Membership

Membership

  • Purpose

    • Support educators who serve adolescents between the ages of 10-15.
    • Promote research-based practices in middle level education that are academically rigorous and developmentally responsive to the needs of young adolescents.
    • Provide a medium for those involved with Ohio's young adolescents to share innovative practices and exemplary programs

  • About OMLA

    • Unique from other professional assocations in that it exists for the middle level child
    • Goverend by an executive board made up of elected officers and regional representatives from all 8 regions
    • Encompasses teachers, administrators, supervisors, parents, college personnel, state department officials, and students
    • Founded in 1974 as the Ohio Middle School Association (OMSA)
    • Became affiliated with the Association of Middle Level Education (formerly the National Middle School Association) in 1975, and has become the official voice for Ohio's middle level education on a national level.
    • OMLA is inclusive of all schools in Ohio that serve grades 4-9, regardless of grade configuraion or title.

  • OMLA Benefits

    • Online Membership Registration
    • "In the Middle" Newsletter
    • Ohio Middle Level Journal
    • OMLA Annual State Conference - reduced rates
    • Regional Professional Development and Conferences 
    • In-Service Programs and Speakers
    • Model Programs for Visitation - Component Award Winners
    • Liaison to Other Professional Organizations
    • Voting Privileges in Electons 
    • Opportunities for State Level Regcognition
    • Mini-Grant Opportunities

Membership Fees

Individual Membership

Individual– $30.00/Calendar Year

Undergraduate College Student – $15.00/Calendar Year

 

Benefits of Membership

  • Full access to OMLA Publications, including mailings
  • Voting in all OMLA Elections

Dual Individual OMLA/AMLE Membership – $90.00

Individual Membership

Building Membership

Institutional – $200.00

  • 5 election votes sent to contact
  • Provides benefits for one building
  • All members must share the same physical address
Building Membership
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