Welcome to the Bentonville Teachers Association (BTA)  Website

We are not a union, and we are not affiliated with the NEA (National Education Association) in any form or fashion.  Read below for more information about BTA, the Arkansas State Teachers Association, and the Association of American Educators.  We are a part of the independent teachers association movement in conjunction with many other great independent teacher associations.

YOU CAN HAVE $2 MILLION WITH US.  See "Benefits" page.

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Growth information: 

We have grown from 7 members to 180 members in approximately 3 years, and we are still growing very quickly.  We have grown from 33 members to 180 members in the last two years.  Check out the "Testimonials" page to see why school employees join this great organization.

Monthly BTA meeting: 

Starting in September, we will have our monthly BTA meeting at the Arvest Conference Center on the Bentonville square every Monday the week before the Bentonville School Board meeting.  The meeting will begin at 5:30 and end at 7:00.  Please, try to make plans to attend if you would like to be more involved in our local association of employees.  We need leaders to help us make this great district even better.  Just email rflowers@teachbta.org if you would like a copy of the minutes from any meeting.  We discuss many issues related to education, answer many questions, and plan a course of action when local issues arise for which we need to take a poll.

General information: 

The Bentonville Teachers Association (BTA) is a local affiliate of the Arkansas State Teachers Association (ASTA) and of the Association of American Educators (AAE).  These are non-union, independent, professional education associations offering many of the same benefits to teachers that labor unions provide - but at a fraction of the cost and without the partisan politics and controversial social issues.  ASTA is the state affiliate of AAE.  We are non-profit organizations dedicated to helping education in America. 

BTA Voluntary local dues: 

 After joining ASTA-AAE, you can voluntarily pay $10 per year paid to the BTA treasurer (Drew Osborn) or the president (Ronnie Flowers) anytime throughout the year.  This $10 per member pays for snacks at meetings, hand-outs, this website, a BTA post office box, local printing costs, scholarships to local seniors, and local activities for employees sponsored by BTA throughout each year.

Just email rflowers@teachbta.org if you want to know if you have paid your $10 dues for BTA yet.

Get an application from a member, call 1-877-742-ASTA, or email rflowers@teachbta.org, and we can send/give you one.  You can also call 1-800-704-7799 and pay over the phone using a credit or debit card.

1. Fill out the application and put it in an envelope with your check.
2. Give it to the person you know in ASTA, send it to Ronnie Flowers at BHS, or mail it to our BTA post office address: BTA, P.O. Box 1153, Bentonville, AR, 72712.

Joining ASTA via automatic draft from bank account or credit/debit card:

Fill out an authorization form and get it to Ronnie Flowers at BHS or send it to the BTA address.  If using auto-draft from your bank account, then include a check for the first month's membership with the authorization form.

Joining ASTA via payroll deduction: (Deadline for singing up for payroll deduction is September 26th)

Fill out a payroll deduction slip and get it to Ronnie Flowers at BHS or send it to the BTA address.  See the "Payroll Deduction info" page for more details about PD withdrawal amounts and dates.

Contacting BTA/ASTA/AAE: 

BTA's purpose: 

BTA's main purpose is to help Bentonville Staff, promote ASTA, and most of all, help education become the best that it can be in Bentonville.  Let us know if we can help you.  We have had great success at helping Bentonville so far.  Email rflowers@teachbta.org if you are interested in getting a local ASTA/AAE started in another district.

Correspondence: 

Any completed applications, authorization forms, payroll deduction forms or scholarship/grant applications from Bentonville employees can be mailed to the following address, and the officers will make sure that it gets to the appropriate location and feedback given if warranted:

BTA, P.O. Box 1153, Bentonville, AR  72712

BTA Officers: 

The officers of BTA are as follows:

BTA Website Layout: 

Please, check out the different pages on this website. We will be continuing to update content on this website. If you have any questions, please contact Ronnie Flowers by email rflowers@teachbta.org or at Ronnie's home phone number of 479-464-7632.