To provide a forum for critical research, dialogue, and collaboration about teachers’ work and teachers unions.

What is mission and/or purpose?
As members of the Teachers' Work/Teachers Unions (TWTU) SIG we aim to: (i) promote multi-disciplinary research of teachers’ work and teachers’ unions in both historical and contemporary contexts; (ii) provide a forum for sharing research related to teachers’ work and teachers’ unions; (iii)  to support, promote, and advocate for the role of teachers and teachers unions in democratic societies, globally and locally.

Who are we?
We are a global network of teachers, teacher unionists, educational researchers, and activists. Members are concerned with the work of educators and educator unions in K-12 and higher education as well as adult and informal learning spaces. We are a smaller community within AERA, open to mentoring and supporting each other's research and activism, and building worker solidarity.

Why join us?
The SIG is home to educational workers, researchers, and unionists from all levels and regions of North America. In this precarious political moment, we need solidarity more than ever, and the TWTU SIG is committed to building that solidarity through our critical research community. We host a variety of sessions, events, and a reception at every AERA annual meeting where members can connect with and learn from one another. If you are eager to find a "home" within AERA, join us! Become a member today!

Want to be more involved?

Each year, the SIG fields a call for papers or presentations to be presented at the AERA annual conference. Send in session or panel ideas! Send in papers and poster proposals! The more proposals to the SIG, the more opportunities our members have to present work from the field of Teachers' work and teachers' unions.

Consider submitting an already published work for one of our two SIG awards, the Karen Lewis Outstanding Paper Award and the Teacher’s Work/Teachers Union Outstanding Student Paper Award. 

We often need reviewers, session chairs, and discussants, which is a great way to read/hear/speak to cutting-edge research from the field and from our global network of members.