MAESP Membership Benefits

• MAESP offers opportunities for association networking with your colleagues through district meetings.
• MAESP advocates legislation to strengthen the role of the elementary principal and to improve education in Missouri.
• MAESP officers and committee members represent elementary administrators at educational meetings and hearings.
• MAESP conducts the annual Spring Conference, the New School Leaders Training, and other special meetings.
• MAESP provides for professional growth opportunities.
• MAESP members receive regular publications to keep them informed on professional concerns and association activities.
• MAESP sponsors a state banquet to honor Missouri Distinguished Principals.
• MAESP provides additional services through partnerships with private business organizations.
• MAESP maintains an effective liaison with the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
• MAESP is affiliated with the National Association of Elementary School Principals and sends delegates and representatives to NAESP meetings and seminars.
• MAESP participation in Zone 8 provides an additional influence at the national level.
• MAESP offers Aspiring Principal Conferences to encourage qualified educators to enter school administration.
• MAESP offers an Assistant Principals Conference to provide principals with the skills and tools necessary to become a successful Assistant Principal.
• MAESP offers reduced membership fees to first-year principals.
• MAESP offers housing arrangements for the NAESP convention.
• MAESP offers crisis legal counseling for contract difficulties.
• MAESP offers up to $500 (based on continuous membership) for legal fees incurred for contract difficulties.  Members will be provided legal advice and information with regard to state laws and educational issues.

MAESP Membership Categories

Active: Restricted to those who hold a valid elementary principal and/or middle school principal's certificate or have a major responsibility for supervision and administration of an elementary and/or middle school, regardless of title, and persons who are actively engaged in educational research, professional education, elementary or middle school administration. Dues:  $274

Institutional: Reserved for institutions of higher education and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Dues:  $324.00

Aspiring: Reserved for persons not serving in an elementary and/or middle school administrative or supervisory capacity. Dues:  $25.00

Associate: Reserved for those who are not eligible for other types of membership. Dues:  $150.00

Retired: Reserved for retired elementary or middle school administrators. Dues:  $25.00 (Lifetime Retired:  $274.00)

NAESP Membership Benefits

• Professional Identity and prestige among professional organizations and associations.
• Legislative Advocacy. A potent voice speaking on your behalf in Congress and government agencies.
• Legal Benefits Program for Principals (LBP). Legal assistance for eligible due process, job-protection-related legal actions or proceedings up to $10,000 based on continuous years of membership (following a $500 deductible accruing at $1,000 for each year of continuous membership); legal assistance for defense in civil suits up to $14,500; professional liability up to $1,000,000 for payment of judgments or settlements of eligible civil suits.
• Professional Development. Nationally recognized Aspiring Principals Program, National Fellows and Certificate of Advanced Proficiency for practicing principals.
• National Convention. An exciting, challenging national convention, tailored to the interests of elementary and middle school principals.
• Group Insurance Programs. Low cost group term life and health insurance programs, with optional coverage for spouse and children.
• Publications. The award-winning Principal and the Communicator, Streamlined Seminar, Report to Parents, Middle Matters, Here's How, Research Roundup, Student News Today, Standards for Quality Elementary Schools, and Proficiencies for Principals, which digests current educational news for busy principals.
• Research Resources. Fast, efficient research and information, by mail or by phone, answering everyday questions and concerns.

NAESP Membership Categories and Dues

Individual:  Dues $215.00
(includes all NAESP programs and services)

Aspiring:  $70.00

Retired:  $55.00

Associate:  $115.00

Emeritus:  $108.00
(offered to retired members of 10 years or more)

Institutional Active:  $260.00

Institutional Subscription:  Dues $140.00
(includes only publications, individuals not eligible, institution's name only)

International Associate:  $145.00