Student Program

We Are the Present, We Are the Future

Student Program Highlights

2011-12 CLASS and SOAR Grant Information

2011-2012 CLASS and SOAR Grants Due NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Is your NEA Student Program interested in a special project to recruit more members or sponsoring a community service project? We have grants available to help you pay for these events. Funding decisions will be based on the quality of the application (grant applications are not guaranteed to be funded). Please read the Grants Handbook thoroughly before submitting an application.

Tomorrow’s Teachers Magazine

NEA’s annual magazine for NEA student members. It offers a wealth of resources to those new to the teaching profession. Each issue offers help with job searches, provides classroom tips for surviving the first year in the classroom, recommends strategies for parental and community outreach, and much more.

NEA Student Program History

The Student National Education Association (SNEA) was founded in 1937 as a department of NEA. The SNEA Representative Assembly almost 50 years later voted to end its affiliation status and merge with NEA as a program -- The NEA Student Program.

Today we have:

60,000 members
more than 1100 college/university campus chapters
50 state programs
a national, full-time, elected chairperson
a nine-member, appointed advisory committee of student members
2 national conferences -- Summer Leadership Conference (June), and Fall Connections Conference (November).

We strive to:

promote community partnerships
foster leadership through pre-professional opportunities and peer mentoring
promote membership among diverse populations
provide networking opportunities
supplement formal teacher-education training
promote the national accreditation of teacher-education training
recruit and retain pre-professional members, and
maintain a presence at all NEA conferences.

The NEA Student Program is Essential

Nearly 2 million teachers across the country retired in 2007. We must take aggressive steps to replace these educators and ensure a quality teacher in every classroom. NEA supports teachers who are well qualified and prepared for their careers.

Also, one out of three NEA Student Program members becomes an NEA leader.

JOIN NEA Join NEA as a Student Program member today

Join NEA Student Program: NEA and its state and local affiliates have a place for you in our 3.2 million member organization