MISSION STATEMENT
   
The mission of the Rhode Island Business Educators Association (RIBEA) is to recognize, inform, support, and empower business educators in order that they will be able to gainfully project and secure a positive, strong image and respect for the role of business education in their schools and in the State of Rhode Island.

The purpose of the Rhode Island Business Educators Association is to:

• Promote business education within Rhode Island

• Promote standards of achievement among students

• Recognize students who have achieved excellence in business education

• Address issues on the requirements of teacher certification and establish standards         for teacher training programs

• Conduct seminars and workshops to address the needs of business teachers in the classroom

• Promote the use of technology in business education

• Address issues on state funding for business education


~An affiliate of the National Business Education Association and
Eastern Business Education Association~

The Rhode Island Business Educators Association was organized in 1950 by a team of active business educators chaired by Lucy Medeiros. 



R I B E A--Mission and Purpose