Membership

                                                       

                                                           Why be a member?  

Meet with other educators and community leaders in the San Antonio area to advocate bilingual, bi-literate, bicultural education;

Free professional development hours offered by SAAABE throughout the year;

Discount applied to upcoming SAAABE Annual Conference.

Increase your knowledge and skills through the interchange of ideas and practices in order to help advocate for ELLs education;

Automatically receive the Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) membership with SAAABE membership;

Members are eligible to make nominations for SAAABE’s Bilingual Teacher of the Year and SAAABE ESL Teacher of the Year as well as Administrator of the Year and Community Advocate.

School campuses with the highest number of members and support will be highlighted on SAAABE’s website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts;

Receive SAAABE communications with information about membership, board meeting outcomes, sponsorship, professional development, bilingual education articles, and much more.


                                                               Membership Process 

Membership in SAAABE is open to anyone interested in the promoting the effective   implementation of the components of Bilingual, Bi-literate, Bi-cultural education in the San Antonio and surrounding area, through the interchange of ideas and practices.
 
Dues are $40 a year for teachers, administrators, and other professional school        personnel, $20 for university/college students, parents, and paraprofessionals.  A portion of each member's dues is shared with the Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE), of which SAAABE is a local affiliate.

The membership year runs from December 1, 2017  through  November 30 , 2018, and the application period starts October 15, 2017.   Applications that are received after                December 1, 2017 will be  honored only through  November 30, 2018. 
To complete your registration:
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Step 1. Download SAAABE's membership application by clicking on the following buttons.

Step 2.  Print and fill out the application.
Step 3.  Mail your application and a check or money order payable to "SAAABE" to the following address:
 
                           SAAABE Membership
                            1250 W. Thomson Pl
                            San Antonio, TX  78226             
For further information membership please contact Rosa Zapata at rbzap3@gmail.com