How to Organize a New CEC Chapter or Reactivate an Inactive Chapter
As the leading voice in special and gifted education, CEC membership can offer professional development, resources and peer-to-peer support current and future teachers and educators need to meet today's new challenges in special and gifted education with confidence and make a difference for children and youth with disabilities and gifts and talents. For more information about CEC’s mission and benefits, please visit: http://www.celebrateexceptional.org/.
Follow the steps below to become recognized as a student chapter in the State of Massachusetts!
Questions for MCEC?
Follow the steps below to become recognized as a student chapter in the State of Massachusetts!
- Contact the MCEC Student Chapter Chair to find out what requirements you’ll need to meet to become officially recognized. Please note that recognition of your chapter comes from MCEC – not CEC Headquarters.
- Contact the student activities office at your university to find out the requirements you’ll need to meet to be a recognized organization at your college/university.
- Recruit Members. Schedule a meeting, and invite everyone who might be interested! At this meeting, appoint or elect officers, establish committees, and sign up new members.
- In order to be recognized, you’ll need at least 10 members. These can be both new members and transfers from other chapters.
- For current CEC members who want to be assigned to your chapter, complete the membership transfer form.
- For new members, you’ll need to send their membership application and payment to CEC or encourage them to join online on the CEC website (www.cec.sped.org)
- Please Note: Not all college/university students qualify for student membership in CEC. CEC defines a student member as: “…a person enrolled in The Council who is a full-time student during the academic year as defined by an accredited college or university or a person enrolled in The Council who is a part-time student who is not engaged in full-time employment as a certified professional in the field of education.”
- In order to be recognized, you’ll need at least 10 members. These can be both new members and transfers from other chapters.
- Elect or Appoint Officers. There is a minimum of 3 student member officers required to start or reactivate a chapter.
- Create and Approve a Constitution and Bylaws. All student chapters in MCEC are required to keep a current, approved constitution and bylaws on file with MCEC. For a list of required elements, please see the Chapter Constitution and Bylaws Checklist.
- Submit required materials to MCEC Student Chapter Chair ([email protected] Rebekah Louis):
- Chapter application (new chapters only)
- List of officers form
- Constitution and Bylaws
- For New Members
- List of new members who have indicated they will join online
- For Current Members
- List of current CEC members who with to be assigned to your chapter along with a photocopy of their membership transfer form
- Submit required materials to National CEC office ([email protected]):
- List of new members who have indicated they will join online
- Membership transfer form for current members
Questions for MCEC?
- MCEC Student Chapter Chair:Rebekah Louis, [email protected]
- General information: [email protected].
- Website: http://www.masscec.org/
- For general information and National CEC membership materials, call CEC at 888.232.7733, e-mail [email protected] or visit https://www.cec.sped.org/Membership/Chapters
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