 | Conferences such as the IPI Conference, NEASP
Conference, and SVEA Convention |
| Workshops |
| Guest speakers |
| Outreach projects at the local, state, and national
level |
| Legal defense to protect and enforce member rights |
| Advocate research to maintain banks of education,
financial, and socioeconomic data to meet the needs and questions of members |
| General field assistance to help improve compensation
for members, representation, organizational development, crisis resolution,
and membership |
| And more |
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Why
must I pay $42 when I will only be a member for half the year?
SVEA’s
budget is based upon a certain number of members paying the full amount no
matter when they join. These dues
are not subject to change until the next membership year.
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How do I join?
There
are two ways to join: online or on paper.
1.
If you want to join online and have your credit card ready, click
www.StudentVEA.org.
2. If
you want to join on paper, pick up a membership form on the SVEA bulletin board
next to Blocker 16 or in the SVEA mailbox in the education office.
You can give the completed form to any officer
or leave it in the
SVEA mailbox.
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How can I make a difference by joining?
With more people, SVEA can do more.
With more members, we have more money to work with and more ideas, and we
can put together more workshops, fundraisers, community outreaches, and even a
regional conference!
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What
is the $25 rebate?
Part of your dues goes
into a fund that provides a rebate for former SVEA members who join the VEA as
teachers. This is explained on the
forms when you join the VEA. Fifteen
dollars comes from the state SVEA and $10 comes from the NEASP.
If you choose to work outside of Virginia, you can still get part of your
rebate back from the NEASP when you join the NEA.
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What do NEA, VEA,
SVEA, and NEASP mean?
The National Education
Association uses a lot of acronyms. With all those letters flying around,
it can be difficult to understand what they are talking about. Here is a
breakdown of the four acronyms that an SVEA member joins after paying dues:
SVEA stands for Student Virginia
Education Association and is designed to provide future teachers with
information and resources to help them develop professionally.
Many colleges and universities in Virginia have SVEA chapters that any
student who is interested in teaching can join.
To help connect the various chapters, they are grouped into regions.
Virginia Wesleyan is part of the eastern region.
Each region has an elected representative that communicates with each
chapter and the state organizer. The representatives form the state board with
the elected secretary, vice-president, and president.
The board plans and coordinates events for the entire state.
Elections for the state board are held at the SVEA convention in April.
VEA stands for Virginia
Education Association and is the teacher complement of the SVEA.
This is what you can join you become a teacher.
You will have all the same benefits you have had in SVEA with more
opportunities. However, it does
cost more.
NEA stands for National
Education Association which connects most education associations across the
nation. It developed the NEASP
which is the National Education Association Student Program.
In Virginia, the NEASP is referred to as the SVEA. By joining SVEA, you are automatically a member of the VEA,
NEA, and the NEASP.
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What kind of trips do we take if any?
Right
now, there are only two trips we take as a chapter: one for the fall conference
and one for the spring convention. Both
of these take place in the state of Virginia and provide the opportunity to meet
future teachers from across the state. There
are also opportunities to get involved at the state and national levels and
travel across the country to places like Miami, FL; Los Angeles, CA; and New
York City, NY.
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