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Elections 2025

NMLSTA Members will have the opportunity to vote for the following Officer and Board of Directors candidates March 31 – April 14, 2025. One President Elect candidate, one Treasurer Candidate, and two candidates for Board of Directors will be chosen by vote of the NMLSTA membership.

President Elect Candidate

David Curry

Newtown Middle School – 8th Grade Science Teacher

Newtown, Pennsylvania


Treasurer Candidates

Rochelle Darville

West St. John High School - TAP Career Educator

Edgard, Louisiana

Robert Henry

Kearsarge Regional Middle School - 7th Grade Science Teacher

North Sutton, New Hampshire


Board of Directors Candidates

Tamia Murphy

Mastery Schools of NJ: Molina Elementary - 7th & 8th Grade Science

Camden, New Jersey

Sara Tolman

Instructional Science Coach - Idaho Department of Education

Boise, Idaho


To learn more about each of the candidates please click on each name.

You will receive an email with the link to the ballot on or before March 31, 2025 via the NMLSTA/Wild Apricot platform. You will need to log in on the NMLSTA website to open the ballot.

If you have never logged-in to the NMLSTA website, or have forgotten your password, you should click the "Log in" button at the upper right hand corner of the Homepage (https://nmlsta.wildapricot.org). On the log in page enter the email address that you used when you became a member and click the "forgot password". You will be emailed a temporary password, use it to log in and change the temporary password to one you will remember.

If you do not receive the link to the ballot by March 31, please contact the Election Committee: election@nmlsta.org.

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Webinar Series

       Brought to you by NMLSTA and the NSTA Middle Level Teaching Committee

Join Us for Our Next Webinar Featuring Nicole Sjoblom, Ph.D. and Maggie Olney, educators working with LabXchange at Harvard University.


Unlocking LabXchange: Empowering Middle School Science Educators

Connect with LabXchange, an online science education platform based at Harvard University, as we explore the platform and library of digital resources.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

7:00 p.m. ET, 6:00 p.m. CT, 5:00 p.m. MT, 4:00 p.m. PT

Click HERE for more information and register for this webinar.

NEW THIS YEAR!!

A certificate indicating you have engaged in one hour of professional development will be available to those who attend the webinar in person and request it.

Click on "MEMBERS ONLY" IN THE HEADER FOR THE LINK TO WATCH PREVIOUS WEBINAR


“Sea to Sky: Free Online Educational Resources from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)”

Learn about NOAA’s wealth of FREE educational resources, including lesson plans, demonstrations, videos, data resources, printable activities, and much more on topics like ocean exploration, coral reef ecosystems, climate change, hurricanes, and watersheds.

Thursday, December 7, 2023

 7:00 p.m. ET,  7:00 p.m. CT, 6:00 p.m. MT,  5:00 p.m. PT

 Click HERE for more information and register for this webinar.

NSTA National Conference: Philadelphia25

NMLSTA will be hosting the Meet Me in the Middle-Middle Level Share-a-Thon during the NSTA National Conference in Philadelphia on Thursday March 27, 2025.

Click on "Meet Me in the Middle" in the banner above to see all the Share-a-Thon presentations and other sessions by NMLSTA members and other middle level educators.

Alternately you may click on the logo at the top of this message.

    A link to the presentation information will be advertised at the conference.      One stop shopping for Middle Level sessions! 

Spring 2025 Classroom Teacher Awards


NMLSTA Paul deHart Hurd Award


Kenneth L. Huff has been a public-school science teacher for over 33 years and is currently teaching in the Williamsville Central School District in New York. He is also a Teacher in Residence with Harvard University-LabXchange. Kenneth served two terms on the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Board of Directors and as president of the Science Teachers Association of New York State and of the Association of Presidential Awardees in Science Teaching. He was a member of the writing team for the Next Generation Science Standards. He was awarded the NSTA Distinguished Teaching Award, National Science Education Leadership Association Outstanding Leadership in Science Education Award, State University of New York Buffalo State Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Kenneth is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Kenneth has served the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in multiple capacities including as Co-chair of the Teacher Advisory Council, on the Committee on Science Investigations and Engineering Design Experiences in Grades 6-12 and he presently serves the NASEM on the Collaborative on Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12. Kenneth earned his BS and MS degrees in education at the State University of New York-Buffalo State. He is a National Board-Certified Teacher in Science/Early Adolescence.


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