NEW: The 2024 NCTE, NCTE Section, and ELATE ballots are now open. The election closes June 1!
To vote, log in to My.NCTE.org and click on Ballots & Surveys at the top of the My NCTE Profile page. Select the pencil to the left of each ballot (survey) to vote for each position. You may have multiple election ballots to complete depending on your member status.
Please make sure to click “Submit” at the end of each survey when you have finished voting, and make sure your decisions are final before doing so. Unsubmitted ballots will not be counted. You will not be able to change your votes after submitting.
NCTE General Election Candidates
NCTE Elementary Section Election Candidates
NCTE Middle Level Section Election Candidates
NCTE Secondary Section Election Candidates
NCTE College Section Election Candidates
Congratulations to the 2023 elected officials!
Elementary Representative-at-Large
Kara Hinderlie Stroman, Irvington Elementary School, OR
Middle Representative-at-Large
Tiana Silvas, Sixth-Grade English Language Arts Teacher, East Side Community, NY
Trustees of the Research Foundation
Ayanna F. Brown, Erikson Institute
Sandra Lucia Osorio, Erikson Institute
Timothy J. San Pedro, Ohio State University
NCTE Nominating Committee
Chair: Henry “Cody” Miller, SUNY Brockport
Renata Love Jones, Georgia State University
Haeny Yoon, Columbia University
Keisha Smith-Carrington, Princeton Public Schools, NJ
Hui-Ling Malone, University of California, Santa Barbara
Steering Committee
Islah Tauheed, Teacher, Bronx, NY
Jennipher Frazier, Elementary Literacy Coach and Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina
Nominating Committee
Chair: Idalia Nuñez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hiawatha Smith, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Natasha Thornton, Educational Consultant and Adjunct Instructor
Steering Committee
Eva Goins, Northwest Independent School District, TX
Tanisca M. Wilson, ELA Teacher, Louisiana
Nominating Committee
Chair: Michelle Yang-Kaczmarek, Literacy Coordinator; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Teacher Leader (K–12), Dobbs Ferry, NY
Donna Yvette Herrera, Teacher, Mercedes ISD, Mercedes, Texas
Kristie B. Williams, Birmingham City Schools
Steering Committee
Mónica Baldonado-Ruiz, San Diego State University
Joel Garza, Greenhill School, Addison, TX
Nominating Committee
Chair: Sawsan Jaber, High School English Teacher, East Leyden, IL
Melissa Alter Smith, High School English Teacher
Barrett Rosser, Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennslyvania
Steering Committee
Raven L. Jones, Michigan State University
William P. Banks, East Carolina University
Vivett Dukes, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Nominating Committee
Chair: Tashema Spence-Davis, New York City Department of Education
Chea Parton, Purdue University
Melinda J. McBee Orzulak, Bradley University
Executive Committee
Anthony Celaya, Western Washington University
David E. Low, California State University-Fresno
Grace D. Player, University of Connecticut
Nominating Committee
Chair: Lakisha Odlum, State University of New York at New Paltz
Lakeya Omogun, University of Washington
Jennifer M. Higgs, University of California, Davis
Kisha Porcher, University of Delaware
Lucía Cárdenas Curiel, Michigan State University
TYCA Associate Chair
Charissa Che, Queensborough Community College
TYCA Secretary
Bethany E. Sweeney, Des Moines Area Community College
Executive Board
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, Saint Louis University
Dorothy Suskind, Longwood University