Welcome to the National Science Teachers Association Student Chapter at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville!

NSTA's Mission:

" ... to promote excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all."

NSTA's Guiding Principles

• Model excellence
• Embrace and model diversity through equity, respect, and opportunity for all
• Provide and expand professional development to support standards-based science education
• Serve as the voice for excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning, curriculum and instruction, and assessment
• Promote interest and support for science education, collaboratively and proactively throughout society 
• Exemplify a dynamic organization that values and practices self renewal

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of more than 55,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education.