2024 NSTA Elections
Lend Your Voice to the Future of Science Education
Apply or nominate a colleague to join our leadership in promoting effective, innovative science education beyond your school or district.
Accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Election year on October 1.
Proposal Requirements
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you must be a current member of NSTA
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meet the requirements of the position being sought as outlined in the Governance Structure (see below)
Eligible Offices for the 2024 Election
Board of Directors (Division Directors)
Supporting Documents
Positions Available
- President
- Early Childhood-Elementary Science Teaching
- Middle Level Science Teaching
- Informal Science
- Professional Learning
Council (District Directors)
Supporting Documents
Positions Available
- District II – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
- District IV – New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
- District VIII – Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia
- District X – Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
- District XIV – Arizona, Colorado, Utah
- District XVI – American Samoa, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada
NSTA's Governance Structure
The Board is comprised of the three (3) NSTA Presidents and the ten (10) Division Directors. The Council is comprised of the NSTA President and eighteen (18) District Directors. Learn More
Guidelines & Responsibilities
Timeline
September 21
Web Seminar: Nominations – Your Opportunity to Serve, Inform and Lead
October 1
Nominations portal open to the membership to apply or nominate a colleague.
October 31
Last day to submit a completed application including all letters of support.
December 1
Review your current email address on file in your member record. Update your email by logging into your membership account.
December 15
Ballots sent to the current NSTA membership. You must be a member prior to December 15th in order to vote in the election. Nomination and Election Guidelines prohibit campaigning for all elections. The publication of each candidate's biographical data and position statement shall be the total extent to which Association members are informed about candidates for office.
January 25
Final day to cast your ballot if no Bylaws vote included.
February 27
Final day to cast your ballot if there is a Bylaws vote.
Procedures for NSTA Election for Board of Directors
An outside independent contractor will e-mail ballots and biographical material, receive returned ballots, count and tally results, and report those results first to the chairperson of the NSTA Nominations Committee, and then to the NSTA Executive Director.
By vote of NSTA Membership, NSTA Bylaws will now allow the inclusion of electronic balloting procedures for the Board of Directors and Council elections.
The contractor will be responsible for assuring accuracy of data entry, shall retain all ballots until the election is certified by the Nominations Committee, and provide, with acceptable evidence, ballots to members who may not have received them due to e-mail or other problems. Using guidelines provided by the Nominations Committee, the contractor will be responsible for accepting or rejecting ballots, reporting on those and providing invalid ballots to the Nominations Committee following the election. The Nominations Committee then has the authority to make final decisions on such questionable ballots.
For More Information
Please contact the NSTA Nominations’ Program Liaison
703.312.9254 • nominations@nsta.org