The Newark Teachers Association (NTA), headquartered in Union City, California, is the trade union representing teachers and other certificated employees of the Newark Unified School District in Newark, California. The Association represents approximately 400 members. NTA is affiliated with the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the National Education Association (NEA). NTA was formed in 1969 when the teachers of Newark voted to leave the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and become a CTA affiliate. Governance The Newark Teachers Association is directly governed by two bodies, an executive board and a representative council. Executive Board The executive board is the chief governing body of the Association. The Board is responsible for the oversight and general functionality of the Association. It oversees and acts upon confidential matters, including the handling of a filed grievance. It also votes on whether or not to bring issues or other items to the Representative Council. The Board is composed of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a high school director, a junior high school director, two elementary school directors, an alternative education/special education director, a State Council representative, and a CTA field representative. Members of the executive board, with the exception of the State Council representative and the CTA field representative, are elected annually through a series of voting meetings at individual school sites, or at an annual general meeting of the Association. The State Council representative is elected by the union to a three-year term while the CTA field representative is appointed by the California Teachers Association. The 2019–2020 NTA Executive Board has the following members: Timothy Merritt, President Megan McMillin, Vice President Babette Babich, Secretary Sean Abruzzi, Treasurer Juleus Chapman, Secondary Director Nate Whitaker, Secondary Director Cheri Villa, Elementary Director Gretchen Cava, Elementary Director Anne Vanden Broek, At Large & Special Education Director David Hernandez, Executive Director Bryan Blattel, CAT State Council Representative Becky Flanigan, CTA Field Representative Representative Council The Representative Council consists of individual site representatives from each school. The number of representatives a site has on the council is proportional to the number of represented union members at that site. According to the agreement between the Newark Unified School District and the Association, each site is entitled one site representative for every 15 union members represented. If a school has less than 15 members, one site representative may be elected from that school. Collectively, the Council decides on