Why should I join ASE?

Benefits of an ASE Membership are:

  • Significant Member and Multiple member discount—and ASE Member Guest Option (see the 2025-2026 ASE Membership Application for details)

  • Special Education Legal Updates for Municipalities, School Districts, and Special Education Directors—Info Gram booklet

  • Member discount offered for special education, civil rights, general school law for professional development for district staff: Murphy, Lamere and Murphy, P.C.-----Paige Tobin, Esq.

  • Co-Sponsors with resources for school and students and where applicable discounts and incentives for ASE Members

  • Three Statewide Professional Development Conferences with substantive, up to date special education information by state and national experts including networking with colleagues

  • Three Statewide Conference Updates on ASE Advocacy

  • Rigorous Stakeholder and Legislative Advocacy for Special Education Administration and Student Service Needs

  • Targeted Content Specific Webinar Opportunities

  • Expert legal special education guidance to state and federal legislators and state leaders

  • Alignment with CASE/CEC for dedicated advocacy needs

  • Retiree and Non Retiree Referrals to DESE: Accept Mentoring Opportunities

  • Retiree and Non Retiree Referrals to Bay Path University Teaching Special Education Administrator Program

  • Coming Soon: Member Only Listserv

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Memberships

  • Open to LEA Administrators of Special Education and their Assistants, and to Collaborative Administrators.

    Voting members must also be members of CASE/CEC and are eligible to vote on any Massachusetts ASE ballots. Voting Members must join CEC and CASE separately through those organizations' billing procedures. See https://exceptionalchildren.org/membership for details.

    Dues are $325 each year.

  • Open to LEA Administrators of Special Education and their Assistants, and to Collaborative Administrators (non-voting membership).

    Dues are $325 each year.

  • Open to professionals in other areas of special education and in related services (non-voting membership and not eligible to hold office).

    Dues are $300 each year.

  • Note: Individuals, although retired from municipalities or agencies, who continue to assume special education administrative/supervisory duties via compensation from another agency/company or LEA, are not eligible for Retired Membership, but are eligible for Voting, Active or Associate Membership.

    Dues are $175 each year.

Member Testimonials

  • ASE’s special education conferences have created a valued professional support structure for me over the last several years... this is the only state conference designed for administrators to connect and learn about the ever-evolving landscape of special education. These meetings foster an environment of collaboration and professional growth, fueled by high-caliber speakers with insightful presentations sharing trends that significantly impact our districts. Beyond the formal learning, this conference facilitates meaningful connections and networking opportunities for all members in our field.

    Stephanie M. Juriansz
    Sudbury Public Schools
    Director of Student Services

  • Belonging to the Massachusetts Administrators for Special Education (ASE) has been invaluable. The role of a special education director is both demanding and isolating at times, and ASE offers a much-needed network of colleagues who truly understand the challenges we face. The opportunities to connect, share resources and support one another have made a real difference in sustaining my effectiveness and well-being in this work.

    Lyn A. Snow Ed.D, BCBA/LABA
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    Director of Student Services & Equity Coordinator
    Littleton Public Schools

  • The Massachusetts Administrators for Special Education (ASE) is the lead statewide association in Massachusetts dedicated to Advising and Advocating on all matters regarding special education with our state and federal leaders on behalf of special education administrators. M.A.S.S. is proud to have a long history of collaborating with ASE on special education laws and regulations. M.A.S.S. looks forward to continued collaboration with ASE as Massachusetts’s school districts and LEA special education departments support students with disabilities, their families and staff.

    Mary Bourque
    Executive Director
    The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (M.A.S.S.)

  • ASE has provided me valuable support and resources since I joined over twenty years ago when I was a new administrator of student services, responsible for students with special needs in a local school district. Over these many years I was also a member of the ASE statewide Executive Board. ASE excels at advocating for special education administrators in support of students with special needs at the statewide and federal level, working to ensure that students’ needs are met. ASE conferences provide cutting-edge information for administrators and practitioners, presented by education and special education leaders. Content includes information related to leadership, disabilities, the intersection of special and regular education, and federal and state regulations and laws. Membership in ASE provides opportunities for networking with colleagues across the state.

    Judy Levin-Charns, Ed.D., CCC-SLP
    Program Director Special Education Administrator Program
    Bay Path University
    Former Assistant Superintendent for Student Services – Newton Public Schools

Important Notice for Members

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