About NCRSP
North Carolina Retired School Personnel (NCRSP) is a division of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and accounts for approximately 12,000 of their 60,000 members. Membership in NCRSP includes all categories of retired school system employees, both certified and noncertified.
NCRSP will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2011. In addition to having a state office in Raleigh, NC at the NCAE Center, NCRSP is organized into 97 local units and 15 geographic districts. An Executive Board comprised of elected officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Past President), district presidents, and committee chairs, meets twice yearly.
The mission of the Division is to be the premier statewide association for all retired education personnel, acting collectively to enhance retirement and health care benefits and to serve the community and its educational needs.
The purposes of the Division are:
- To promote the social, economic, and professional status of retired school personnel.
- To support the NCAE and the NEA in programs to advance the quality of education and promote the welfare of members.
- To act on behalf of retired school personnel on problems involving their health, welfare, interests, and other needs.
- To lobby the State General Assembly on legislation related to the State Retirement System and the State Health Plan.
- To encourage members to actively influence state and federal legislators on legislation that impacts the quality of retirement living for members of the Division and other retirees.
- To cooperate with the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA), a division of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and other organizations of retired persons with common goals in promoting programs of mutual concern.
- To encourage every member to find some avenue to volunteer.
