Membership Benefits & Dues
Benefits
Professional learning opportunities for Directors and Program Leaders, as well as Continuing Education Seminars.
Director support, professional mentoring, and technical assistance.
Advocacy support at the local, state, and national levels.
Networking among directors, counselors, facilitators, teachers, and volunteers.
Annual CAACE Conference and professional development opportunities for staff that address the latest federal, state, and local initiatives in instructional improvement, including awards for outstanding programs, staff, and students.
Enrichment/Continuing Education round-table discussions.
Legislative updates on critical policy and appropriations issues.
Awards to learners and staff that highlight their hard work.
Newsletter highlighting important developments in Adult Education at the local, state, and national levels.
Weekly updates on programming in the state.
Access to the CAACE comprehensive website with updated facts and statistics regarding adult education.
Bi-monthly Board meetings are open to all members.
Affiliate Benefits
CAACE membership also includes membership benefits for your organization and staff to COABE and Proliteracy as follows:
Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE)
Educate and Elevate Award-Winning Tools: Access our award-winning campaign toolkit, which enables you to educate the public, funders, and legislators about your and our important work of changing lives through adult education.
Quick Access to Legislators: As a field, we united to let legislators know that adult education changes lives and stimulates the economy. Legislators listened and added $82 million and staved off $200 million in funding cuts to our WIOA Title II funding stream. We must continue to contact them!
National Awards: Do you know an outstanding educator, administrator, or adult learner? COABE awards $2,000 per winner each year!
Adult Educator Resources: Find lesson plans, apps, videos, and much more or upload your own to share with other adult educators!
COABE National Conference: Enjoy our members-only, $75 off registration discount.
Conference Mini Grants: With generous funding provided by our partners, COABE will award mini grants to defray registration costs to our national conference.
Professional Development: Each month, you will have the opportunity to join our professional development webinars, where you will hear from expert national-level presenters on trending topics.
Journal: Access the best research by leading researchers in our field! Purchase individual e-copy articles or the whole journal at a discounted rate (hard copy only). Digital and hard copies available here.
Amazon Career Choice: The "Reducing Barriers to Employment" initiative enables adult learners to apply for jobs they would otherwise not be eligible for, making $15–$19 per hour, plus a retirement package, "College Choice" where Amazon will pay for 80%–95% of their education. Amazon also hosts site visits and field trips, enabling adult learners to tour the facility.
Reduced cost subscription to News For You magazine in both print and digital formats.
25% discount on all ProLiteracy resources.
Free access to tutor training.
Free or discounted adult literacy and ESL courses and resources on Education Network (www.proliteracy.org/ednet)—our online learning management system.
Free access to the Member Toolkit—a selection of tools containing instruction and best practices for marketing, social media, fundraising, email marketing, and more.
Email alerts on legislative issues & Advocacy for public policies and legislation benefiting adult education programs.
Promotional tools like posters, advertisements, and videos to help promote literacy programs (www.proliteracy.org/Resources/Media-Kit).
Program listing on ProLiteracy's website, recognizing your program as a member.
The ProLiteracy member icon is next to your member listing in the National Literacy Directory.
Discount on Directors & Officers Liability Insurance.
Annual Statistical Report that identifies national trends and can be used to support your fundraising and grant writing efforts.
Dues
CAACE Organization Membership is based on the number of staff currently employed in your program. Annual membership dues are based on your staff size (see the table below).
Membership Levels & Fees
Individual Membership (1 person): $100
Associate Membership (Organization/Group): $180
Program Membership (2–5 staff): $245
Program Membership (6–9 staff): $425
Program Membership (10–19 staff): $645
Program Membership (20–29 staff): $900
Program Membership (30–49 staff): $1,310
Program Membership (50–79 staff): $2,125
Program Membership (80–99 staff): $2,750
Program Membership (100+ staff): $3,000
Membership Disclaimer
The Connecticut Association for Adult and Continuing Education (CAACE) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that offers memberships for lifelong learning. However, CAACE is not an accrediting organization. Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
For more information on how you or your organization can become a member of CAACE, reach out to info@caace.org.