All NJEA members who are not classroom teachers or active supportive (ESP) members must identify themselves in order to vote in the appropriate unit in NJEA’s spring elections.
NJEA Bylaws define a classroom teacher as “any person who is certified, where required,
and a major part of whose time is spent in direct contact with students or who performs allied work which places that person on a local salary schedule for teachers.”
NJEA members who were considered “classroom teachers” in last year’s elections, and who now consider themselves “non-classroom teachers,” according to the definition above, must complete and return the coupon below in order to be registered in the “non-classroom teacher” unit of representation for the spring 2027 and future elections.
New NJEA members (joining for the first time this year) who have answered the appropriate questions on the membership application form need not complete the coupon. Such persons will be automatically registered in the appropriate unit.
NJEA members who were registered in the “non-classroom teacher” unit of representation in last year’s elections need not complete the coupon. Such persons will automatically be registered in the same unit.
Those persons who last year were in the “non-classroom teacher” unit of representation and who wish to change classification to the appropriate “classroom teacher” unit, must write to Elections Registration, NJEA Headquarters, at the address below and request a “change of unit” form. Such forms must be completed and received at NJEA headquarters no later than Jan. 8 for reclassification to occur for the spring 2027 elections.
Download the form below.