Wednesday, July 29, 2009

More information on Professional Organizations in Education

American Association for Adult & Continuing Education http://www.aaace.org/ The AAACE is dedicated to providing leadership in the field of adult and continuing education by expanding opportunities for adult growth and development; unifying adult educators; fostering the development and dissemination of theory, research, information, and best practices promoting identity and standards for the profession; and advocating relevant public policy and social change initiatives.
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education http://www.aacte.org/ Contains news, resources, publications, meetings and information on awards given by the association.
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) http://www.aapt.org/ A web site that contains helpful ideas and information for teachers and students. Read about programs, conferences and contests on physics.
American Association of School Administrators (AASA) http://www.aasa.org Web site offers information on awards and scholarships, conferences and an online career center.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) http://www.aauw.org/ Contains information about the association, resources on women educators, and articles on gender issues in education.
American Council on Education (ACE) http://acenet.edu/ Find information about resources, programs, events and workshops hosted by the ACE.
American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) http://www.acres-sped.org/ Contains information on conferences and publications, as well as other links on rural special education.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages http://www.actfl.org/ The only national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction. Web site provides the latest breaking news in the field of foreign language education.
American Educational Research Association (AERA) http://www.aera.net/ AERA is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
American Federation of Teachers http://www.aft.org/ Web site offers resources on meetings, conferences, grants, scholarships and jobs as well as links to other local sites all over the country.
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) http://www.asee.org/ The ASEE is a nonprofit organization of individuals, institutions, and companies dedicated to improving all aspects of engineering education.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development http://www.ascd.org/ Contains full-text articles published in Educational leadership, descriptions of every ASCD professional institute or conference. Also, provides distance learning opportunities and professional development programs available online.
Committee for Education Funding (CEF) http://www.cef.org/ Web site provides information on publications, research and grants.
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) http://cosn.org/ CoSN is the national voice for advocating access to the emerging National Information Infrastructure in schools.
Council of Chief State School Officers http://www.ccsso.org/ The Council of Chief State School Officers is a nationwide, nonprofit organization composed of public officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in the states.
Council of the Great City Schools http://www.cgcs.org/ The Council of the Great City Schools brings together some of the largest urban public school systems in the country in a coalition dedicated to the improvement of education in the inner cities.
Education Commission of the States (ECS) http://ecs.org/ The ECS is a national nonprofit organization that helps state leaders improve education for all young people. The ECS online service offers information about what's going on throughout the country on a host of current hot issues in education.
Education World: The World's Educational Resources on the Web http://www.education-world.com/ The subtitle says it all. Provides an index of links, as well as search capabilities, to educational jobs, resources in the literature and an educational calendar of events.
Global Schoolhouse http://gsh.org/ Sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, this site provides access to examples of online school projects from around the world and the option to register your school's project. Also, contains access to Microsoft specific resources.
Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) http://www.iel.org/ Links to publications, programs and fellowships sponsored by IEL.
International Reading Association (IRA) http://www.reading.org/ The IRA seeks to promote high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction through studying the reading processes and teaching techniques.
International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) http://www.insea.org/ Web site with world council contacts, publications, research information, and more.
International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org/ Web site contains an online bookstore, information about research projects, teacher resources, professional development and organization publications.
International Technology Education Association (ITEA) http://www.iteaconnect.org/ The ITEA is a professional organization of technology teachers, whose mission is to promote technological literacy for all by supporting the teaching of technology and promoting the professionalism of those engaged in this pursuit.
National Alliance of Black School Educators http://www.nabse.org/ Web site for the nation's largest network of African American educators. Offers resources for Professional Development Programs and Information Sharing around innovative instructional and learning strategies that have proven successful in motivating black youth and increasing academic performance in critical learning areas.
National Art Education Association (NAEA) http://www.naea-reston.org/ The NAEA is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to promoting art education through Professional Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership.
National Association for Bilingual Education http://www.nabe.org/ Contains information on bilingual education research, publications, and conferences.
National Association for Gifted Children http://www.nagc.org/ Contains the mission statement of NAGC, the NAGC calendar of events, announcements and competitions of the organization, awards, conferences, publications and information for parents.
National Association for the Education of Young Children http://www.naeyc.org/ NAYEC's web site contains details about its mission, its goal and programs, as well as parent information and links to useful resources.
National Association of State Boards of Education http://www.nasbe.org/ Contains links to all state boards of education and descriptions of current projects underway.
National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) http://www.ncee.org/ The NCEE is organized to provide tools, professional development programs, technical assistance services, and other resources to support standards-based reform.
National Council of Teachers of English http://www.ncte.org/ This web site provides great resources for teachers. You can talk directly to other teachers, find out about new books, research and other news. You can also find out about jobs and rewards.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) http://www.nctm.org/ Web site provides information about the organization, news and hot topics, as well as NCTM products and publications.
National Education Association http://www.nea.org/ Contains useful links to students, teachers, parents; also, information about new publications, technology and educational materials.
National Institute for Science Education http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/NISE/ In this web site, you can learn about NISE's news, activities, publications and conferences, as well as about research programs.
National PTA http://www.pta.org/ Provides links to PTA's and child advocacy organizations as well as information about program areas.
National Rural Education Association (NREA)http://www.nrea.net/ The NREA is an organization of rural school administrators, teachers, board members, regional service agency personnel, researchers, business and industry representatives and others.
National School Boards Association http://www.nsba.org/ Contains full text articles from "School Board News," new publications and other resources.
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) http://www.nsta.org/ The NSTA is committed to the improvement of science education at all levels -- preschool through college.
National Writing Project http://www.writingproject.org/ Contains a calendar of events, as well as information on programs, publications and resources for improving writing in the nation's schools.
Reading Online http://www.readingonline.org/ An electronic journal of the International Reading Association which contains full-text articles, electronic classes, and research news.
Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. http://www.shodor.org/ Web site for the non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and mathematics education.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages http://www.tesol.org/ Contains membership information, association news, career services, and news of TESOL's publications and programs.
Virginia Association of School Superintendents http://vass.edschool.virginia.edu/ Contains full text articles from the association's newsletter, job lead information and legislative updates.

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