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Want to Know More?The resources listed below may include freely-available sites on the World Wide Web, printed materials available in the Washington State University Libraries, and electronic resources available only to WSU-affiliated users. One or more of the following symbols should be found next to each of the individual resources listed below:
- (WWW) - World Wide Web (a site that is freely available to all users);
- (WSU) - WSU Library Resource (an item that is physically available in the George B. Brain Education Library, or elsewhere in the WSU Libraries. The call number that follows the WSU designation may point non-WSU users to similar resources in their local libraries):
Note: All resources on this page are freely-accessible Web sites (WWW), but not all resources on every site are freely available (some are resticted to "members only"). Clicking on any of the links to external resources provided below will open a new browser window.
NCATE Constituent Organizations
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) is the accrediting body for teacher education programs at the college and university level. NCATE is "a coalition of 33 specialty professional associations of teachers, teacher educators, content specialists, and local and state policy makers."
The Web sites maintained by these NCATE constituent organizations provide access to professional resources including discussion lists, publications, membership materials, etc. Virtually every one of these sites includes a considerable amount of freely-accessible material, but all include additional information accessible only to members.
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
- American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
- Association for Education Communications and Technology (AECT)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
- Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
- Council of Learned Societies in Education (CLSE)
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
- International Reading Association (IRA)
- International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
- International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Association of Black School Educators (NABSE)
- National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
- National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
- National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- National Education Association (NEA)
- National Middle School Association (NMSA)
- National School Boards Association (NSBA)
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Note: The NCATE listing of constituent organizations is available here.
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
- American Association of Physics Teachers
- American Association of School Librarians
- American College Personnel Association
- American School Counselor Association
- Association for the Education of Teachers of Science
- Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
- Education Law Association
- Educational Theatre Association
- European Educational Research Association
- National Art Education Association
- National Association of Biology Teachers
- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
- National School Public Relations Association
Washington Organizations and Affiliates
- Association of Washington School Principals
- Washington Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- Washington Association for the Education of Young Children
- Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Washington Association of School Administrators
- Washington Association for the Education of Speakers of Other Languages
- Washington Education Association
- Washington Federation of Teachers
- Washington Library Association
- Washington Library Media Association
- Washington Science Teachers Association
- Washington State Council for Social Studies
- Washington State Council of Teachers of English
- Washington State Mathematics Council
- Washington State School Directors Association
- Washington School Counselor Association
- Resources of Scholarly Societies - Education (WWW)
- Part of the University of Waterloo's Scholarly Societies Project, site provides links to scholarly societies in education from around the world. (Submitted by Joan Fiscella, University of Illinois - Chicago)
URL: http://www.scholarly-societies.org/education_soc.html
- Yahoo! Directory of Educational Organizations
- Links to a variety of education-oriented organizations, including professional, scholarly, and issues-based groups.
URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Organizations/