Student Program

We Are the Present, We Are the Future

Highlights

2010 Outreach to Teach 6/29/2010
SLIDE SHOW: This year’s project repaired and beautified Belle Chasse High School, in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.
NEA Student-Program Elects Tommie Leaders of Nebraska as New Chair
2010
Your votes determined not only most of the topics we covered—how to establish authority in the classroom; tips on landing a job; and making the most of mentors, to name a few--but how much space we devoted to them. Check it out and leave us your comments!
Send Your Story Ideas to Tomorrow's Teachers
What would you like to see covered? Let us know! And while you're here, contribute to discussions with your student member colleagues.
Student Program Annual Awards
Is your local doing 'big things?' Apply by April 15 and get recognized.

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.