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Regular membership annual dues are calculated using the member’s previous fiscal year’s salary, using the following formula: Annual salary x .009 = total annual dues.*
* Minimum = $532.80 for members earning under $59,200. Maximum = $1,690.56 for members earning $187,800 or more. Administrator/teachers: use administrator earnings only.
Regular member benefits include:
- Access to professional legal assistance* and professional liability coverage
- The ability to serve on a state, region or charter committee, council or board.
- Voting privileges if serving as a delegate or voting member for ACSA’s Leadership Assembly.
- Timely news and practical information through EdCal, ACSA’s weekly newspaper, and Leadership, the association’s professional magazine, featuring articles by and for school administrators.
- Public relations support, including crisis management, community engagement, and rebranding.
- Résumé review and feedback from experienced administrators and members of the ACSA Human Resources Council.
- Weekly postings of administrative job openings in EdCal and on ACSA’s online Career Center.
- Up-to-the-minute news on State and Federal budget and legislative issues that impact K-12 funding and policy.
- Discounted member rates to attend ACSA’s professional development programs, including conferences, workshops and academies.
- Group insurance plans and discount purchasing on travel, entertainment, fitness, shopping, financial advising, and more.
- Knowledge resources and publishing opportunities in ACSA’s publications and the online Resource Hub.
- Invaluable professional networks at the local and state levels.
- Eligibility for ACSA awards, including Administrator of the Year.
* Available after a minimum of six months of Regular membership.
Associate member benefits include:
- Timely news and practical information through EdCal, ACSA’s weekly newspaper, and Leadership, the association’s professional magazine, featuring articles by and for school administrators.
- Public relations support, including crisis management, community engagement, and rebranding.
- Résumé review and feedback from experienced administrators and members of the ACSA Human Resources Council.
- Weekly postings of administrative job openings in EdCal and on ACSA’s online Career Center.
- Up-to-the-minute news on State and Federal budget and legislative issues that impact K-12 funding and policy.
- Discounted member rates to attend ACSA’s professional development programs, including conferences, workshops and academies.
- Group insurance plans and discount purchasing on travel, entertainment, fitness, shopping, financial advising, and more.
- Knowledge resources and publishing opportunities in ACSA’s publications and the online Resource Hub.
- Invaluable professional networks at the local and state levels.
- Eligibility for ACSA awards, including Administrator of the Year.
Student member benefits include:
- Timely news and practical information through EdCal, ACSA’s weekly newspaper, and Leadership, the association’s professional magazine, featuring articles by and for school administrators.
- Public relations support, including crisis management, community engagement, and rebranding.
- Résumé review and feedback from experienced administrators and members of the ACSA Human Resources Council.
- Weekly postings of administrative job openings in EdCal and on ACSA’s online Career Center.
- Up-to-the-minute news on State and Federal budget and legislative issues that impact K-12 funding and policy.
- Discounted member rates to attend ACSA’s professional development programs, including conferences, workshops and academies.
- Group insurance plans and discount purchasing on travel, entertainment, fitness, shopping, financial advising, and more.
- Knowledge resources and publishing opportunities in ACSA’s publications and the online Resource Hub.
- Invaluable professional networks at the local and state levels.
Retired member benefits include:
- Timely news and practical information through EdCal, ACSA’s weekly newspaper, and Leadership, the association’s professional magazine, featuring articles by and for school administrators.
- Discounted registration to Leadership Summit.
- Notifications of all interim administrative positions.
- Group insurance plans and discount purchasing on travel, entertainment, fitness, shopping, financial advising, and more.
- Knowledge resources and publishing opportunities in ACSA’s publications and the online Resource Hub.
- Professional networks at the local and state levels.
- Eligibility for certain ACSA awards.
- Service on the Council of Retired Leaders.
Retired Emeritus member benefits include:
- Digital editions of ACSA publications, EdCal and Leadership magazine, as well as knowledge resources and publishing opportunities.
- Discounted registration to Leadership Summit.
- Notifications of all interim administrative positions.
- Group insurance plans and discount purchasing on travel, entertainment, fitness, shopping, financial advising, and more.
- Professional networks at the local and state levels.
- Eligibility for certain ACSA awards.
- Service on the Council of Retired Leaders.
District benefits include:
- ACSA professional staff assistance during work stoppage.
- Sample contracts and guidelines.
- Professional development events for classified school administrators/managers available at a reduced member rate.
School board member benefits include:
- Timely updates on state and federal public budget issues as they impact K-12 education from a school management perspective.
- Subscriptions to ACSA publications: EdCal, ACSA’s weekly newspaper, which includes legislative updates and CareerConnect job openings, and Leadership, ACSA’s professional magazine, published five times a year.
- Discounted member registration rates at ACSA’s Leadership Summit and all ACSA professional learning programs. (Non-member registration rates are approximately double the member rate.)