News Release

Pennsylvania Teacher Reelected to NEA Executive Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Becky Pringle, an eighth-grade physical science teacher from Harrisburg, Pa., was reelected today to the National Education Association (NEA) Executive Committee, the nine-member governing body that oversees the Association.  She was elected by more than 9,000 delegates attending the Association’s Representative Assembly, meeting July 4-7 in Washington, D.C.  She ran unopposed.

“My vision continues to be that NEA, with the might and determination of 2.7 million members, will realize its fullest potential—will direct the course of public education, will be the respected voice it can and should be, will demonstrate that it can fight to protect and enhance the rights of out members while it fight to ensure that every child has the quality education they deserve,” Pringle said.

Pringle serves on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and chairs the NEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act Advisory Committee and the NEA Reading Task Force.  A teacher with nearly 30 years classroom experience, Pringle has held Association positions at the national, state and local levels, including serving on the board of directors of the NEA and the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA). 

Her long history of leadership has included attention to diversity issues, as well as to developing leaders within the Association.  She chaired the PSEA Human and Civil Rights Award Committee and the PSEA Task Force on Minority Representation.  In addition, she served as regional chair of the PSEA Leadership Development Committee and on the Institute for Educational Leadership Task Force.

The Executive Committee comprises the three NEA officers plus six members elected at large.  Pringle will begin a new three-year term in September.  

July 5, 2004

For more information:
NEA Public Relations, 202 822-7200

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The National Education Association is the nation’s largest professional employee organization, representing 2.7 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers.