To engage and empower alternative/non-traditional educators to positively impact students’ lives, by providing resources, advocacy, and professional learning.
Our 2025 Annual Conference in New Orleans
October 6-8, 2025
Sheraton New Orleans
Registration Now Live!
Check out a great discussion on Leading with Purpose
Fostering Resilience and Transforming School Culture, featuring
WhyTry and members of the NAEA Board!
About Us
The NAEA is a volunteer organization dedicated to information sharing and professional development, best practice, public policy, and advocacy for alternative learning and teaching. Created in 2002 through the efforts of several officers from the original Safe Schools Coalition (SSC), the Association has sponsored an annual conference on alternative education for the past several years. When the Safe Schools Coalition decided to disband, its officers were determined to continue the much needed work that had been started and created a national professional association dedicated to alternative educators and alternative education options.
