These organizations represent all of the major, noncurricular-based, national associations that represent the education profession. (The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development represents all curricular-area associations.) Because of the broad range of constituencies within these associations, their consensus view represents what is current and needed in education. This consensus view truly makes their selection the nation's Teacher of the Year.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
National Education Association (NEA)
National Congress of Parents and Teachers (PTA)
National Middle School Association (NMSA)
National School Boards Association (NSBA)
National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA)