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Membership Types

Full Membership:

Full Membership is available to those Art Teachers who have an Art Teaching Qualification.

Associate Membership:

Associate Membership is offered to those who do not hold an Art Teachers Qualification.

NQT Membership:

A special Concessionary rate membership for Fully Qualified Art Teacher Qualification Graduates in their first year after graduation.

Student Membership:

Free Membership to those in Art Teacher Training Courses (4th Year B.Ed and PGDip) while they are training

Couples Membership:

A concessionary rate for members who live together.

Retired Membership:

Retired Membership for those Art Teachers who have retired if they wish to avail of it shall have the joining fee waived.

Honorary Membership

Honorary Membership is given to a person who the National Committee and Members deem to have contributed greatly to the ATAI over many years. It can only be awarded at the AGM.

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Joining the ATAI

To become a Member of the ATAI

Simply download Membership Application form for 2010 the online Application form.

Click in the link to show the form, print it out, complete and send it back to the Membership Applications Officer Patsey Bodkin

This form together with your fee, will allow you to avail of being part of the longest and only National Association that promotes issues that impact on Art Education in Post-Primary Schools in Ireland.

Have a real voice...Join today!

Please submit a current email address on your application form. This will enable you to retrieve your password for the MEMBERS AREA.

It is also the best way to receive information and updates from both your Regional and National Committees.

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Patrick Heney founder member of ATAI at our website launch in Oct.05

Regional Groups

If you do no have access to a Local Regional Group, you should join the most local region to you on the Application form.

If there is not an active Regional Group in your area, why not start one yourself? There is a pack available which contains all the information you need to set up a Branch. All you need to do is contact the National President and inform them of your intention to create a new Region, call a meeting in your area and notify the Teachers in the proposed Region (the National Secretaries can help you do this) and start off with a Membership Meeting.

Regional groups do not have to be large. There are some small, very active Regions but some people prefer to be part of a larger group.