Increase Your Faculty Authors' Publishing Success!
TAA's Chapter Program
TAA's chapter program provides colleges and universities an efficient and cost effective way to extend their faculty development programs by offering TAA's extensive membership benefits. Developed to help create a sense of community for textbook and academic authors, the chapter program provides an opportunity for authors to connect with their peers, find collaborators, and encourage the use of accountability partners. Research has proven that participation in a writing group can help faculty authors increase writing productivity and become more successful authors!
Chapter Benefits
Reduced Dues
Each Chapter member is only $30 per year. Dues can be paid by individual members as they join or renew or by the institution through an annual invoice.
Complimentary TAA Conference Registration
The chapter chair and/or a designated chapter representative receive(s) a complimentary TAA conference registration. Chapters with 15 or more members receive one complimentary TAA conference registration and chapters with 30 or more members receive two complimentary registrations.
Chapter members receive all of the Benefits of TAA membership
- Publication Grants
- Textbook Contract Review Grants
- Webinars
- Conversation Circles
- eBook downloads
- TAA newsletter, The Academic Author, with industry news and writing and publishing how-to articles
- Peer mentoring opportunities
- Discount on TAA Conference registration
- And a variety of other TAA member's only benefits and services
How to Form a Chapter
There is no minimum or maximum number of chapter members. A chapter can be formed and individual members paid for by an institution, or chapter members can pay dues individually. If the chapter is formed by and paid for by an institution, all chapter members will have the same renewal date, and the institution will be contacted each year about renewal. If chapter members pay on their own, their renewal date will be one year from the date they joined and they will receive individual renewal notices.
Each chapter must have a designated Chapter Chair. Chapter management takes minimal effort and commitment. TAA helps you manage your chapter by providing an efficient registration and renewal process as well as a TAA staff coordinator to help assist with your needs. With very little effort on your part, your faculty will benefit by the extension of benefits and services your institution is providing through your TAA chapter sponsorship.
Chapter Chairs: Chapter Chairs enroll members by promoting membership and distributing the link to a chapter member form. TAA will invoice the institution each year along with the membership roster.
For questions and assistance in starting a chapter contact [email protected]
Are you interested in creating a more interactive writing community?
Consider forming a writing group within your chapter. Although you may think you don't have the time to lead or participate in a writing group, research shows that academics who meet regularly, and who set personal goals and a deadline for reaching them, are more successful. Check out TAA’s ideas for Chapter Meeting Activities.
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