Association for Early Learning Leaders: Membership Benefits

 

In Part 1 of our blog series featuring the Association for Early Learning Leaders, we explored the path to accreditation through AELL. In the following guide, we provide an overview of AELL membership benefits, including the various membership options available to childcare center owners, directors, and administrators. Read on to learn more. 

AELL memberships are designed to provide essential much-needed professional resources for childcare leaders across a variety of areas, including human resources, budgeting, family engagement, quality curriculum, leadership, legal insights, and staff development. 

Let’s take a look at the membership options offered by AELL. 

Standard Membership 

Membership price: $50/year

The most basic plan offers official, professional membership to the Association for Early Learning Leaders, and features low-cost, high-quality early childhood training provided by education leader, Smart Horizons. This plan also includes an exclusive monthly member e-Newsletter featuring national resources, tools of the trade, association event updates, and much more.

Standard Plus Membership

Membership price: $150/year  

The Standard Plus Membership offers all the benefits of the Standard Membership, along with the following:

• Free recorded webinar access led by field experts in training and staff development, curriculum, marketing and enrollment, legal issues, staff recruiting and retention, human resources, technology and social media, health and safety, special needs, and finance and budgeting. (Note that members can earn administrative training hour certificates on archived webinar recordings.)
• Free Standard Membership to Exchange Press (Valued at $50/year) Exchange is committed to supporting early childhood professionals worldwide and is a proud partner of AELL. The membership includes access to Exchange articles, webinars, ExchangeEveryDay, store benefits and discounts
• Access to a health benefit platform created exclusively for AELL members. By AELL acting as the plan sponsor, many of the barriers faced by small business owners are eliminated. With the AELL plan, you:
  • Do not have to satisfy minimum participation requirements, even if only one employee desires coverage.
  • Have access to MEC medical plans, dental, vision, and a MetLife suite of optional coverages. 
  • Will have your own custom enrollment and employee portal, backed by a team to handle the administrative lift.
  • Can elect to make an optional employer contribution as a percentage or dollar amount. 
  • Will have a per-site invoice sent directly to you for payroll reconciliation 
  • **For ALEs (Applicable Large Employers), you will have help understanding and navigating how this plan can help you satisfy penalties associated with mandatory health insurance coverage for your employees
• Free CareerPlug account preloaded with job templates, hiring steps, interview guides, and more. Members can also access a Premium plan of CareerPlug for a special rate of $79 per month to take your hiring to the next level with unlimited job postings to over 10 major job boards, automated interview scheduling, applicant texting, background check integration, and so much more!
• Discounts of up to $100 off professional training, including the AELL Annual National Conference and LEAD! Regional Training Events 
• Members-only discounts on products and services
• Convenient auto-renewal option to avoid lapses in your membership and access to benefits 

For a detailed comparison between the Standard Membership and Standard Plus Membership, check out the membership overview on the AELL website. 

We hope this guide will help you choose the best AELL membership option for yourself and your colleagues. 

Ready to become a member of the Association for Early Learning Leaders? Join here. 

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