FEA is now 200-0 in PERC elections with an average yes vote of 95%! The Freedom Foundation (who is backing the United Teachers group) has spent millions in places like Miami and never got more than 10% of the vote.

Teachers don’t trust the Freedom Foundation and for good reason… they are not for teachers! MCEA is made up of teachers to support teachers. We have ALWAYS been there for our members (and non-members).

If every union member turned in their ballot with a YES vote for MCEA, not only would we win the election easily (since the majority of teachers are MCEA members), but we would also send a powerful message to those who don’t care about us that enough is enough and we aren’t going to be bullied. MCEA isn’t going away anytime soon, but in order to ensure that, you MUST VOTE YES for MCEA and tell all your colleagues on your campuses to do the same!

Solidarity now and solidarity forever! ✊