 | promote a commitment to public education that will
enable each student to realize his maximum potential; |
| Develop and
influence public opinion in favor of education; |
| Encourage higher
qualifications for entrance into the teaching profession; to guide young
people to select teaching as a life work; to improve the social and
economic status of teachers; and to form a representative body able to
speak with authority for them; |
| Encourage educators to exercise their
rights and privileges as citizens and to willingly accept leadership in
civic affairs; |
| Cooperate with TSTA and NEA in the promotion of the
highest professional practices; to encourage all teachers to participate
in the solution of school problems; to encourage every member to grow
professionally; and to arouse allegiance to a genuine code of professional
ethics. |
