Membership

Become a member of PAEA/NAEA and enjoy your community of professionals

Join by going to the National Art Education Association website.

Enjoy all these benefits:

  • Attend the world’s largest art education professional development program
  • Enjoy automatic membership in the Pennsylvania Art Education Association
  • Order publications like the Design Standards for School Art Facilities at substantial discount
  • Enhance your teaching with free art prints and lesson plan ideas in your bimonthly Journals
  • Apply for Teacher Incentive Grants of $500 or $1000
  • Receive help for teaching questioning skills in art education
  • Present workshops at national and state conventionsConsider job opportunities in National Arts Placement Newsletter
  • Opt for all kinds of insurance programs (including liability) at reduced rates
  • Obtain a free copy of the keynote addresses from recent national conventions
  • Establish a National Art Society to motivate your outstanding students
  • Learn tips on behavior management in the art classroom
  • Order a free poster depicting safe substitutes in art
  • Discover the latest art education developments on national/state levels
  • Apply for a fellowship from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Teacher-as-Artist Program
  • Request a set of free advocacy flyers promoting quality art education
  • Study a copy of Creating a Visual Arts Agenda Toward the 21st Century
  • Connect to a support network of over 13,000 dedicated art educators who speak your language and share your concerns
  • Qualify for a national recognition award

And more . . .

  • You get to apply for some seed money (up to $500) in NAEA’s Teacher Incentive Grants program or apply for our Teachers as Artists Program fellowship to go create your own art for three weeks in the summer in Colorado.
  • Save time in your advocacy efforts by using our Flyer Series or our Elementary Principals Guide, or our School Board Members and Superintendents Guide, or simply brush up your PR skills by reading Promoting School Art.
  • You could receive some of $7,500 given to NAEA art teacher award winners each year through NAEA’s Annual Teacher Recognition Awards Program. You receive helpful tips on mainstreaming exceptional children by getting NAEA Advisories or get some hints on identifying gifted students by reading NAEA’s Translations Newsletters.