Organizations in Business Education

1. Organizations in Business Education

2. Saskatchewan Business Teachers Association The objectives of the SBTA are: • To promote quality business education in Saskatchewan • To promote professional growth for its members • To encourage close association and cooperation with the STF

3. National Business Education Association • NBEA is a professional organization comprised of business educators, administrators, supervisors, teacher educators, and college and university students planning careers in business education. The primary focus of NBEA is business education curriculum; and through publications and conventions, it provides numerous instructional strategies, inservice opportunities, resources, and research findings. • Publications of NBEA include Business Education Forum (journal), Business Education Yearbook (annual publication), and Keying In (newsletter).

4. Mountain Plains Business Education Association • The Mountain-Plains Business Education Association is made up of the following nine US states and two provinces in Canada:ColoradoKansasNebraska New MexicoNorth DakotaOklahomaTexasSouth Dakota Wyoming ManitobaSaskatchewan

5. Association for Career and Technical Education • ACTE’s mission is to provide educational leadership in developing a competitive workforce. ACTE offers legislative advocacy and leadership and professional development opportunities • Business Education is one of the 13 divisions of ACTE. Within the BE Division, there are three affiliate organizations: • NACEBE – National Association of Classroom Educators of Business Education • NASBE - National Association of Supervisors of Business Education • NATEBE - National Association of Teacher Educators for Business Education

6. National Association of Business Teacher Educators (NABTE) The objectives of NABTE are: To improve undergraduate and graduate programs preparing business teachers. To help develop high standards for business teacher certification. To stimulate research in business education and assist in disseminating and implementing research results. To promote a better understanding of the significance of business and economic programs in schools. To assist in the recruitment of potential business teachers and the placement of qualified business teachers. To cooperate and work actively with other associations to improve educational opportunities for all.

7. International Society for Business Education (ISBE/SIEC) The purposes or objectives of SIEC/ISBE are: • Promote the internationalization of business education and training in cooperation with business and professional organizations, educators, and institutions in the private and public sectors. • Foster and develop an international multi-cultural and multi-lingual network of national chapters and individuals with an interest in business education, and to cooperate with other organizations which have similar objectives and interests. • Encourage and maintain links between education and business, both nationally and internationally.

8. Council for Economic Education • CEE's mission is to help students develop the real-life skills they need to succeed: to be able to think and choose responsibly as consumers, savers, investors, citizens, members of the workforce, and effective participants in a global economy.

9. Global Association of Teachers of Economics • a national and international membership organization sponsored by the National Council on Economic Education exclusively for K-12 teachers and others who are interested in economic and financial education.

10. Canadian Foundation for Economic Education • works to promote and assist the enhanced economic capability of Canadians — that is, to increase the extent to which Canadians assume their economic roles, and make economic decisions, with competence and confidence

11. Delta PI Epsilon (DPE) • Delta Pi Epsilon is a national honorary professional graduate society for men and women devoted to the advancement and professionalization of business education. The ideals of the Society are based on scholarship, leadership, and cooperation. Membership is based on scholarship and the completion of at least six hours of graduate study with at least a B average in business or education or a related discipline from a regionally accredited institution. The Society strives to improve business education through conducting and disseminating the findings of research-based activities and sponsoring an annual research conference. • Regular publications of DPE include The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal (journal), Business Education Index (index of published articles in business education), and Instructional Strategies: An Applied Research Series (information on current topics for classroom educators).

12. Association for Business Communications • The Association for Business Communication (ABC) is an international organization committed to fostering excellence in business communication scholarship, research, education, and practice. • The Journal of Business Communication (JBC) includes manuscripts that contribute to knowledge and theory of business communication as a distinct, multifaceted field approached through the administrative disciplines, the liberal arts, and the social sciences. • Business Communication Quarterly (BCQ) focuses on the teaching and practice of business communication

13. Public Legal Association (PLEA) • The Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) was incorporated in 1980 as a non-profit, non-government organization which exists to educate, inform and empower through law-related education.