Announcements

Dear ASTE members,

The ASTE Elections Committee would like to announce the call for nominations for the following elected positions that will be on the 2023 ballot (number of positions in parentheses):

• President-Elect (1)
• At-Large Board Members (2)
  • NOTE: All At-Large Board Members are appointed to serve as chair/co-chair of an ASTE Committee. Upcoming vacancies include: Membership and Participation Co-Chair, Publications Co-Chair, and Professional Development Chair.
• Elections Committee Members (3)

The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2023.

The following information should be submitted for the nominee:

• Name of nominee
• Position for which the person is being nominated
• Nominee email address

Nominations should be submitted electronically on the website http://theaste.org/resources/submit-an-elections-nomination/. You will need to log in as an ASTE member to submit your nomination. You may submit multiple nominations and self-nominate. Receipt of the nomination will be acknowledged via a reply message.

Nominees will be notified via email. If they accept the nomination, they will be asked to complete an application form highlighting the nominees experience and qualifications and a brief position statement. These materials will be evaluated using the Elections Committee Rubric.

For more information about the elected positions and their associated responsibilities, see this overview document and the ASTE Standard Operating Procedures. Please also contact the Elections Committee chair if you have any questions or would like additional information.

We look forward to receiving your nominations!

Ron Hermann, Elections Committee Chair
Emily Dare, Elections Committee Co-Chair
Natasha Cooke-Nieves, Elections Committee Member
Preethi Titu, Elections Committee Member
Rebecca Hite, Elections Committee Member

The ASTE Awards Committee has asked our prestigious award winners from the past five years to share their knowledge, experience, and research via a roundtable or a session. Please join us online in October to learn about their accomplishments as well as learn more about the criteria for the various ASTE Awards. Details are below:

Science Education Career Award Winners

When: Thursday, October 13th, 5-6 pm (EST)
Who: Awards I, II, and III winners 
Format: Roundtable

Manuscript Award Winners

When: Thursday, October 27th, 5-6 pm (EST)
Who: Awards IV and V winners
Format: Concurrent sessions

Please RSVP using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/JrosYWvCEVk3ZCc56

Empowering Teacher Educators to Build the Capacity of Today’s Teachers

Thursday, May 19 5:00 pm

Keynote: Dr. Julie Luft, UGA

• Build professional networks
• Create collaborations
• Develop grad student skills

Free Registration: https://bit.ly/astemini

Presented by the ASTE Grad Student Forum

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In the recording below, join the ASTE Professional Development Committee and the Editors of the Journal of Science Teacher Education, Innovations in Science Teacher Education, and the CITE Science Section for a conversation on publishing in these journals. Sample exemplary articles and the review process are shared. And of course, time was provided for questions and brainstorming areas of research that the journals would like to see.

Our sister organization, EASE, is meeting face-to-face in Daegu, Korea. Proposals are due by April 25, 2022, with Early Bird registration beginning on June 25, 2022.

Call for the position of Editor for the Science Education section for the Journal Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE) 

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The Communications Committee of the Association for Science Teacher Education is seeking applications for Editor or Co-Editors for the ASTE Newsletter.

Full applications for the position are due March 1, 2022.

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We are searching for contributions for the Winter ASTE Newsletter. If you have a short piece/announcement that would be beneficial to ASTE members you would like included in the newsletter, please submit it via this Google form submit via this form: https://forms.gle/UW5qcgFM8HjfLYT3A by February 10th We are seeking participants from the field trips to write a short summary of their adventures for a feature in this issue of the newsletter. Please provide a 300-500 word summary of your adventures and any pictures that might enhance the piece. Also if you have general pictures from the conference please consider submitting them in the Google Form above for us to include in a collage of the conference. 

The Membership and Participation Committee is excited to facilitate connecting mentors and mentees at the 2022 ASTE Conference. We would love to make these connections as meaningful and seamless as possible, so we have created forms to collect a bit of information from you if you are interested in being involved as a mentor or mentee. You can find these forms below. Our goal is to match people by early December and send matches out to you around that time. In order to achieve our goal, we ask that you provide us with the information in the forms below by no later than November 24th. Once you have your mentor/mentee match, we will let you know of opportunities we have set aside during the conference when you can meet up. We look forward to the mentor/mentee connections that will be made during this year’s conference!

Mentor/Mentee Match Information Forms: Please fill out the form which best fits your desired role for the 2022 ASTE Conference.

I’m interested in BEING A MENTOR at the 2022 ASTE Conference:

https://forms.gle/VhkzwsiaaKXe95rc6

I’m interested in BEING A MENTEE at the 2022 ASTE Conference:

https://forms.gle/NjMkZsq6jho6gSqe8

If you have any questions, please contact Mandy Smith: smith.mand@gmail.com

Greetings ASTE Members!

ASTE elections will run from October 13, 2021 through November 27, 2021. The slate of candidates is listed below.

The ballot and candidate background information are available at https://theaste.org/members/elections/election-ballot/.

You must be a current member and logged in to view the information and cast your vote.

President (1)   Ian Binns Andrea Burrows David Crowther   Board at Large (2)   Mark Bloom Lisa Borgerding Julie Contino Rita Hagevik Elections   Elections Committee (3)   Selina Bartels Mike Borowczak Natasha Cooke-Nieves Ron Hermann Jessica Riccio Preethi Titu

Questions should be directed to Amanda Glaze at aglaze@georgiasouthern.edu or Jeanne Wieselmann at jwieselmann@mail.smu.edu.

Technical difficulties should be referred to Director of Electronic Services, John Rhea, at des@theaste.org.

Regards,
The ASTE Elections Committee