Professional Organizations

These professional organizations are recommended by Education faculty. Membership typically includes a subscription to professional journals and invitations to attend, and present at, local, state, and national conferences. Professional organizations offer rich opportunities to network for career advancement.

General Education Organizations

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) 
• National Education Association (NEA) 
• National Education Association Student Program (NEASP) 
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• New York State ASCD
• American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) 
• Phi Delta Kappa 
• Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT) 
• National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) 
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) 
• Association of American University Women (AAUW)

Languages, Literacy, and Reading

• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 
• International Literacy Association (ILA) 
• New York State Reading Association (NYSRA) 
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 

Social Studies/History

• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) 

Science

• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) 
• International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Council on Technology Teacher Education (ITEEA/CTTE) 
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)/eGFI Program

Mathematics

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 
• Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS) 

Childhood Education

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

Exceptional and Disabilities

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 
• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) 
• Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) 

Technology

• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) 
• Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) 
• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
• International Technology And Engineering Educators Association Council on Technology Teacher Education (ITEEA/CTTE) 

Sport/PE

• SHAPE America/Physical Education