Organization #1: NAESP (The National Association of Elementary School Principles)
- To connect with NAESP, one can visit their Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Flickr, or NAESP News Blog.
- $280 for an active institutional membership, yearly.
- Benefits: Legal Defense, Liability Insurance, Numerous Publications, Conferences, Advocacy, Online Learning, Grant Opportunities, Job Postings, and much more.
- There are periodicals included in membership.
- Included in the membership is an annual committee conference towards the beginning of each year.
-This is a great organization for elementary school principles to collaborate and communicate with other colleagues who face the same challenges and who can share breakthroughs, new and old ideas, and best, well thought-out, practices of the time!
Organization #2: MEMSPA (Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association)
- State funding for principals to help their school and teachers succeed. This organization provides exceptional resources and information.
-$555 for a years membership.
-Benefits: Legal/Liability Insurance, full access to websites relevant, discounts of professional development, association resources, and more.
-There are principal magazines, the 'Marshall Memo,' sent weekly, and 'The Main Idea,' published 10 times a year.
-The membership includes conferences 5 times a year too absorb the latest developments in the field, and more. There is also ongoing professional development included through out the year as well.
-This organization works really hard to ensure the advocacy of principals in Michigan, making sure important things such as school funding, evaluation standards, education policy matters, and more are being taken care of.
Note how you chose two expensive organizations. Most content area associations are under $100/year. These are primarily for administrators (who make the big bucks ;-), so it might be helpful to pull whatever free stuff they offer to everyone (like their twitter feed and maybe a blog).
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