What is SEA?
The Student Education Association (SEA) cultivates and empowers future teachers. The SEA is an organization for college students interested in careers in education. The organization’s members belong at the local, state, and national level. SEA members are also part of the 130,000 member Illinois Education Association (IEA) and 3 million member National Education Association (NEA). The objective is to promote balanced programming between teacher quality, community outreach, and political action so that college students may be more aware of the complexity of the education field, and the importance of union values when they enter the profession. The SEA provides leadership experience, professional development, and numerous membership benefits. The SEA typically recruits more than 1000 Illinois college students from more than 50 Illinois institutions each year.
Why should YOU become part of WIU's Student Education Association?
*Better prepare yourself for a career in education by enhancing and enriching what you learn in your program of study.
*Active participation looks favorable on a resume, provides excellent topics of discussion during the interview process, and shows prospective employers that you want to better yourself professionally
*Dues are only $25 per year and membership entitles students to so many benefits.
*Through the SEA, you will have opportunities to meet and talk with other future educators in addition to current professionals in the field.
*Active participation looks favorable on a resume, provides excellent topics of discussion during the interview process, and shows prospective employers that you want to better yourself professionally
*Dues are only $25 per year and membership entitles students to so many benefits.
*Through the SEA, you will have opportunities to meet and talk with other future educators in addition to current professionals in the field.
The 3 Pillars of SEA
The Illinois Education Education (IEA) Student Program can be broken up into 3 main categories: Teacher Quality, Community Outreach, and Political Action. Below these three pillars are broken down.
Teacher Quality
Our Chapter holds one meeting each month to give our members more information about the teaching profession than the receive in the classroom. It is important for students to not only grow in their content knowledge, but also professional development. Our meetings are centered around items of high interest as suggested by our members. Some of the topics we have had in the past are diversity, how to survive your first years and parent/teacher communication.
Community Outreach
We try to hold one big community outreach project each semester. On top of that, we like to add a couple of smaller ones as well. Last year we provided books to the classrooms at the local K-3 elementary school and to the library at the 4-6 elementary school. We also made tie blankets and bought books for a family in need here in Macomb.
Political Action
If you haven't learned it already, education is a political occupation. It is important for teachers to be aware of what is going on in our profession. We provide updates and speakers that help you stay on top of the current issues.