About Us

BAEOP is a professional association for classified employees. We welcome all office professionals including office managers, secretaries, instructional assistants, educational assistants, paraprofessionals, library assistants, tech assistants and other support staff.

BAEOP is not the organization responsible for negotiating contracts for the classified employees. That responsibility has been given to various bargaining units. The majority of the classified staff of Bellevue School District are covered under the AISP (Administrative and Instructional Support Personnel) Collective Bargaining Agreement, which is negotiated by SEIU 925 (Service Employees International Union).

BAEOP is directed by an Executive Board, which is comprised of seven members who are elected each spring to serve during the coming school year. As stated in our bylaws, all committee chairs will be considered ex-officio members of the BAEOP Board and will be encouraged to attend the board meetings.

BAEOP has three categories of members: active, associate and retired. We currently have nearly ninety members; two associate member, seven retirees and the remaining members are active employees at Bellevue School District. This year our membership has taken a dramatic leap, due to so many employees becoming interested in working toward their Professional Standards Program Certificates. At this time we have almost 90 members, which surpasses our number from the past 5 years.

BAEOP annual membership dues are $12.00. Our dues pay various operating expenses that are incurred during the year and they are also used to help offset the cost of sponsoring workshops to provide our members with professional growth opportunities. We traditionally have a variety of fundraisers to subsidize our general fund and to generate money for our Scholarship Fund. We recycle printer cartridges, newspapers, aluminum, cell phones, DVD’s, GPS’s and other types of electronic games and equipment. Our average income from our recycling efforts is approximately $25.00 per month.

BAEOP awards up to three scholarships each year to students who are dependents of a current BAEOP member. We also offer three scholarships to BAEOP members, who are working toward their PSP Certification. We also donate to the WAEOP and NAEOP Scholarship Fund each year. Proceeds from the sales of Entertainment Books and our annual Spring Raffle Basket have been a major source of revenue for our Scholarship Fund, which has enabled us to increase the number of scholarships we offer each year.

BAEOP is registered as a non-profit organization with the State of Washington.

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