Sevier County Education Association

11/20/2025

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11/04/2025

Vote for SCEA to represent you at the Collaborative Conferencing table on November 6th. Check your email from Director Huskey for more info.
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11/04/2025

Every educator strengthens every student and every community.
Join TEA today and add your voice to the movement for strong schools and strong communities across Tennessee.
📲 tnea.org/join
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09/26/2025

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/2025-sevier-pecca-petition
All certified educators in Sevier County please fill out this petition.
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Happy Weekend!

Dear Sevier County Educators: At the beginning of this school year, as allowed by law, Sevier County Education Association (SCEA) will initiate the collaborative conferencing process on behalf of all teachers. The goal of collaborative conferencing is to renew our MOU (Memorandum of Understanding),....

08/16/2025

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07/29/2025

Educators!! Just got my hair cut and love it!! The price was even better!! Give Tori a call at The Fringe Salon and Spa in PF.

07/03/2025

Educators hold your representatives accountable!
No one who cares about education should support this bill.
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The Big Bad Terrible Bill puts students, families, and public schools at risk.

This bill guts Medicaid, takes food off kids’ lunch trays, and pushes a nationwide private school voucher scheme that drains resources from the schools that serve us all.

Educators see through it. Families feel the impact. And our communities deserve better.

04/29/2025

SCEA members, be on the lookout for your special treat being delivered for Teacher Appreciation Week! 🍎 🍏
We ❤️ our members!

04/25/2025

SCEA knows how to attend Virtual TEA Representative Assembly!
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03/07/2025

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On October 11, 2018, Fred Whitley, a TEA member teaching at an Alternative School in Tennessee, faced a chaotic situation when five unauthorized students en­tered his classroom. After asking them to leave and being ignored, he attempted to continue teaching, but the students began ransacking the room and obstructed his attempts to call for help. As they threatened him with physical harm, Whitley warned he would defend himself, which seemed to calm four of the students. However, one student retaliated by throwing a book at him. The book struck Whitley.

Following the incident, Whitley was suspended without pay and charged with un­professional conduct, inefficiency, insubordination, and neglect of duty. Although a hearing officer recommended his dismissal, the board initially failed to pass a motion to fire him. Eight days later, with a different board quorum, the motion succeeded.

TEA engaged its litigation counsel to file suit on the Whitley’s be­half, contending the board had violated the Open Meetings Act. The Chancery Court agreed but sent the case back to the board. Ultimately, the Court of Appeals ruled in Whitley’s favor, reinstating him and ordering full salary payment since his suspension, totaling $460,569.50.

04/12/2024

Here we go!