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To download a membership form and category summary (listing membership fees and services received for each membership category), scroll to the bottom of the page.


Active, dues $636
:  Any person licensed as an elementary or middle level principal, actively engaged in a supervisory role as principal or assistant principal, or a person on special assignment holding a principal's contract. This membership category is the only one to carry voting privileges and the right to hold office.

Other Administrator, dues $484: 
Any educational administrator other than someone eligible for ACTIVE membership who is licensed by designated state agency.

Intern Principal, dues $163
:  Educators interested in entering the profession and involved in a recognized administration preparation program serving as an intern principal under direct supervision of an active principal.

Associate, dues $163: 
A licensed, non-practicing administrator or post secondary educator, or a retired principal who is currently working in education but outside of an active principalship.

Retired Principal, dues $40: A retired principal who was an Active member at the time of retirement, and who is no longer working in education. A retired principal who is working as an Interim principal must join in the Active category for legal benefits.

25 Year Club, dues $10
: Have you been in education for 25 years? The Twenty-Five Year Club is an organization within MESPA. Candidates for membership must have served as a practicing teacher and/or administrator for a total of 25 years or more, serving 10 or more of those years as an elementary/middle level principal. For information on joining, click here.

Aspiring Principal, dues $59
:  Educators interested in entering the profession and/or involved in a recognized administration preparation program.

Unrequested Leave, dues $163
:  Anyone who was an active member the year that placement of unrequested leave occurred.



Get Acrobat Reader  MESPA_and_NAESP_Membership_Categories.pdf  
Summary of MESPA and NAESP (national principals' association) membership categories, with member services corresponding to each membership category.


Electronic or paper membership forms
Join MESPA today! Use paper or online forms to join or renew your membership.

To download a paper form, scroll to the bottom of this page.

To complete the online form, click here.


Retired principals working in education
MESPA encourages any retired principal who is working in an interim role as a principal, or is filling in for a principal on leave, to join the association as an Active category member for the legal benefits.