PD-Professional+Associations

//Post professional associations of interest to doctoral students in Education here.// //This list is by no means comprehensive and is only intended to be representative of the many opportunities that are available to those who wish to become more involved in professional pursuits.//


 * //Administrators, Community Members, Curriculum Supervisors, Librarians, Parents, & Unions//
 * //Agriscience//
 * //Art//
 * //English-Language Arts//
 * //Family & Consumer Science//
 * //Graduate Student Organizations//
 * //Kinesiology//
 * //Math//
 * //Music//
 * //Professional Listservs//
 * //Research//
 * //Science//
 * //Social Studies//
 * //Special Education//
 * //Technical Education//
 * //World Languages//
 * //[|Language Immersion Experiences] (for Students & Teachers)//
 * //Language Resource Centers//
 * //Language-Specific Organizations//
 * //Regional Language Organizations//
 * //State Language Organizations//



//**Administrators, Community Members, Curriculum Supervisors, Librarians, Parents, & Unions**//
[| American Association of School Administrators (AASA)]

[| American Federation of Teachers (AFT)]

[|American Library Association (ALA)]

[|Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD)]

[| National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)]

[| National Education Association (NEA)]

[|National Middle School Association (NMSA)]

[|National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)]

[| National School Boards Association (NSBA)]

[|U.S. Department of Education (USDE)]



**//Art//**
[| National Art Education Association]



**//Business & Technology//**
[| Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)]

[|Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)]

[| The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)]

[|Computer Using Educators (CUE)]

[| Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)]

[|International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)]

[|Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)]



**//English-Language Arts//**
[| International Reading Association (IRA)]

[|National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)]



//Graduate Student Organizations//
[|Council of Graduate Students]



**//Kinesiology//**
[| American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)] - (Links to numerous professional organizations)



**//Math//**
[| Mathematical Association of America (MAA)]

[| National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC)]

[| National Council of Teachers of Math (NCTM)]

[|School Science & Math Association (SSMA)]



**//Music//**
[| MENC: The National Association for Music Education (MENC)]



//**Professional Listservs**//
[|AERA Graduate Student Listserv]

[| FLTEACH] - Listserv for PreK-16 language educators from around the world

[|H-Grad] - A listserv open solely to graduate students from around the world. Includes announcements, discussion forum, job postings

[|National Council of Teachers of English Listserv]

National Council of Teachers of Math Listserv



//Research//
[|American Educational Research Association (AERA)]



**//Science//**
[| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)]

[|American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)]

[|The Association for Science Education (ASE)]

[| National Academy of Sciences (NAS)]

[| National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)]

[| National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)]

[| National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)]

[| National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA)]

[|National Marine Educators Association (NMEA)]

[|National Science Foundation (NSF)]

[|National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)]

[| School Science & Math Association (SSMA)]



**//Social Studies//**
[| The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)]

[|National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)]



**//Special Education//**
[| American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)]

[| Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)]

[| National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)]



**National Language Organizations**
[| American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)] user:chericem1

[| Modern Language Association (MLA)] user:chericem1



**Regional Language Organizations**
(Note: These organizations typically host annual conferences.)

[| Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSC)] user:chericem1

[| Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)] user:chericem1

[|Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA)] user:chericem1

[|South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA)] user:chericem1

[| Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)] user:chericem1

[| Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT)] user:chericem1



**State Language Organizations**
(Note: Most states have a state foreign language association. These organizations typically hold annual or bi-annual conferences, publish and distribute bulletins or newsletters several times per year, and sponsor events for students.)

[| Foreign Language Association of Missouri (FLAM)] user:chericem1

[| Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ)] user:chericem1

[| Iowa World Language Association (IWLA)] user:chericem1

[|Kansas World Language Association (KWLA)] user:chericem1

[| Michigan World Language Association (MiWLA)] user:chericem1

[|New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT)] user:chericem1



**Language Resource Centers**
(Note: There are 14 National Language Resource Centers in the U.S. These centers typically offer access to high quality classroom resources, professional development opportunities, and research. The //Foreign Language Resource Centers// link will take you to a page that lists all of them.)

[| Center for Language Education and Research (Michigan State University)] user:chericem1

[| Foreign Language Resource Centers] user:chericem1

[| National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center (Iowa State University)] user:chericem1



**Language or Purpose-specific Organizations**
(Note: Many of these organizations host annual conferences, publish professional journals, and also have state and/or local chapters that sponsor activities for students and offer resources for teachers.)

[| American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)] user:chericem1

[| American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)] user:chericem1

[| American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)] user:chericem1

[|American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)] user:chericem1

[| American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)] user:chericem1

[| American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)] user:chericem1

[|American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Language Programs (AAUSC)] user:chericem1

[| Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ)] user:chericem1

[|Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)] user:chericem1

[| Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan (JTAM)] user:chericem1


 * Some of the information on this page was compiled from information from the following sites:**

[| AMS]

[|California Science Project]

[| CMSE]

[| Highlights TeacherNet]

[|KFS Educational Technology Resources]

[| TechLearning]

[|The Sourcebook for Teaching Science]

See also: Conferences

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