2025-11-15T15:36:47-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 542060754 VIRGINIA PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS VIRG 5407852490 PO Box 885 Fredericksburg VA 22407 Tracey Bailey State Director 5407852490 2025-11-15 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Tracey Bailey 7708 Ashley Farms Drive Fredericksburg VA 22407 1016797 0 X www.VirginiaEducators.org X 2001 VA Improving Public Education by Supporting Virginia's Educators: 1) Providing Scholarships, Mini-Grants, Training and Professional Development; 2) Providing Support, Counseling, and Professional Assistance; 3) Informing Teachers of Their Existing Legal Rights. 4 4 16 53 0 0 0 0 999800 1016797 0 0 0 0 999800 1016797 21073 56502 0 0 505537 584143 0 0 0 331294 334305 857904 974950 141896 41847 1034498 1092956 0 0 1034498 1092956 Improving Public Education by Supporting Virginia's Educators: 1) Providing Scholarships, Mini-Grants, Training, and Professional Development; 2) Providing Support, Counseling, and Professional Assistance for Virginia's Educators; 3) Informing Teachers of Their Existing Legal & Professional Rights under current law. 0 0 251266 56502 1) VPE Provides Scholarships, Mini-Grants, Training, and Professional Development Opportunities for All Virginia Educators: In 2024, VPE provided $56,501 in Teacher Scholarships, Classroom Mini-Grants, and other Teacher Assistance Grants. VPE also provided funding for Professional Development through the Teachers of Promise Institute's Annual Conference. In 2024, VPE provided Grants, Scholarships, and Professional Development to 479 Virginia educators. 349784 2) VPE Provides Support, Counseling, and Professional Assistance for Virginia's Educators. (Teachers, Counselors, & Other School Staff): In 2024, VPE provided Direct Support and Professional Assistance to 490 Virginia educators who were dealing with legal, administrative, academic, medical, and/or health & safety issues in the classroom. Such assistance often involves many hours of staff support for each case, and usually requires that a director and a case manager be assigned to each educator in need. As necessary, a mentor or an attorney may also be assigned to assist the educator. In 2024, VPE provided general support to over 5,928 of our member-educators in Virginia. 338727 3) Informing Teachers of Their Existing Legal & Professional Rights under current law; Explaining School Board Policies and State Board Regulations; Providing Affordable Legal & Liability Protection for Virginia's Educators as a Member Benefit: In 2024, VPE provided legal support and professional educators liability coverage for approximately 5,928 Virginia educators. VPE also exists to help inform and make all Virginia educators aware of their general legal and professional rights under current law. This awareness and public information campaign includes helping teachers understand their "freedom of association" rights and their right to join a non-union, professional teacher association. Furthermore, in 2024 VPE provided this information to over 48,000 Virginia educators. 0 0 0 939777 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X Tracey Bailey 8888739661 PO Box 885 Fredericksburg VA 22407 Tracey Bailey State Director 55 0 X X 139683 0 10558 Philip Bigler Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Patricia Currier Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Jeanny Gilpin Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Jill Seal Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 139683 0 10558 1 0 1 0 0 0 Membership Dues 611710 1016797 1016797 0 0 0 0 0 0 1016797 0 0 0 0 0 1016797 1016797 0 0 10000 10000 46502 46502 0 0 0 0 139683 132699 6984 0 0 0 0 0 277519 263643 13876 0 114712 108976 5736 0 19721 18735 986 0 32508 30883 1625 0 24611 24611 0 0 5205 975 4230 0 52301 52301 0 0 13645 12963 682 0 20187 19178 1009 0 27826 27826 0 0 32864 32864 0 0 897 852 45 0 Educators Liability Insurance 150295 150295 0 0 Membership Rebates 6474 6474 0 0 974950 939777 35173 0 1034498 1092956 1034498 1092956 0 0 X 1034498 1092956 0 0 1034498 1092956 1034498 1092956 X 41847 0 0 0 0 16611 X 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Teachers of Promise Foundation PO Box 4391 Roanoke VA 24015 273166094 10000 0 Professional Development 1 0 Classroom Mini-grant 68 29503 Teacher Scholarships 40 13749 0 Mentoring/Professional Development 31 3250 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Nearly all of VPE's Classroom Mini-Grants are awarded directly to Virginia Public Schools. These grants are awarded to the Public School Division "on behalf of the teacher and in the teacher's name." Yet the transfer of funds is almost always directly to the public school /school division. VPE feels that this is the best way to distribute funds to teachers and students, since public schools are tax-exempt, well-monitored entities with several levels of public financial oversight built into the accounting process. To ensure that the funds make it to the teacher and students that were intended in the grant, the school principal must agree that the funds are to be used solely by that teacher for his or her classroom, students or project. The number of grant recipients is an exact, known number. It is not estimated. X 1 1 X 0 0 0 Tracey Bailey State Director 113878 0 0 0 0 0 25805 0 10558 0 150241 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Virginia Professional Educators has required, (even before the COVID 19 pandemic), that Mr. Bailey, as the state Director, maintain an administrative home office to help in the servicing of members, especially those with after-hours professional and administrative problems. With the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, these requirements and the use of a home office for administrative issues became even more pronounced and more necessary. Mr. Bailey is reimbursed at a rate of about 60 cents per square foot of administrative office space. That valuation is less than half of the market rate for both office space and/or storage space in the area. Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 The salary scale for all full-time officers, senior managers, and key employees (including the Executive Director) should be comparable (and in many cases identical) to the salary scale of the local school division/region in which that employee primarily serves and works. Each employee's position on the salary scale and the amount of their subsequent step increases are determined similarly to the teachers and administrators in the local school division(s) which they serve. This is usually dictated by the employee's number of years of service/experience in education and the highest academic degree obtained by that individual. (For example, a VPE employee with 30 years of experience in education and master's degree would qualify for a "Masters STEP 30" on the salary scale in most school divisions.) One common adjustment or modification to this formula is both allowable and recommended, since most classroom teachers only work on a 10-month schedule (with two months off for the summer), yet most VPE employees work a full 12-month schedule. Therefore, a full-time VPE employee may have their "teacher salary scale" of the local school division pro-rated as follows: A VPE employee working on an 11-month or 12-month contract may have their "10-month teacher base salary" pro-rated up to their actual number of working days, based on the average daily rate of a 10-month teacher in the local school system to which they are primarily assigned. These salary scales are confirmed annually with the finance directors or the payroll office in each local school system that is used as a baseline for comparison. Furthermore, in order to obtain comparisons with salaries and responsibilities for similar positions outside of education, VPE leadership salaries are compared annually to the salaries of directors and CEO's leading similar-sized associations in Virginia. This data is usually obtained for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and from the GuideStar annual Non-Profit Compensation Report. Finally, VPE salaries for Directors and Managers will also be compared with salaries for similar leadership positions within public education. These comparable positions include high school principals and central office directors. Upon request of the Board, this salary data may be submitted to an outside party for independent review. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 VPE members include any K-12 educator - classroom teacher, administrator, or support staff. In addition, VPE accepts members from both community colleges and universities, as well. Other membership classes include student teachers, retired educators, and associate members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Election of Local Chapter Presidents: Local chapter presidents are elected and confirmed by the VPE members in those school divisions where VPE has local chapters. These individuals are eligible for election after meeting basic eligibility and experience criteria to serve as a local officer. Election of VPE Board members: The members of the VPE governing body - our Board of Directors - are then selected from this pool of local VPE chapter presidents, who have first been elected as local officers by their peer educators, as described above. Candidates for the governing body may be suggested by general members or by the Board of Directors, and are then reviewed and vetted by the nominating committee. The VPE Board of Directors must then vote for any additions or replacements to the governing body. The VPE Board may choose to elect one or two "at-large" directors who are not current or former presidents of a local chapter, but the majority of VPE Board members must always be selected from local leadership. (Currently, 4 out of the 5 VPE Board members with full voting rights have been selected as described above, from the pool of local presidents.) All members of the VPE Board of Directors must first be members of the association, of course. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 should be reviewed by each staff member who holds responsibility for a program area or service, such as Finance/Accounting, Membership, and/or Grant Programs. A draft copy of the organization's 990 should then be reviewed by the State Director and/or Board Members. Any comments, questions, or corrections can then be addressed and incorporated. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization's officers and board members are subject to a conflict of interest policy. If any officer or board member has a material interest or financial conflict, they are removed from the discussion and the voting that takes place with regard to that conflicted issue or interest. If questions arise as to whether or not a conflict exists on a particular issue, that decision will be made by a vote of the other Board members. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Virginia Professional Educators serves and represents educators across the Commonwealth of Virginia. We were created as a non-profit organization by educators, for educators. Because of that commitment, we made the decision that our employee's salaries should be comparable to the established salary scales of the Teachers and Administrators whom we serve. VPE endeavors to maintain this commitment and follow this guideline even for the Executive Director's salary and other Senior Managers/Directors. Therefore, the salary scale for all full-time officers, senior managers, and key employees (including the Executive Director's) should be comparable (and in many cases identical) to the salary scale of the local school division/region in which that employee primarily serves and works. Each employee's position on the salary scale and the amount of their subsequent step increases are determined similarly to the teachers and administrators in the local school division(s) which they serve. This is usually dictated by the employee's number of years of service/experience in education and the highest academic degree obtained by that individual. (For example, a VPE employee with 30 years of experience in education and a master's degree would qualify for a "Masters STEP 30" on the salary scale in most school divisions.) One common adjustment or modification to this formula is both allowable and recommended, since most classroom teachers work on a 10-month schedule (with two months off for the summer), yet most VPE employees work on a full 12-month schedule. Therefore, a full-time VPE employee may have their "teacher salary scale" of the local school division pro-rated as follows: A VPE employee working on an 11-month or a 12-month contract may have their "10-month teacher base salary" pro-rated up to their actual number of working days, based on the average daily rate of a 10-month teacher in the local school system to which they are primarily assigned. These salary scales are confirmed annually with the finance directors or the payroll offices in each local school system that is used as a baseline for comparison. Furthermore, in order to obtain comparisons with salaries and responsibilities for similar positions outside of education, VPE leadership salaries are compared annually to the salaries of directors and CEO's leading similar-sized associations in Virginia. This data is usually obtained from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and from the Guidestar annual Non-Profit Compensation Report. Finally, VPE salaries for Directors and Managers will also be compared with the salaries for similar leadership positions within public education. These comparable positions include High School principals and Central Office directors. Upon request of the Board, this salary data may be submitted to an outside party for independent review. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Some of the Organization's governing documents are publicly available on the Virginia State Corporation Commission's website - including the Annual Report and the current list of Board members. Some financial statements, such as the IRS form 990, are available to the public through Guidestar's website: Guidestar.org All of the Organization's governing documents - including the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Conflict of Interest Policy, and publicly-filed financial statements like the IRS Form 990 - are also available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Line 9 includes an end-of-year reconciliation for encumbered expenses in the amount of $16,611which had not yet been cleared by the bank at the end of the 2024 fiscal year.