In a year with zero educator raises, huge increases in health care premiums, and major attacks on public education from federal and state governments, there is urgency to act now. NCAE is currently planning a statewide campaign to meet the moment that combines large-scale events, collective action, organizing, and power-building. But to ensure our collective action transforms into sustainable progress, we must move together.
NCAE has a plan to do exactly that with short-middle-and-long-term steps, to get us where we need to be. We’ve been working on this plan for over two years, but we’ve still got a long way to go. It is a three-pronged strategy and a roadmap to build majority-density locals, grow power, and position educators to win real, lasting change.
Read more about our plan, then join us, because when we move together — we can’t miss.
1) Build Power Through Organizing
- Majority-density locals and worksites. Every school should have an active, organized team that can mobilize quickly, advocate effectively, and win improvements for students and staff.
- Scalable, sustainable organizing is how we meet the urgency of this moment—and keep winning beyond it.
- From participation to power. From walkouts and protests, to town halls and lobbying, we run local and statewide campaigns, designed for the moment to build durable power that can shift budgets, influence policy, and defend public schools.
2) Lead a Movement for Change
- Educators can’t do it alone. We need parents, families, and community partners standing with us.
- Credibility and reach. NCAE is uniquely positioned to unite educators, families, and organizations in a shared movement to protect public schools across all 100 counties.
- The public is with us. Most North Carolinians already believe strong public schools are essential to a just, democratic society. We’re turning that shared belief into collective action in our communities through large-scale events, house parties, door-knocking, and more.
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3) Have a Plan to Win
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A strategy you can believe in. We are executing a long-term plan through 2030 with clear short-medium-and-long-term goals.
Every action—organizing, storytelling, legislative advocacy, elections—is part of a coordinated roadmap.
- Disciplined and focused. Actions without a plan burn energy. Actions inside a plan build power.
Why Strategy Matters
We honor the urgency. We choose the plan. The frustration educators feel is real—and justified. NCAE channels that energy into a disciplined plan shaped by members, grounded in collective decision-making, and designed to win durable change. When we build majority-density worksites, align local campaigns, and act statewide with clear timelines, we turn moments into victories.
What Victory Looks Like
- Educator pay is the highest in the Southeast.
- At least $20,000 in state expenditures per student.
- Stop private school vouchers.
- End corporate tax giveaways.
- Collective bargaining.
And that’s just the beginning. From school board meetings to rallies, from hallway conversations to door-to-door organizing, we are building the future. You can be a part of history.
But what does victory mean to you?
