2012 AEA Member Guide - Alabama Education Association

AEA Member Assault Protection Program
The Member Assault Protection Program (MAPP) is free to all AEA membership categories when the
member is actively employed and paid by a board of education or public employer.
To qualify for this benefit, the member must file an official complaint with local law enforcement
authorities, obtain a copy of the police report, complete a MAPP form, and forward all related
documentation to AEA.
AEA will pay up to $5,000 per occurrence for an attorney, if the local district attorney fails to bring
appropriate legal charges, to prosecute any parent, guardian, student, or person who physically assaults a
member while the member is performing an authorized school function or participating in assigned jobrelated
activities. (Assault by another AEA member is not covered under the program.)
All claims must be filed with AEA within 45 days of the assault. AEA membership must be in effect at
the time of the assault.
If an assault occurs while you are on the job or
performing a required school function, here’s what you do:
• File an official complaint against the perpetrator with local law enforcement officials.
• Obtain a copy of the police report or sheriff’s report of the incident.
• Complete and file a MAPP form, with all documentation, within 45 days of the incident to:
Dr. Gregory T. Graves, Associate Executive Secretary, AEA Legal Department
P. O. Box 4177, Montgomery, AL 36103-4177
AEA Field Services
The AEA Field Services
Department provides
on-site professional services
for all members and local
associations. Field Services is
headed by Assistant Executive
Secretary Darryl Sinkfield,
and is assisted by regional
Darryl
managers Leigh W. Phillips
Sinkfield
in Birmingham and Curtis
Assistant
Travis in Montgomery. Thirtyfive
(35) UniServ Directors
Executive
Secretary
complete the Field Services
Department and provide
assistance to AEA active, ESP, postsecondary, and
administrator members throughout the state.
Membership in the Alabama Education
Association entitles you to take advantage of
the collective strength of an organization with
over 100,000 members statewide. The National
Education Association (NEA) provides financial
assistance to support the field services program
offered by the Alabama Education Association
to its members. NEA has approximately 3 million
members nationwide.
The services provided to you as an AEA
member by the UniServ Directors include assistance
with professional development, grievance
proceedings, employment problems, employment
hearings, salary negotiations, communications,
policy development, political action, organizing,
professional counseling, and training.
Your UniServ Director is only a phone call
away. A complete listing of UniServ Directors and
the school systems they serve follows. If you are
unsure of who is assigned to your area, please call
AEA’s toll free number 800.392.5839, or log on to
www.myAEA.org for assistance.
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