Frequently Asked Questions - Membership
What are the different membership categories?
Can I share a Common Address membership with a coworker?
Does NASP offer group memberships?
How much does NASP membership cost?
What is the membership year?
Do my membership benefits take effect
immediately?
Does my membership make me eligible for
discounted professional liability insurance?
Does NASP accept purchase orders for membership dues?
Can I get a receipt for my dues payment?
Can I get a new membership card?
Does joining my state association automatically make me a NASP member?
What are the different membership categories?
A Regular
member is someone who is
trained and/or functioning as a school psychologist, consultant, or supervisor
of psychological services; employed as a trainer of school psychologists at a
college or university; certified by the National School Psychology
Certification System (NSPCS) or credentialed by a state as a school
psychologist.
A Student member is someone actively enrolled in a
school psychology training program at least one-half time or a minimum of six
semester hours or its equivalent per semester. Student membership is not
available to those employed full-time in the profession.
A Student Transition
membership applies to
someone who graduated from a school psychology training program during the
current membership year. Student transition status is granted for one year
only.
A Retired member has held regular membership for at least five consecutive years, and
is retired from full time remunerative professional activity, but may be
consulting or involved in other paid professional activity less than 15 hours a
week.
A Canadian member is someone living and working
in
Canada
who meets regular membership requirements.
An International
member is someone living
and working outside the
USA
who meets regular membership requirements.
A Common Address
member is a school
psychologist who resides with a regular member paying full dues. All mailings,
except election materials, are only sent to the regular member. This membership
category is not available to those employed at the same address.
An Associate member is someone who does not meet
the eligibility requirements of any of the other membership categories but has
a strong affiliation to school psychology, supports the work of the profession,
and wishes to convey that affiliation and support through membership in the
Association.
A Leave of Absence
member is a person who has
been an Association member for at least one year and either is on a leave of
absence from an employer or is receiving no compensation from any employment
source. Request for a leave of absence membership must be made in writing to
the Director of Membership.
Can I share a Common Address membership with a coworker?
The Common Address membership is available for a school
psychologist who shares a residential address with a current NASP Regular
member and does not wish to receive duplicate copies of NASP publications.
Does NASP offer group memberships?
NASP memberships are offered to individual school
psychologists and students; there are no group memberships.
How much does NASP membership cost?
What is the membership year?
The NASP membership year runs from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, and the dues rates are:
Regular $175
Student $55
Student Transition
$115
Retired $65
Canadian $175 (in
U.S. dollars)
International $190 (in U.S. dollars)
Common Address $135
Associate $175
Leave of Absence $60
Do my membership benefits take effect
immediately?
While your membership is valid immediately, your access to
certain benefits—web access and professional liability insurance—does not take
effect until your application has been processed. If you join or renew online,
these benefits are activated immediately; if you join by mail or telephone,
please allow up to two weeks.
Does my membership make me eligible for
discounted professional liability insurance?
Yes, your NASP membership makes you eligible for discounted professional
liability insurance with two companies:
Forrest T.
Jones & Company, Inc can be reached at (800) 265-9366 and offers life
and health insurance to NASP members, in addition to offering professional
liability insurance.
The American
Professional Agency can be reached at (800) 421-6694 and offers
professional liability insurance for NASP members.
Does NASP accept purchase orders for membership dues?
We honor VISA, MasterCard, money orders and personal checks
as forms of payment; however, we are unable to accept purchase orders for
membership dues.
Can I get a receipt for my dues payment?
We can either mail or e-mail you a receipt for your payment
if you contact us at membership@naspweb.org,
(866) 331-NASP, (301) 657-0270, or NASP, Membership Department,
4340 East West Highway, Suite 402,
Bethesda,
MD
20814.
Can I get a new membership card?
We can send you a new membership card if you contact us at membership@naspweb.org, (866)
331-NASP, (301) 657-0270, or NASP, Membership Department,
4340 East West Highway, Suite 402,
Bethesda,
MD
20814.
Does joining my state association automatically make me a NASP member?
Your state association and NASP are separate organizations,
each offering many benefits to its members. Joining a state organization does
not make you a NASP member. Visit NASP’s list
of state associations for information on your state association.
Association based on the policies of the Delegate Assembly.