Membership
Join ACTFL for exclusive member benefits and resources
Why Join ACTFL?
ACTFL is the premier membership association for more than 11,000 language professionals at all levels. Connect with and learn from a select network of educators, researchers, administrators...anyone involved in the language education space. Join us!
Respect and Recognition
ACTFL empowers educators and helps them develop critical skills and competencies
Member-Get-A-Member
ACTFL members that refer a non-member who joins can earn gifts like free ACTFL publications or gift cards!
Leadership
ACTFL members are leaders in their schools and their communities
Representation
ACTFL members are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and live those values daily
ACTFL Members Save Big!
ACTFL Publications
Members save 15% every day on books and posters. The ACTFL bookstore offers more than 50 titles to choose from, and new releases annually.
ACTFL Convention
Discounted registration to attend the ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo with hundreds of sessions on topics that matter most to you.
Insurance
Protect yourself with one year of free life insurance and special rates on professional and personal insurance options through our partnership with Forrest T. Jones Consulting Company.
Training and Certification
Achieve your career goals with lower member pricing on ACTFL workshops, on-demand courses, and certifications.
Benefits of Membership
All members receive the same benefits!
Membership includes all this and more!
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Access to ACTFL periodicals, including Foreign Language Annals, The Language Educator magazine, Connection e-Newsletter
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Complimentary professional development in ACTFLearn Central with more than 35 world-class modules, Members-only webinars, and Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
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FREE downloads of the ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learning and the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages two-page Summary.
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Make new friends and learn from colleagues through ACTFL Central online community and discussion boards, Pair & Share collaboration tool, volunteering to serve on a committee, or browsing our Member Directory to find your tribe.
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Land your dream job through ACTFL Job Central with a targeted job board, career growth resources like resume review, and discounted job posting.
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Raise your profile with one of the annual ACTFL Awards: Nominate colleagues (or yourself!) for one of the distinguished ACTFL Professional Awards for contributions to the field.
Membership Types
Levels are customized based on where you are in your career. Multiyear discounts are available to save even more!
Individual
$79 per year ($134/2YR, $162/3YR)-
The applicant must be a professional in the field who does not fall into any other specific membership category (e.g., New Teacher, Student, Retired, or Part-Time Teacher).
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This includes individuals who are full-time teachers, administrators, or other professionals involved in the field, who do not qualify for any of the other specialized membership types
Part-time and Adjunct Teachers
$54/YR ($108/2YR, $168/3YR)-
Individuals spending less than 50% of their total employment or less than 20 hours a week instructing or administering languages.
New Teachers
$54 per year ($108/2YR, $168/3YR)-
The applicant must be in their first three years of teaching. Once an individual completes their third year of teaching, they must transition to the appropriate professional membership category.
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Only individuals who have completed their academic program and are fully engaged in teaching as their primary professional role are eligible.
Retired
$29per year ($58/2YR, $87/3YR)-
The applicant must be fully retired from the field and no longer engaged in any form of employment or contractual work related to teaching, administration, or other professional roles in the field.
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To maintain eligibility, Retired Members must not engage in any employment that would qualify them as active professionals in world language education. This includes teaching, administrative roles, curriculum development, consulting, and any other paid or unpaid work directly related to the field.
Student
$29per year ($58/2YR, $87/3YR)-
The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program. Must provide the name of your department chair, dean or advisor, their email address, the name of the institution, your graduation date, and your student ID
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Full-time enrollment is defined by the institution as at least 12 credit hours per semester for undergraduate students or 9 credit hours per semester for graduate students.
“Collaborating with peers for ACTFL has connected me to other teachers in the field and helped Less Commonly Taught Languages to have representation in major discussions. I invite my colleagues to volunteer, promote awareness for the World Languages, and grow professionally!”
Eugênia Fernandes
University of California, Davis
“Being a member of ACTFL has expanded my ability to connect with language teachers all over the country. I have learned so much from other members and strengthened my network for language acquisition advocacy! I look forward to being able to connect with even more language professionals in the future and collaborating to continue my work with DEI!”
Armando O. Johnson
Central High School, Springfield, MO
“ACTFL membership helps me stay updated and engaged with the language-teaching profession. The networking opportunities also serve as my personal affinity group: this is where I vent, receive validation, learn, and find ways to cope with the many challenges faced by language teachers.”
Angelica DaSilva
Middle Tennessee State University
“ACTFL has helped me on every step of the way in my professional journey--from when I was a novice teacher and needed activities to engage my students on Monday morning, to later in my career when I met other scholars in my field through ACTFL SIGs who became my collaborators on research and projects to advance our profession.”
Victoria Russell
Valdosta State University
“ACTFL provided me with all the resources needed to become a phenomenal teacher. ACTFL gave me the pedagogical support to engage my learners at K-12 level and the university level. ACTFL made it easy to address culture in my classrooms. ACTFL gave me a sense of belonging.”
Marie-Conceptia Girault
Greenville County Schools
“Volunteering with ACTFL is such a rewarding and fulfilling experience for me. I love having the opportunity to work with World Language educators who are just beginning their careers as educators and sharing my experiences with them as a mentor. Having the chance to serve on ACTFL awards and scholarships committees as a volunteer is equally rewarding. I’m so glad that ACTFL affords its members these opportunities!”
Heidi Trude
Loudoun County Public Schools
Affiliated Organizations
National, regional, and local nonprofit associations serving the language community are welcome to join ACTFL as an Affiliated Organization. For-profit organizations, schools, universities, and institutions are not eligible. Cost varies based on organization size.
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