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Specialized Professional Associations (SPAs)

Specialized Professional Associations are national organizations representing teachers, professional education faculty, and other school personnel. They each produce their own publications in addition to containing current standards for curriculum and educator preparation.

Subject-Specific Organizations

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
International Literacy Association (ILA)
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA)
Music Teachers National Association
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Child-Centered Organizations

Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)

Technology Organizations

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Specialist Organizations

American Library Association (ALA)
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

Leadership Organizations

AASA, the School Superintendents Association
ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)