Student Program

We Are the Present, We Are the Future

Highlights

Discipline Tips from Drama Teachers
The best classroom management can be as simple as a wardrobe change.
Rights Watch
A very scary story about one member’s brush with student sexting and the law.
Caption This!
What's so funny? You are. Exercise your funny bone and try your had at captioning these educational cartoons.
The Voice of Experience
Retired educators share their best advice for new teachers.
Student Program Handbook for Local Leaders 9/11/2009
Start the new school year right. Here's everything you need to recruit new members and build a strong campus chapter.
Money
Squeezed by the freeze? How to make backup plans to secure next year's college tuition.
Job Hunt
Staying flexible can land you a job during tough economic times.
Outreach to Teach
VIDEO: There was no generation gap in sight. More than 400 volunteers put down their pencils and picked up their shovels in San Diego last summer to give Balboa Elementary School a makeover. The event is sponsored by NEA's Student and Retired programs.

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