ILSA Membership
  1. Annual membership of ILSA covers the academic year - from beginning of September to end of August.
  1. Only individual membership is possible - school or institutional membership is not available.
  1. Only members are allowed attend ILSA Conferences and Seminars. They will be granted Leave of Absence to attend from the Department of Education and Science.
  1. Current members automatically receive a Renewal of Membership Application/Conference booking form in the post before their membership expires. Members also automatically receive Seminar Application Forms.

    Why You Should Join I.L.S.A 
  1. If you are involved in Learning Support, Language Support or Resource Teaching then I.L.S.A. is your organisation.
  1. I.L.S.A.’s main raison d’être is to provide regular, dynamic in-career professional development for its members.
  1. Autumn and Spring National Conferences
  1. Regular Regional Cluster Meetings (I.L.S.A. has 30 Regional Clusters).
  1. I.L.S.A. keeps in touch with its membership through the publication of Newsletters and through its website.
  1. I.L.S.A. publishes an annual research journal entitled ‘LEARN’ to keep members abreast of current research findings and good practice in Learning Support, Language Support and Resource Teaching.
  1. I.L.S.A. encourages research into Learning Support, Language Support and Resource Teaching and makes bursaries available to members to facilitate this research.
  1. I.L.S.A. maintains regular contact with sister Learning Support, Language Support and Resource Teacher Associations in Scotland , England , Wales , USA , and Northern Ireland .
  1. I.L.S.A. engages with the Teacher Unions (T.U.I., A.S.T.I. and I.N.T.O.) and raises current issues, which concern Learning Support, Language Support and Resource Teachers.
  1. I.L.S.A. makes representations to the Department of Education & Science on policy issues pertaining to Learning Support, Language Support and Resource Teaching.
  1. I.L.S.A. is now the fourth largest teacher organisation in the country with close to 1000 paid-up members.
  1. All major suppliers of support materials attend National Conferences.

Don’t Delay – Join Today

The annual membership is €60. Please note it is ILSA’s policy that members source the membership fee (€60) from their Board of Management. However teachers are free to submit the fee from their own resources.

Click here (pdf) membership application form.

Forms also available by post from: I.L.S.A., c/o Drumcondra Education Centre, Drumcondra, Dublin 9