If your employment status is changing for the upcoming 2021-22 school year, you need to make sure to renew your ATPE membership in the correct category. Let us help! 

Are you a 2020-21 college student member?

• If you will be a clinical teacher or doing classroom observations in 2021-22, renew in the student teacher category so you have access to legal resources.*
• If your 2021-22 coursework will not include classroom observations, renew in the college student category. (This is not an insured category.)

Are you a 2020-21 student teacher member?

• If you will be teaching in your own classroom in 2021-22, renew as a first-time professional member so you have access to legal resources.*
• If you will be substitute teaching, renew in the associate category to have access to legal resources.^*

Are you moving into an administrator role in 2021-22?

• If you will be employed as a principal, area superintendent, or superintendent for 2021-22, renew in the administrator category so that you have access to legal resources.*
• If you will be a vice principal, renew in the professional category to have access to legal resources.*

Are you retiring at the end of 2020-21?

• If you are retiring at the end of 2020-21, continue your ATPE membership in 2021-22 by renewing in the retired category for only $10.
• 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.*

Are you planning not to work in education in 2021-22?

• If you will not be working in education in 2021-22, 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.
• 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.