MTA members who intend to seek election to MTA office at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Delegates or to run for NEA Director or Alternate NEA Director may now request nomination papers.
At the MTA Annual Meeting, scheduled for April 26-27, 2024, elections will take place for President, Vice President, 16 District Director seats and one at-large seat on the MTA Board of Directors.
Four members of the Retired Members Committee will be elected at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
In addition, there are three NEA Director seats and four Alternate NEA Director seats up for election, for which online voting instructions will be sent to the active membership in March.
Requests for nomination papers for MTA office must be submitted in writing to the office of the Executive Director-Treasurer, MTA, 2 Heritage Drive, 8th Floor, Quincy, MA 02171-2119, or by emailing MTAGovernance@massteacher.org. Although there is no deadline for requesting them, nomination papers for MTA office must be filed with the Executive Director-Treasurer by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 1, 2024, regardless of postmark.
Nomination papers for the NEA Director posts may be requested in the same manner but must be filed no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.
No person may be a candidate for more than one office. Each candidate must specify the office sought, the term of the office, their MTA individual membership ID number (which can be found on the MTA membership card), home and school addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses and local association affiliation.
All candidates must comply with the nomination and election provisions of the MTA Bylaws and policies, which will be made available to candidates.
President and Vice President∗
The President and Vice President will be elected at Annual Meeting by all delegates, for two-year terms commencing July 15, 2024. A candidate must be an active MTA member∗∗ or a retired MTA member within the Statewide Retired District. A local affiliate shall not be represented on the MTA Board of Directors by more than one officer (President or Vice President). Nomination papers must be signed by at least 200 active members, with no more than 50 from any one local affiliate and no more than 100 from any one electoral district.
District Directors∗
Sixteen District Director seats on the MTA Board will be elected at Annual Meeting by the delegates from each respective district. The open districts are 7B, 9B, 10B, 35C, 42C, 14D, 28D, 32D, 30E, 23F, 24F, 25F, 19G, 44H, 46H and 47H. Each candidate must be an active MTA member∗∗ and must be employed in education within the electoral district in which the candidate seeks office. Nomination papers must be signed by at least 50 active members from the candidate’s district.
At-Large Director for Ethnic Minority Membership∗
The At-Large Director for Ethnic Minority Membership on the MTA Board will be elected at Annual Meeting by all delegates. Any active∗∗ ethnic minority member is eligible to be a candidate for this Board seat. Nomination papers must be signed by at least 200 active members, with no more than 50 from any one local affiliate and no more than 100 from any one electoral district.
NEA RA Student Delegates
Terms for the board seats are three years and begin on July 1, 2024. No Executive Committee seats are up for election in 2024.
NEA Directors and Alternate NEA Directors∗
Three NEA Director seats will be filled by a vote of the active members in March and April, in tandem with NEA statewide and regional delegate elections. These members serve on the NEA Board of Directors and concurrently on the MTA Board. Two of the NEA Directors seats will have full, three-year terms, beginning Sept. 1, 2024, and expiring Aug. 31, 2027, in accordance with the NEA’s fiscal year. The third seat to be elected will fill an interim vacancy for the remainder of an unexpired term. That member will take office upon election and serve through Aug. 31, 2025. Vacancies for four Alternate NEA Director seats also will be filled. Each candidate must be an active NEA member∗∗, as determined by the NEA Constitution and Bylaws, for at least two years immediately preceding the election. Nomination papers must be signed by at least 200 active members, with no more than 50 from any one local affiliate and no more than 100 from any one electoral district. The policy on eligibility and procedures for the direct election of NEA Directors and Alternate NEA Directors is available upon request.
For information on nominations and elections, please contact John Connelly of the MTA Division of Governance and Administration by calling 617.878.8305 or emailing jconnelly@massteacher.org.
∗ In accordance with Article IX, Section 2B of the MTA Bylaws, all members of the Board of Directors (including officers; Regional, Statewide Retired and At-Large Executive Committee members; District, Statewide, and At-Large Directors; and NEA Directors) will be delegates to the MTA Annual Meeting of Delegates. Election as delegates will occur simultaneous to, and by virtue of, election to the offices as indicated.
∗∗ RIF’d members and members who have been granted leaves of absence by their employers may be considered active members employed in education.
