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LEADERSHIP CIRCLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Add Your Organization's Voice to the Voice of Adult Education in Massachusetts. Become an MCAE Organizational Member or Join the MCAE Leadership Circle!
When
your program becomes an organizational member of MCAE or joins MCAE's Leadership Circle, you add
your organization's voice to our statewide network of adult basic
education programs and add strength to our advocacy and public
education efforts.
- MCAE leads the defense of the state ABE line item and
has been responsible for maintaining that line item through
very difficult times.
- MCAE provides timely information about policy and
budget to the ABE field.
- MCAE provides ABE staff development opportunities,
including the annual Network Conference, the largest annual
adult education conference in New England.
- MCAE promotes ABE by giving awards to individuals and
organizations that make exemplary contributions to the field.
Enjoy the same great benefits while choosing a membership level that best fits your circumstances and allows you the flexibility to be as generous as possible.
Thank you very much for your support.
MCAE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
The MCAE Leadership Circle membership is $500 and lasts for exactly one year
from the date that payment is received at the MCAE office.
As a member of the Leadership Circle, your organization and its staff, students and volunteers receive the following benefits:
- Continued rigorous advocacy at the state and federal levels for ABE funding, policies and legislation (e.g., legislative briefings and meetings, MCAE Alerts, MCAE Grassroots, MCAE News, MCAE Working Conditions blog);
- Priority service for employees of your program to access discounted health insurance rates in Massachusetts through NASRO;
- 4 Discounted registrations to MCAE events, including the Network Conference, New England’s largest and most respected ABE conference
- High visibility program listing on the MCAE website as a Leadership Circle or Organizational Member program, including a link to your website;
- Priority status for advocacy technical assistance, including staff and student leadership; and
- Exclusive ability of anyone at your program to nominate candidates for MCAE’s annual awards.
- Staff, students, and volunteers at your program can participate in
an MCAE Committee, including Public Policy, Working Conditions,
Conference, Awards, Development, Media, and Membership
- Program listing on MCAE's website as a member of the Leadership Circle, with a link to the
organization's website
To download the Leadership Circle membership form that you can complete and mail to MCAE, please click here.
If you need an invoice from MCAE for Leadership Circle membership, click here.
MCAE ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
MCAE Organizational Membership is $200 and lasts for exactly one year
from the date that payment is received at the MCAE office.
As an MCAE organizational member, your organization and its staff, students and volunteers receive the following benefits:
- Continued rigorous advocacy at the state and federal levels for ABE funding, policies and legislation (e.g., legislative briefings and meetings, MCAE Alerts, MCAE Grassroots, MCAE News, MCAE Working Conditions blog);
- Priority service for employees of your program to access discounted health insurance rates in Massachusetts through NASRO;
- 1 Discounted registrations to MCAE events, including the Network Conference, New England’s largest and most respected ABE conference
- High visibility program listing on the MCAE website as a Leadership Circle or Organizational Member program, including a link to your website;
- Priority status for advocacy technical assistance, including staff and student leadership; and
- Exclusive ability of anyone at your program to nominate candidates for MCAE’s annual awards.
- Staff, students, and volunteers at your program can participate in
an MCAE Committee, including Public Policy, Working Conditions,
Conference, Awards, Development, Media, and Membership
- Program listing on MCAE's website as a member of the Leadership Circle, with a link to the
organization's website
To download the organizational form that you can complete and mail to MCAE, please click here.
If you need an invoice from MCAE for Organizational membership, click here.
For both the Organizational Membership and the Leadership Circle,
the benefits are not retroactive, but are valid going forward.
THROUGH THEIR DUES, ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS AND THE LEADERSHIOP CIRCLE SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
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The MCAE Public Policy Committee coordinates advocacy activities for increased recognition and support for ABE, including increased funding, inclusion in policy initiatives, and developing policies that help increase the success of adult learners in meeting their educational goals.
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All ABE practitioners, students, volunteers, and allies can contribute to the MCAE Working Conditions Blog, “Making a Living(?) in Adult Education.”
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All ABE practitioners, students, volunteers, and allies can subscribe to MCAE’s online publications, MCAE Alerts and MCAE News.
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All ABE programs can have staff, volunteers, and students participate in civic engagement/student leadership workshops at MCAE, in the program’s region, or at the program, depending on programs needs and preferences.
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All ABE programs can receive technical assistance from MCAE regarding media and educating the public about the benefits of ABE and local programs.
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All ABE programs are eligible for being the MCAE featured program on the MCAE website.
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