Membership Information

$504

This is a voting membership and permits members to attend all MASE meetings, workshops and seminars; receive all MASE publications; vote on all questions presented to the membership; chair or serve on MASE Committees; and run for a MASE elected office.

Active Membership is open to any person who is licensed or employed as an administrator for special education or former administrator currently employed in another capacity serving children with disabilities. Active Membership includes the Director of Special Education of record, Assistant Directors of Special Education, Special Education Coordinators and other persons on administrative contract who oversee, direct, supervise or coordinate a program, school or classes for special education as a primary job responsibility.

Membership benefits include:

• Right to Vote
• Right to Hold Elective Office
• Opportunity to Influence Change Through Committee Participation
• Opportunity for Networking
• Ongoing Professional Assistance
• Spring, Fall and Best Practices Statewide Conferences
• New Leaders Training
• Professional Development with Continuing Education Units
• Legislative Platform and Advocacy
• Representation on Task Forces and Statewide Committees
• MASE in Your Mailbox Weekly Newsletter
• Special Publications and Correspondence on Current Issues
• Access to Sample Documents, such as Policies and Contracts
• MASE Website

$263

This is a non-voting membership and permits members in good standing to attend all MASE meetings, workshops and seminars; receive MASE publications; and serve on MASE committees. Associate Membership is open to any person in Minnesota who oversees, directs, coordinates or serves as a lead teacher for a program, school or classes for special education as a major job responsibility; and is employed as a “teacher on special assignment” (TOSA) or similar non-administrative contract arrangement. Persons with this membership do not have as a duty to evaluate staff.

Associate Membership is also open to any person in Minnesota who is actively engaged in or associated with any phase of special education leadership, but who does not qualify for Active membership. Associate Membership includes college faculty members whose major responsibility is the professional preparation of administrators for special education, professional special education staff employed by the MN Department of Education, and general education administrators who serve in a public or private school, district, cooperative, regional, state, or other administrative unit.

$263

Non-Voting. Non-voting membership permits members in good standing to attend all MASE meetings, workshops and seminars; receive MASE publications; and serve on MASE committees.
 
Associate Out of State Membership is open to any person working in a state other than Minnesota who is actively engaged in or associated with any phase of special education leadership.

$45

Student membership is open to any person in Minnesota who is a graduate student in the field of special education administration and who is not eligible for Active or Associate membership. This non-voting membership permits members to attend all MASE meetings, workshops and seminars; receive MASE publications; and serve on MASE committees.

$50

Retired Membership is open to any individual who retires from their administrative position, or upon approval by the Board of Directors. This non-voting membership permits members in good standing to attend all MASE meetings, workshops and seminars; receive MASE publications; and serve on MASE committees.

$3,000

• Permission to advertise affiliation with MASE as a Platinum Business Partner
• Free participant registration for two representatives from your business at either the Best Practices Conference or Fall Conference (please contact MASE staff for full info!)
• Partnership welcome in the MASE in Your Mailbox weekly newsletter (two issues)
• Opportunity to be featured one time in the full-page Business Partner Spotlight on MASE social media and the MASE website
• Information featured on the front page of the MASE website​
• Opportunity to present for 5 minutes at a MASE area meeting
• Opportunity to present for 5 minutes at a MASE board meeting and opportunity to join board members for breakfast/lunch outside the meeting time OR opportunity to present at a virtual Slice of Collaboration meeting (sponsorship fee waived!)
• Vendor location preferences at MASE conferences

$2,000

• Permission to advertise affiliation with MASE as a Gold Business Partner
• Free participant registration for one representative from your business at either the Best Practices Conference or Fall Conference (please contact MASE staff for full info!)
• Partnership welcome in the MASE in Your Mailbox newsletter (two issues)
• Opportunity to be featured in a business partner recognition on social media

$750

• Permission to advertise affiliation with MASE as a Silver Business Partner
• Member rates for conference/seminar registrations
• Partnership welcome in the MASE in Your Mailbox newsletter (two issues)