YOUR ATPE
FINDING THE BEST FIT
Which Membership Category Should You Join for 2020-21? If your employment status is changing for the upcoming 2020-21 school year, you need to make sure to renew your ATPE membership in the correct category.
Are you a 2019-20 college student member?
Are you a 2019-20 student teacher member?
Are you moving into an administrator role in 2020-21?
If you will be student teaching or doing classroom observations in 2020-21, renew in the student teacher category so you have access to legal resources.*
If you will be teaching in your own classroom in 2020-21, renew as a first-time professional member so you have access to legal resources.*
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If you will be employed as a principal, assistant superintendent, or superintendent for 2020-21, renew in the administrator member category so that you have access to legal resources.*
If your 2020-21 coursework will not include classroom observations, renew in the college student category. (This is not an insured category.)
If you will be substitute teaching, renew in the associate category to have access to legal resources.*
or If you will be a director or vice principal, renew in the professional member category to have access to legal resources.*
Are you retiring at the end of 2019-20?
Are you planning not to work in education in 2020-21?
If you are retiring at the end of 2019-20, continue your ATPE membership in 2020-21 by renewing in the retired category for only $10.
If you will not be working in education in 2020-21, remain a part of the ATPE community by renewing in the public category for only $35. Public members receive ATPE publications and save using our services and discounts.
or The retired category is not an insured category, so if you will be substituting, you need to renew in the associate category to have access to legal resources.*
or The public category is not an insured category, so if you will be substituting, you need to renew in the associate category to have access to legal resources.*
Please contact ATPE Membership at members@atpe.org or (800) 777-2873 if you have questions about which membership category you should join. *Eligibility, terms, conditions, and limitations apply. Visit atpe.org/protection to view important disclosures and complete details of the insurance policy. Staff attorney services are provided separate from the Educators Professional Liability Insurance Program. ATPE NEWS 35
