Member Benefits
Join today and, as a member of NCTE, you’re joining the best minds in literacy education. Your membership comes with the following opportunities and benefits:
Instructional and informational sessions to keep you on top of industry trends
Preferred Pricing
Exclusive discounts on conventions, meetings, and professional learning materials
Subscription to the quarterly members-only magazine
Access to our digital journal archive containing more than 1,800 digitized issues
Unlimited access to practical instructional ideas written and vetted by NCTE members and expert colleagues
A variety of insurance programs, including professional liability, life, health, and auto plans through the Trust for Insuring Educators
Membership Types
I’m a Teacher
NCTE offers you the best in resources and support materials to help deepen your understanding of successful instruction, assessment, and evaluation practices in reading, writing, English Studies, and the language arts. The Council’s teacher-centered professional resources will help you zero in on the key issues confronting you and your students in today’s classrooms. Individual Memberships for K-University teachers, administrators, and other education professionals.
Individual members enjoy all member benefits including voting in Council elections, subscription to the Council Chronicle and Inbox, discounts on NCTE books and events, and much more.
An NCTE individual membership is only $50 annually.
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I’m a Student
NCTE Student Membership provides a professional home for undergraduate or graduate students preparing for careers as literacy educators. Expand your expertise and start your teaching career with tools and resources from NCTE. Student members are not eligible to vote in NCTE elections but have access to other NCTE member benefits.
An NCTE student membership is only $25 annually.
Join NowI joined NCTE because I wanted to be connected. . .
“I think one of the biggest issues facing teachers today is this sense of isolation, and NCTE erases that, because all of a sudden you’re part of a community. I couldn’t have survived all this time without NCTE.”
Jeff Golub, Member, 30 years
Why Join?
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has risen to meet the needs of English and language arts educators since 1911.
The educational landscape is changing, the needs of teachers from preK through college are evolving, and now, perhaps more than ever before, NCTE is primed and positioned to be a leading partner in giving educators a voice.
Join today, and as a member of NCTE, you’re joining the best minds in literacy education. Your membership comes with the following opportunities and benefits:
- Access to free members-only monthly webinars
- Exclusive discount pricing on conventions, meetings, and professional learning materials
- Members-only access to NCTE’s digital journal archive containing more than 1,800 digitized issues
- Subscription to The Council Chronicle, NCTE’s members-only magazine, and INBOX, NCTE’s enewsletter
- Opportunities to connect with other members through our online Connected Community
- Unlimited access to our lesson plan site that contains practical instructional ideas written and vetted by NCTE members and expert colleagues
- Discounts in the NCTE store for books, journals, and more
Discounted memberships are available for students, schools, and institutions. We even offer Emeritus and Lifetime memberships for those interested.
Other Memberships
To order please call our Customer Service Center at 877-369-6283
School Membership
NCTE’s School Membership Program is designed to help educators improve literacy—as a team. Groups of ten or more that join receive a complimentary electronic journal in addition to the electronic member magazine.
Institutional Subscriptions
The National Council of Teachers of English is the source for English language arts resources for your staff. An NCTE Institutional Subscription allows you to subscribe to any one of our 10 professional journals for your library or staff.
I joined NCTE because I wanted to be connected. . .
“For me, my membership in NCTE made the difference between having a job that I got up and went to everyday, and having a career that I thrived in and loved!”
Sandy Hayes, Member, Middle Level Section