The Future Teachers of America (FTA) will hold its annual Installation of Officers and Initiation of New Members Thursday, September 30 at 7:00 a.m. in the Benton School Library. The FTA helps students explore teaching as a career. The club is sponsored by Teachers Mrs. Angela McCullough and Mrs. Diane Moreland.
- New officers include:
- Jennifer Caudle – Co-President
- Nicole Goad – Co- President
- Cassie Emerson – Secretary
- Lily Randall – Treasurer
- Crystal Pierce – Historian/Reporter
- Priscilla Saxton – Parliamentarian
- KaShondria Brown – Sergeant-at-arms
- New FTA Members to be initiated are:
- Rictoria Saxton
- Dana Fuselier
- Sari Alley
- Brooke Siem
- Amanda Burks
- Heather Dauphin
- Kiara English
- Tabatha Martin
- Molly McInnis
- MaQueta Pipkin
- Bersheika Player
- Monroe Townsend
- Current members of the FTA, who will attend the Installation and Initiation, include:
- KaShondria Brown
- Jennifer Caudle
- Cassie Emerson
- Nicole Goad
- Delebra Johnson
- Christie Jones
- Crystal Pierce
- Lily Randall
- Priscilla Saxton
- Lenise Stephens
- Darden White
Future Teachers of America provides high school students with worthwhile professional experiences related to their opportunities in teaching.
From the creative mind of Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the NEA Journal in 1929, came the dreams of an organization to be known as Future Teachers of America. In 1937, the NEA Representative Assembly at Detroit voted to sponsor the FTA movement. Dr. Morgan was the developer of ideas and the moving spirit behind the Future Teachers of America program until his retirement in 1954. During this period FTA grew from one high school club with 72 members to 2,441 high school clubs with 62,134 members and 562 college chapters with 29,504 members. Prior to 1947, the Division of Publications chartered clubs and chapters, but by 1950-51 all state education associations had agreed to charter them jointly.
Goals of FTA:
- To interest young men and women in teaching as a career.
- To provide its members with experiences to develop the qualities and aptitudes basic to successful teaching.
- To impart an understanding of the development and purpose of our public schools.
- To assist in gaining an appreciation of the contributions that the public schools have made to our democratic society.
- To aid in self-evaluation.
- To provide participation and understanding of the democratic process at the local, district, and state levels.
- To provide information and experiences which enable the student to explore and develop his/her vocation pursuant to a career in education.
