Membership in CADAT
Membership has its privileges!
Members of the California Association of Dental Assisting Teachers are provided with the following member-exclusive benefits:
- Admission to the CADAT Annual Conference and regional meetings - designed for and dedicated to CADAT members only!
- Access to member-only web pages of information, products and teacher resources on the CADAT website
- Purchasing power of products and services offered by CADAT
- Free subscriptions to the CADAT e-Bulletin and Connections magazine
- Access to special offers by corporate partners with direct purchase power
Membership Levels for 2012:
Please review the following categories and instructions for each before proceeding to download and print membership application.
- Regular Member: A Regular Member is a current or past instructor in dental assisting education. This membership category is reserved for those who, at minimum, possess a current, valid California RDA, RDH, or DDS license and are faculty or staff members of a provider or institution directly involved in educational delivery of dental assisting. Members in this category are subject to licensure verification through the Dental Board of California.
2012 Regular Member fee: $120 - download membership application packet here - Out-of-State Member: An Out-of-State (OOS) member is a current or past instructor in dental assisting education living outside California. All OOS members must, at minimum, possess a current, valid license, permit or nationally recognized certification within the dental profession. OOS members in good standing shall be awarded limited privileges of the Association and will support and promote the objectives of the Association. OOS Members will not have the right to vote, shall not be eligible to serve as an officer or committee member, but shall be eligible to participate in Association events.
2012 OOS Member fee: $140 - download membership application packet here - Associate Member: An Associate Member is a current administrator, dean, manager or owner of an educational institution, school, or education-related business who may or may not possess a California license as a RDA, RDH or DDS and who is not considered faculty of a program. Associate members shall participate in functions of the association but will not be eligible to serve as an officer or committee member/Chairperson.
2012 Associate Member fee: $160 - download membership application packet here - Honorary Member: Honorary Membership is limited to those individuals who are elected by a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee as having rendered distinguished service to the Association. An honorary member shall be awarded limited privileges of the association, shall not be required to pay annual membership dues, and shall be extended continued membership by invitation of the Executive Board. An Honorary member will support and promote the objectives of the Association and, if invited to retain Honorary status, shall be required to renew Honorary Member status annually.
- Retired Member: Retired Members are limited to those individuals who have retired from teaching in the profession, are a minimum of 60 years of age, and who have been a member of the Association for no less than 10 (ten) consecutive years immediately prior to applying for Retired status. A Retired member shall be awarded limited privileges of the Association and will support and promote the objectives of the Association. Members in this category may not vote or be eligible to serve as an officer or committee member, but shall be eligible to participate in Association events. A Retired member shall pay approximately one-half (50%) of the Regular (R) member annual dues.
2012 Retired Membership fee: $60 - download membership application packet here