Finding the Best Fit: Which Membership Category Should You Join for 2024-25

Association of Texas Professional Educators

If your employment status is changing for the upcoming 2024-25 school year, you may need to make a change in your membership category. Log in to atpe.org/member-updates to notify ATPE of the change(s) you will need.

Are you a 2023-24 college student member?

• If you will be student teaching or doing classroom observations in 2024-25, renew in the student teacher category so you have access to legal resources.*
• If you will be employed and paid by a school district while completing your student teaching or teacher residency, please contact ATPE Membership at (800) 777-2873 or [email protected] for guidance regarding membership category.
• If your 2024-25 coursework will not include classroom observations, renew in the college student category. (This is not an insured category.)

Are you a 2023-24 student teacher member?

• If you will be teaching in your own classroom in 2024-25, renew as a first-time professional member so you have access to legal resources.*
• If you will be substitute teaching, renew in the associate category to have access to legal resources.^*

Are you moving into an administrator role in 2024-25?

• If you will be employed as a principal, area superintendent, or superintendent for 2024-25, renew in the administrator member category so that you have access to legal resources.*
• If you will be a vice principal, renew in the professional member category to have access to legal resources.*

Are you retiring at the end of 2023-24?

• If you are retiring at the end of 2023-24, continue your ATPE membership in 2024-25 by renewing in the retired category for only $30.
• The retired category is not an insured category, so if you will be substituting, you need to renew in the associate category to have access to legal resources.*

Are you planning not to work in education in 2024-25?

• If you will not be working in education in 2024-25, remain a part of the ATPE community by renewing in the public category for only $50. Public members receive ATPE publications and save using our services and discounts.
• The public category is not an insured category, so if you will be substituting, you need to renew in the associate category to have access to legal resources.*

Please contact ATPE Membership at [email protected] or (800) 777-2873 if you have questions about which membership category you should join.

*Eligibility, terms, conditions, and limitations apply. Visit atpe.org/protection to view important disclosures and current program details. Staff attorney services are provided separate from the Educators Professional Liability Insurance Program.