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Board of Directors
VSTE Welcomes New & Returning Board Members
Five board members--three new and two returning--were elected to the VSTE Board of Directors for the 2020 - 2023 term. Join us in welcoming them to the leadership of VSTE.
Click on the links below to learn more about each member. And, click here to learn more about the board.
Chanel Alford-Campbell
Technology Integration Specialist
Alexandria City Public Schools
Heather Hurley
Supervisor of Personalized Learning
Arlington County Public Schools
Scott Kiser
Director of Technology
Wise County Public Schools
Timothy Mays
Division Instructional Technologist
Sussex County Public Schools
Heather O'Brien
Instructional Technology Resource Teacher
Culpeper County Public Schools
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Diane DeMott Painter
Diane DeMott Painter
Associate Professor (adjunct)
Shenandoah University
Educational Leadership
When teaching in K-12 schools fulltime, I served as a VSTE Journal editor and as a member of the VSTE Board. As a member of both VSTE and ISTE, I presented at the annual conferences for both organizations and at mini-conferences for VSTE. While teaching fulltime as a teacher-educator, I served as chairperson of the Curriculum and Instruction Department and Program Head of the Master of Science in Education, Special Education at Shenandoah University. Presently, I serve as the Education Liaison for Makersmiths, Inc., a non-profit community maker space organization, working to form partnerships with schools and libraries in Loudoun County, VA.
Vision for VSTE
Not long ago, many school systems eliminated hands-on learning skills such as those found in home economics, woodworking and metalworking shops and introduced classes that use computer technology such as desktop publishing, coding and other programming skills. Now we find schools establishing maker spaces, many going into school library areas where access to computers running the maker technologies can be used. VSTE can be instrumental in helping to inform and train those working in K-12 and higher educational institutions about the technologies used in these maker spaces, but most important, help them understand how maker space technologies can be employed to support and enrich curriculum initiatives and vocational skills.
Biographical Sketch
As a public school teacher, I spent thirty years in Maryland and Virginia as a K-12 special education and technology resource teacher. From 2005-2017, I served as a fulltime teacher-educator at Hood College and Shenandoah University. Currently I work part-time teaching the Projects in Curriculum and Instruction course for Shenandoah University. I earned a BSE in Elementary Education (GMU-1974); a M.Ed. in Special Education (University of Maryland-1978); and a Ph.D. in Special Education Technology (GMU-1994).
Nominations for Board of Directors Open
VSTE members may nominate themselves or a colleague who belongs to VSTE to be considered for election to the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) Board of Directors for a three-year term. This is an opportunity to become involved in the key decision-making group for the Virginia Society for Technology in Education.
Nominations for the 2020-2023 Board term will be open from Monday, January 27, 2020, through Friday, February 28, 2020. Nominees and those who nominate them must be members of VSTE.
The slate of nominees will be announced in March and the election will be held in April.
The nomination form will be available in the Members' Only area of the website. When you are ready to nominate either yourself or someone else, you can start here.
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You can preview the nomination form but must submit the final form online.
Remember, you must be a VSTE member to nominate, to be nominated, and to participate in the online election. Details for a complimentary membership can always be found at VSTE’s website. Please let us know, via email to boardelections@vste.org, if you have any questions or need further information about the election process.
In order to vote in the elections, you must be a member for at least ten days prior to the opening of the Board elections in April.
Member Login Information
It will be necessary for you to login to the system to participate in the nomination and election process. You can find the login page here. Unless you have changed it, you should use your email address at which you receive VSTE mailings for your login. If you do not remember your password, you may click the link on the login screen for those forgetting their password. Your password will be emailed to you. Once you login, you can update your membership information, change your login and/or password (as necessary) and submit a nomination. Please write to karen_richardson@vste.org if you have problems accessing the member only section of our website.
Thank you for your interest,
VSTE Election Committee, 2020
Janet Copenhaver, Chair
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Board Welcomes Five Board Members Following Recent Election
Five members were elected by the VSTE membership for the 2018 - 2021 term. Three of those elected are incumbents and will begin their second terms. Two of those elected are new members and can serve up to two terms.
Learn more about each Board member by clicking below:
Rod Carnill, Incumbent
Supervisor of Instructional Technology Coaches
Frederick County Public Schools
Lynmara Colón
Principal
Prince William County Public Schools
Nicci Dowd
Special Education Teacher
Prince William County Public Schools
Tim Stahmer, Incumbent
Freelance Educator
Fairfax County Public Schools (Retired)
Meg Swecker, Incumbent
Coordinator of Technology Integration/ITRT
Roanoke County Public Schools
