Student Program

We Are the Present, We Are the Future

Student Program Highlights

Looking for Leaders!

NEA Student Program will be holding its elections this summer and we are looking for potential candidates. We will elect three student members to serve on the NEA Board of Directors, three student members to serve on the NEA Resolutions Committee and one student to serve as the national Chairperson of the NEA Student Program. Candidate Certificate of Eligibility forms are due by May 1st and nominations will take place at the Student Leadership Conference in Washington, DC this summer, June 27-30, 2012. Please read the NEA-SP Election Procedures Manual carefully. Questions may be directed to neaspelection@nea.org.

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