Professional Organization Links

Professional associations which have been formed by professionals in every subject-matter area strongly influence education. They publish journals, newsletters, and books describing research and best of practice. They hold conventions and conferences to provide ongoing educational experiences and networking opportunities for their members and attendees. Many offer reduced membership fees for full-time students.

At CSULB

• CSULB Association of Future Educators

Education as a Whole

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• Kappa Delta Pi (KDP)
• National Education Association (NEA)
• Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)

Early Childhood Education

• Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Health / PE / Dance

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)

Literacy (English Language Arts)

• American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
• American Library Association (ALA)
• California Association of Teachers of English
• California Center for the Book
• California Readers
• California Reading Association (CRA)
• Center for the Book - Library of Congress
• Children's Book Council (CBC)
• Children's Literature Council of Southern California
• International Reading Association (IRA)
  • Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group (CL/R SIG)
  • Content Area Reading Special Interest Group
  • History of Reading Special Interest Group
  • Literacy and Social Responsibility Special Interest Group (L-SR SIG)
  • Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading Special Interest Group
  • Phonics Special Interest Group
  • Professors of Reading Teacher Educators Special Interest Group
  • Technology in Literacy Special Interest Group
  • Other Special Interest Groups
• National Center for Family Literacy
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • Children's Literature Assembly (CLA)
• National Institute for Literacy
• National Reading Conference (NRC)
• National Reading Panel
• Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
• Technology, Reading, and Learning Difficulties (TRLD) Conference

Literacy (Math)

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Literacy (The Arts)

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)
• Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
• National Art Education Association (NAEA)

Literacy (Second Language)

• National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)

Science

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Social Studies

• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Special Education

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
• Technology, Reading, and Learning Difficulties (TRLD) Conference

Technology

• Computer-Using Educators (CUE)
• Technology, Reading, and Learning Difficulties (TRLD) Conference

Last update: 3/23/06