SDEA members work in South Dakota's public schools, colleges and universities to help improve public education and the lives of South Dakota's children. SDEA members provide a wide range of professional education services in communities throughout the state.

We teach in kindergarten classrooms and college lecture halls. We counsel adolescents and assist in carving out career aspirations. We drive school buses, prepare for careers in education and prepare school lunches. We direct school plays and coach soccer. We provide professional services that benefit students, schools and the public in virtually every position needed to run South Dakota's schools.

We are the SDEA - Advocating New Directions for Public Education.