Activate the Power of Community with Cognia Membership
You’re facing schooling disruption, teacher attrition, and learning recovery challenges. You don’t have to face them alone.
Cognia™ brings together a worldwide community of educators, volunteers, and staff members—passionate professionals all dedicated to expanding opportunities for learners. We’ve been making these connections in schools for 125 years, helping learners and educators move past obstacles and put their potential into practice.
As a Cognia member, you have access to the depth and breadth of this community’s expertise—through services and solutions that enhance learning, effect change, and deliver excellence in today’s learning environment. With three levels of membership, you can select the option that aligns with your institution’s needs and improvement goals.
Your pathways to improvement
As experts in improvement, we provide you with powerful, aligned, and proven pathways for addressing your challenges—each pathway sharing innovative approaches to improving learning, teaching, and leading. Base membership delivers comprehensive services that support accreditation and improvement and move your team forward. Enhanced and Premium levels build on that foundation with additional features, including student assessments, that address your institution’s specific goals and provide deeper engagement with thought leadership in the Cognia community.
Improve your
institution
Base membership
Take student engagement to the next level and spur far-reaching improvement by leveraging evidence-based standards and a proven framework. Plus, join a community of leaders and educators, locally and globally.
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Increase teacher effectiveness
Enhanced membership
Cultivate continuous teacher growth and empowerment with strategies that foster innovation in the classroom. Provide equitable access to high-quality teaching and learning for all students, regardless of their background.
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Accelerate learner progress
Premium membership
Maximize engagement and success by activating students’ knowledge of their own learning. Provide teachers with knowledge, support, and decision-making evidence about the effectiveness of instruction, remotely or on-site.
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Compare your membership options
FEATURES
Accreditation and Certification
Opportunity to earn internationally recognized designations of your institution’s excellence; includes readiness toolkit, resources, and support
NEW! Cognia Learning Community
A 24/7 online platform, free for institution leaders and professional staff, to customize their learning and connect with peers around the world
Local expertise
Connect with a specialist at your convenience to learn about tools, resources, and sharing opportunities
Cognia Improvement Platform
A suite of tools and resources that promotes collaboration and evidence-based decision making—available only to members:
- myJourney dashboard
- eleot®
- Surveys
- Diagnostics
- Strategies and the inFocus guide
- Formative Content Library
- Access to Trusted Partners
10% discount on professional learning
Events and services that expand your staff members’ capacity and effectiveness
eleot training course
Free registration to gain certification on the valuable Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool®—focusing on how students respond to instruction
Members-only learning experiences
Exclusive, complimentary professional learning events geared to make the most of your membership choice
NEW! Teacher Observation Tool and training
Coming to our online improvement platform for objective and consistent observation and feedback (Summer 2021)
CEO Roundtable
Quarterly discussions with Cognia’s CEO and other thought leaders looking at the future of education
Online Formative Assessments
Online administration to monitor and adjust instruction in real time (grades 3–8)
Online Interim Assessments
Robust online platform, 3 administrations per year (grades 3–8); no more per-student costs
Program management and support
Personalized support for tailored plans to maximize impact of membership benefits
Research network
Invitation to join research groups and feature your staff’s action research in Cognia publications
Price per institution through June 30, 2022
BASE
BASE
3 seats
U.S. $1,200
Outside U.S. $2,500
Early Learning $900
Same as 2020–21 membership fees
ENHANCED
ENHANCED
6 seats
1 per year
U.S. $2,400
Outside U.S. $3,700
PREMIUM
PREMIUM
9 seats
2 per year
U.S. $3,600
Outside U.S. $4,900
Small-school pricing may be available; call to inquire