NAEA Regional Division Directors: Call for Applications

The position of Regional Division Director is a supportive volunteer leadership role that carries a 2-year term. Regional Division Directors work alongside their national Division counterparts on the NAEA Board of Directors to address issues and needs of members of their Division.

Please note: for the Museum Education Division, this call is for Regional Division Directors-Elect, who serve a 2-year term prior to moving into the Regional Division Director position. The total term for those applying for the Museum Education Division is 4 years.

General responsibilities include:

• Participation in monthly online meetings with the National NAEA Division Director and Regional team.
• Assistance with planning and presenting at NAEA National Conventions and/or Preconventions
• Scoring Division awards and session proposals for the NAEA National Convention
• Additional Division-specific duties as needed.
  • For clarification or details about Division-specific responsibilities, please contact the respective Division Director-Elect below before submitting an application:
  • Elementary Division: Leslie Marie Grace lesliemarie.grace@board.arteducators.org
  • Middle Level Division: Jeanie Fellinger jeanie.fellinger@board.arteducators.org
  • Secondary Division: Robin Brewer
    robin.brewer@board.arteducators.org
  • Higher Education Division: Yichien Cooper yichien.cooper@board.arteducators.org
  • Preservice Division: Brittany McCallum brittany.mccallum@board.arteducators.org
  • Supervision/Administration Division: Sarah Ackermann sarah.ackermann@board.arteducators.org
  • Museum Education Division: Kathy Dumlao kathy.dumlao@board.arteducators.org

Qualifications/Eligibility

NAEA Regional Division Directors should:

Hold NAEA membership and have spent 3 or more years as a member of the Division in which they are applying. Regularly attend the NAEA National Convention. Be comfortable with planning and presenting as part of a team. Be able to commit to 5–8 hours per month for work on Division initiatives.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply online using this form.

NAEA uses a submission platform called Submittable to collect and review all applications and nominations. To submit an application for the call for Regional Division Directors, you will first need to create a free account with Submittable. Please note that your Submittable account is not connected to your NAEA member profile, and you cannot log in to your NAEA member profile to access Submittable.

Once you have created your Submittable account, you will see all NAEA opportunities currently available. Please click on the opportunity for which you are applying and fill in the required information. Submittable automatically saves a draft of your application every 15 seconds, and you also have the ability to save a draft and revisit the form at a later time.

Click here to begin your application.

Application deadline: Friday, January 10, 2025

Notification emails will be sent on or before February 30, 2025.

Questions

For questions related to the call for applications, please reach out to the respective Division Director-Elect listed above under “General Responsibilities.”

For questions regarding the application form, please contact Sydney Krieck, NAEA Executive Project Manager, at Skrieck@arteducators.org.