Individual Membership: Built For People Who Care About Adult Education​

Join CCAE if you are an adult education teacher, classified professional, counselor, administrator, student, retiree, or supporter who wants to stay informed, connected, and represented.

Your membership helps you:

• Strengthen California’s voice for adult education
• Access professional learning and statewide events
• Connect with colleagues across regions and roles
• Receive COABE national membership at no added cost
• Find leadership, recognition, scholarship, and advocacy opportunities
• Support the association working to protect, promote, and strengthen adult education

​When you join CCAE, you are not just purchasing a membership. You are joining the statewide association working to protect, promote, and strengthen adult education.

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​Why Individual Membership Matters.

Adult Education is one of the most powerful yet least understood parts of California’s education system. It helps adults earn diplomas, improve English language skills, prepare for college and career pathways, support their families, and participate more fully in their communities.

CCAE gives the people who care about this work a statewide voice.
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As a member, you help strengthen the visibility, influence, and future of adult education. You also gain access to professional learning, connection, advocacy updates, recognition opportunities, and national membership benefits.

CCAE membership connects you to a statewide network of adult education professionals working to expand access, strengthen programs, and elevate the field. Whether you are an educator, classified professional, administrator, student, retiree, institutional member, or an adult education ally, CCAE helps you stay informed, engaged, and represented.

What Your Individual Membership Includes:

A Stronger Voice For Adult Education​

CCAE gives adult education professionals a stronger voice in statewide and national conversations about funding, policy, and program support.

Members benefit from:

• Opportunities to participate in CCAE Legislative Advocacy Day
• Timely advocacy updates and action alerts
• Tools to communicate with elected officials
• State and national representation through CCAE and COABE

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Professional Learning & Events​

Membership supports ongoing growth through access to learning opportunities, webinars, conferences, and resources connected to adult education practice.

Members benefit from:

• CCAE events and professional learning opportunities
• COABE webinars and national learning resources
• Access to research, promising practices, and field updates
• Conference discounts and virtual learning opportunities

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Connection & Community

CCAE helps members build relationships across California’s adult education system.

Members benefit from:

• Statewide and regional networking
• Section-level involvement and events
• Connections with educators, administrators, classified professionals, and partners
• ​Opportunities to share ideas, challenges, and solutions

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Recognition & Leadership Opportunities

CCAE and COABE provide ways to recognize excellence and support leadership development across the adult education field.

Members benefit from:

• Award nomination opportunities
• Scholarship and incentive grant opportunities
• Leadership pathways through sections, committees, and elections
• Opportunities to highlight adult learner and program success

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Free COABE National Membership.

All CCAE Members receive a complimentary membership to COABE (Coalition on Adult Basic Education), our Adult Education affiliate with a national focus.

As a member of CCAE, you receive and enjoy the benefits of COABE Membership, a $55 annual value bundled with your CCAE Membership, giving you exclusive access to:

• Policy Tools: Leverage COABE Ignite for rapid advocacy and the Educate & Elevate toolkit to amplify your program’s story.
• Research & Publishing: Read or contribute to the COABE Journal with discounted digital and print options.
• Funding Opportunities: Apply for incentive grants—over $10,000 awarded annually to advance innovation in Adult Education.
• Resources & Collaboration: Access and share lesson plans, apps, and videos with adult educators across the nation.

To tap into these additional benefits on us, just make sure the box is checked for COABE communications when you join or renew your CCAE membership.

Membership Options​.

Membership Type	Best For	Key Benefits	Cost Efficiency
Individual	Administrators, teachers, counselors, support staff, retirees, students	Personal growth, advocacy power, COABE included	Priced by role/capacity
Institutional	Schools/Agencies	Two staff memberships, school listing on website, full benefits	Great for extending visibility and reach
Platinum Institutional	Schools/Agencies with student leadership	Two staff memberships, 15 student memberships, prominent recognition on website, and higher impact	Highest value per member

 

New CCAE Member Benefit: VSP Vision Coverage.

CCAE is pleased to offer members access to VSP vision coverage. This benefit includes an annual WellVision Exam with a $10 copay, prescription glasses benefits with a $25 copay, frame allowance, contact lens allowance, and access to VSP network providers and additional member savings.

Simple Sign-Up Instructions

1. Download the VSP Enrollment Application.
2. Fill in your enrollee information.
3. If you are enrolling dependents, include spouse and dependent information on the form.
4. Email the completed form directly to Steve at Vanguard Insurance: [email protected].

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Join CCAE Today

If adult education matters to you, CCAE membership gives you a practical way to stay informed, stay connected, and help strengthen the field. Join today and be part of California’s statewide adult education association.

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