Your membership is critical to help CSTA and CSTA Washington build a vibrant community of K-12 computer science educators.
We hope you have been continuing to receive the emails from CSTA after the changes instituted by the national organization earlier this year. However, receiving those emails does not mean you’re a current member of the organization or CSTA Washington. There are many more benefits you can receive if you are a full member, as opposed to just on CSTA’s free-tier email list. These include free or discounted access to the CSTA Conference, professional development, webinars, networking events, and CSTA-developed and partner resources. However, even more than the above, you can become a member of our local chapter: CSTA Washington, and other affinity groups.
To receive all these benefits from CSTA national, you need to pay an annual membership fee of $50. This fee is lower than any other professional organization for educators and there are often discounts.
Once you become a paid member of CSTA national, membership in CSTA Washington (and any other CSTA Chapter or Affinity Group) is free. Many CS educators who reside in Washington state sign up for CSTA national but never sign up to be a member of CSTA Washington. Unless you sign up to be a member of CSTA Washington, we do not know who you are and can’t inform you of computer science education opportunities in your local area.
If you have any issues joining CSTA or CSTA Washington (including the price), please contact washington@csteachers.org
The following video shows how to join CSTA and CSTA Washington:
Traditional instructions are below:
- Log in to your CSTA account.
- Click “Join CSTA” and complete the payment process. Enter a discount code (e.g., LEGACYMEMBERCAMPAIGN25) if one is provided to lower your membership cost.
- To confirm that you are a member of CSTA Washington, do the following:
- Click on “My Account” after you have logged into csteachers.org
- Click on “Chapters and Affinity Groups” in the left side bar
- Click on the check box next to “CSTA Washington” (near the bottom of the “Chapters” box)
- Scroll down to the “Primary Chapter” selection box. Choose “CSTA Washington” from the dropdown. As your primary chapter, CSTA Washington will receive $10 from CSTA from your annual membership dues.
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