Dale Lee
A native of Wyoming County, Dale Lee is a graduate of Clinch Valley College (Wise, VA) and obtained his special education certification through the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies (WV COGS). He is completing his Master’s degree through Salem International University. A veteran teacher of 22 years, Dale’s current assignment is teaching special education at Princeton Senior High School.
As WVEA President, Lee is the leader of the state’s largest education employee organization. He assumed the full-time duties of WVEA President on June 15, 2008. His term will expire on June 15, 2011.
Prior to being elected WVEA President, Lee served for three years as Vice President, five years as WVEA Treasurer and was a member of the WVEA Executive Committee for three years. He has also been active in the Mercer County Education Association since he began teaching in 1986 including serving as its president.
Lee’s immediate priorities include a salary increase for all school employees to begin to move teacher salaries to the national average. In addition, Lee wants to ensure public education funding remains a priority for our elected leaders at both the state and local level. He also wants to increase the level of respect shown to education employees for the tremendous jobs they do.
Lee’s wife, Brenda, is a teacher at Glenwood Elementary in Mercer County. They are the parents of two daughters. Danielle is attending Bluefield State College with a major in education. Jessica is a 2008 graduate of Princeton High and will attend Concord University in the fall.
June 2008