Membership

Reasons to Join the WAEA/NAEA

What does it take to be a successful educator in the 21st century? The new model is not the lone teacher at work in the classroom. It’s the educator who engages with the community and the world at large. Today, educators are the reflections and creators of our culture. To achieve success, they need to understand and appreciate the challenges and opportunities open to them. They must be able to collaborate and communicate with one another and with many audiences. They need the confidence to lead, to innovate. WAEA offers opportunities to grow professionally as an educator in the 21st century. Join today to strengthen your skills, enrich your resources and to gain support for you, your students, and the community you serve.

State Conference and Arts Time
resources, information, collegial connections and workshops

WAEA Web Site - find out about opportunities, activities and events for you and your students.

Galleries - see the art that other classrooms -- and other art instructors are making. Add your own gallery!
WAEA Members-Only Pages - with Classifieds: retiring? Moving? Swap you art stuff or sell it here.
Downloadable Quizzes, Lessons & Rubrics - the collection is just getting started - add yours to the mix.
Facebook Group Link - talk all about your triumphs and your concerns in the world of art education.

WAEA Senior Scholarship -
each year the WAEA gives at least on scholarship to a high school senior majoring in art education or fine art.

Special Interest Groups -
Ideas and support for each level of instruction from elementary to administration.

Youth Art Month -
a statewide advocacy program to promote the arts that includes informing our state legislators about the importance of the arts.

Placement Services -
listings of available art teaching positions in the NAEA news.

NAEA Publications -
high quality resources on a variety of topics of interest to the art educator

State AND National Membership -
automatic association membership of both state and national orgainzations for a price that hasn’t changed in 30 years. Hurry, the price will be going up soon!

NAEA Web Site -
this is one jam-packed
web site full of information that you will use in your classroom.

National Art Education Convention - Professional development at the largest gathering of art educators in the world, held each spring.

Studies in Art Education -
Scholarly journal with in-depth articles on theory and research in the field

NAEA News - newspaper about programs, books, resources and advocacy

NAEA Awards Program -
honorary, scholastic
and monetary awards to members

It’s Fun
make a lot of new friends with whom you have a lot in common!