SMEA (Student Michigan Education Association) is a pre-professional organization for students preparing for the teaching profession. The SMEA program helps to lead education majors to a brighter professional future. The organization exists to help students make a smooth transition from the campus to the classroom – to help give students the edge as a teacher in those very important first years. Members of SMEA stand with 2.8 million other members of the National Education Association who comprise a powerful force for educational excellence. As members of SMEA, students become part of an important network of Michigan professionals who work to shape and transform the minds and hearts of today’s youth.

This past year the SMEA has participated in: Tutoring at Oakwood’s Center for Exceptional Families; Fundraising for the Stanford House Women’s Shelter; Vista Maria; Gift of Reading program; Grand Kids Run/Walk; and tutoring students in K-12 schools in the campus area.

• SMEA Information
• Michigan Education Association
• National Education Association

For more information about SMEA, or to join, please contact:
Paul Bielich in the Curriculum Lab, Room 267 FCS,
pbielich@umd.umich.edu.