Joint	State Only	National Only	College Professor	Aspiring      (State Only)	Retired
SAM BENEFITS
SAM Administrators Institute	x	x	x	x	x	x
Montana Conference of Educational Leadership (MCEL)	x	x	x	x	x	x
Montana Association of School Superintendents Fall  Conference	x	x	x	x	x	x
Region Meetings	x	x	x	x	x	x
National Convention	x	x	x	x	x	x
Monthly SAM Bulletin (Electronic)	x	x	x	x	x	x
Annual SAM Directory (Electronic)	x	x	x	x	x	x
Weekly SAM Update	x	x	x	x	x	x
State and Federal Lobbying Network	x	x	x	x	x	x
Professional Development	x	x	x	x	x	x
Colleague Networks	x	x	x	x	x	x
AASA Benefits	x		x			x
Legal Support Program-Up to $20,000 in legal assistance	x		x
$2 Million individual professional liability insurance	x		x
Member Discount for Conferences	x		x	x		x
Award and Recognition Programs	x		x	x		x
School Solutions Center	x		x	x
Member Insurance Program - Trust for Insuring Educators	x		x			x
Member Discount on AASA Books	x		x	x		x
AASA Media-AASA Online Video Library; AASA Radio; AASA Blog; AASA Podcasts	x		x	x
School Administrator magazine-11/year	x		x	x		x
The Leaders Edge-2/month	x		x	x		x
News of the Nation-4/month	x		x	x		x
New Superintendent Journal-4/year	x		x	x		x
Children's Programs-Ready by 21; Healthy Schools; Asthma Education & Prevention;   Childhood Obesity; Healthy Learning News	x		x	x
Topical Toolkits & Research Studies	x		x	x		x
AASA Career Center-Member discounts on Job Postings; Sample Contracts	x		x	x
Vote/Hold an Elected Leadership Role AASA	x		x	x
$30,000 Free Life Insurance (for new members only)	x		x
Advocacy on Capitol Hill-Legislative Corps-weekly report	x		x	x
Optional Insurance Programs-Term Life; GEICO Auto; Health Insurance; Short-term   Medical; Student Health Plan; ID Theft; Long-Term Care Evaluation Service	x		x	x

 

AASA Membership Classifications are as follows:

 

Active- For Superintendents, although assistant and deputy superintendents are welcome in this category.  Members in this category receive all AASA benefits and services, including the Legal Support Program ($2M individual professional liability coverage/up to $20K for job protection defense claims based on continuous years of membership, $500 deductible), a member discount when registering for AASA conferences and more. 

 

College Professor- For full-time professors of educational administration and/or supervision, who are not currently employed in full-time school administration.  Members in this category are eligible to vote and hold elected office but are not eligible to receive legal support from AASA. 

 

Retired- Open to anyone who has retired from full-time employment as a school administrator.