Professional+Organizations

**[|ASCD EDge: A Professional Networking Community for Educators]** ASCD Social networking platform for educators [|ascdedge.ascd.org]

**[|National Science Teachers Association]** NSTA is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching. [|www.nsta.org]



**[|National Middle School Association]** NMSA is the only national education association dedicated exclusively to those in the middle level grades. [|www.nmsa.org]

**[|National Education Association]** NEA's mission is to advocate for education professionals and to unite members to fulfill the promise of public education. [|www.nea.org]

**[|National Council of Teacher of Mathematics]** The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education supporting teachers to ensure equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students through vision, leadership, professional development and research. [|www.nctm.org]

**[|National Council for Social Studies]** The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators. [|www.socialstudies.org]

[|National Association for Multicultural Education] The founders of NAME envisioned an organization that would bring together individuals and groups with an interest in multicultural education from all levels of education, different academic disciplines and from diverse educational institutions and occupations. [|nameorg.org]

**[|National Association of Bilingual Education]** The National Association for Bilingual Education is the only national professional organization devoted to representing Bilingual Learners and Bilingual Education professionals. [|www.nabe.org/]

**[|International Society for Technology in Education]** ISTE advances excellence in learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|www.iste.org/welcome.aspx]

**[|International Reading Association]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The mission of the International Reading Association is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide. []

**[|Phi Delta Kappa International]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Phi Delta Kappa International is the premier professional association for educators. For more than 100 years, it has focused its work on the tenets of service, research, and leadership. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|www.pdkintl.org/index.htm]

**[|ASCD]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|www.ascd.org/]