AEL's mission is to sustain a community of educational leadership toward the ideals of delivering equal educational opportunity and access and maximizing intellectual and personal growth for all children under our collective supervision and care.
AEL offers its members numerous professional & personal services..
The core service is collective bargaining. Through formal negotiations with the Anne Arundel County Board of Education AEL provides all Unit 2 members with certain services related to salaries, wages and working conditions.
Legal counsel, advice and support...
Legal counsel, advice and support from veteran professionals, complaint and grievance representation, and assistance for
job-related professional improvement and concerns are essential for leadership growth and effectiveness.
AEL provides its members with access to a variety of personal benefits not negotiated with the Board of Education and not available to non-AEL Unit 2 members. These products and services generally originate within the private, for profit, sector. As arrangements are made with service providers they will be announced and made part of your website.
Every AEL member has an inherent responsibility to convey all aspects and dimensions of effective schools to whomever can join us as partners. Such efforts help to assure that AEL’s stated mission and purposes on behalf of children are achieved and protected. Certain constituencies and certain needs require a central AEL voice for which AEL leadership and Executive Director are primary spokespersons.
In addition, AEL’s Executive Committee appoints representatives to a variety of standing and ad hoc opportunities to facilitate AEL’s interests and expertise. Meetings with the superintendent on a variety of policy and procedural matters, legislative initiatives at both the county and state levels, and coalitions of educational organizations where larger voices and unity of interests are needed are examples of how AEL’s voice is heard.