The National Middle School Association (NMSA) is the former name of the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), an international education association dedicated exclusively to the middle level grades. With more than 30,000 members in the

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, and 46 other countries, AMLE represents principals,

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s, central office personnel,

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s, college students, parents,

community leader Community leader is a designation, often by secondary sources (particularly in the media), for a person widely perceived to represent a community. A simple way to understand community leadership is to see it as leadership in, for and by the communit ...

s, and

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s. In addition, AMLE's network includes 58 affiliates in the United States, Canada,

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, and Australia that serve regional, state, provincial, and local needs. AMLE provides

professional development Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework, attending conferences, and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensiv ...

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s, books,

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, and other information to assist educators.

References

Publications

Middle School Journal

Middle Ground

Research in Middle Level Education Online (RMLE Online)

Today's Middle Level Educator

The Family Connection

External links

AMLE Web Site

AMLE Store Web Site

AMLE Annual Conference & Exhibit Web Site
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