Member Benefits
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2) is the first and largest national organization representing the interests of teachers of psychology. Among our members are faculty, staff, & student teaching assistants in secondary schools, community and technical colleges, 4-year colleges and universities, and graduate schools. Membership is open to all who are interested in the teaching of psychology, whether or not you are a member of APA.
Members who login to the web site have access to:
- A searchable membership directory
- Options for updating and displaying your contact information, including selecting your newsletter preference
- Publications for members only
- APA Council of Representatives Reports
- STP Membership Survey Executive Summary
- STP Electronic Newsletters
To meet the needs of psychology teachers, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology:
- Publishes Teaching of Psychology, a quarterly journal devoted to the improvement of teaching and learning.
- Members of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology receive the journal in print as part of their membership.
- Develops teaching materials.
OTRP, the Society's Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology:
- Develops and distributes a variety of peer-reviewed teaching and advising materials.
- Maintains a web site, OTRP-Online, linked to the Society's home page. Most OTRP materials may be downloaded from this site.
- Publishes scholarly volumes devoted to teaching and psychology electronically ("E-books")
- Provides services to faculty. OTRP oversees three member services:
- Bestows teaching & OTRP resource awards.
Each year, the Society:
- Honors four outstanding psychology teachers to receive its Excellence in Teaching Awards.
- Selects recipients for its Instructional Resource Awards. Recipients receive stipends to develop documents suitable for distribution by OTRP
- Fosters a teaching community.
The Society supports activities that help connect psychology teachers to a wider community of scholars. For example, STP
- Owns and operates PsychTeacher™, a moderated electronic discussion list.
- Publishes a monthly electronic newsletter, TOPNEWS-Online.
- Offers graduate teaching assistants in psychology a forum to improve their own teaching skills via the new Graduate Student Teaching Assocation
- Sponsors initiatives that foster collaborations among psychology teachers, other professionals in psychology, teachers in other disciplines, business organizations, and local communities.
- Collaborates with other organizations such as the American Psychological Society and the Council for Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology.
- Sponsors programs at conferences
- The Society sponsors a program of invited addresses, papers, symposia, and teaching activity exchanges at the APA convention.
- The Society also cosponsors similar programs, with the Council for Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology, at regional psychology conventions.
- STP initiates and collaborates with other groups to present topical conferences such as the 3-day gathering in September, 2003: "Taking Off: Best Practices in Teaching Introductory Psychology".
Go to the "How To Join" page to see details for joining The Society for the Teaching of Psychology