The Texas State Teachers Association was founded in 1880 to support, defend and advocate for Texas schoolteachers and support staff. If you have chosen a career in education, let us help you have the best career you can have. On this site you can join us, read more about membership benefits, access the TSTA Help Center, get links to government representatives,  and find out more about news and events that matter to you.

MISSION STATEMENT 

The Texas State Teachers Association will unite, organize and empower public education advocates to shape public education in Texas thus providing a quality public school for every child.

VISION STATEMENT 

In order to shape public education in Texas, the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) will:

• Be receptive and responsive to the diverse needs of the membership, embracing differences;
• Be results-oriented, achieving outcomes that have a clear impact on members;
• Focus on systemic change, rather than on individual change; and
• Generate sufficient resources to expand association programs and services to meet all organizational needs.

TSTA will maintain an internal culture that values: 

• Open, honest and respectful communication;
• Organizational and individual change based on data, assessment and evaluation; and
• Shared accountability, collaboration and teamwork among all stakeholders - members, leaders, management and staff.

Further, TSTA must 

• Focus its resources on organizing; and
• Recruit and visibly organize within locals that show potential and commitment.