TEEAP News

The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) has officially become the Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP), as a result of the balloting of the association’s voting membership. TEEAP’s Immediate Past President, Peter Wright, received and tabulated 122 valid votes that were sent on or before June 11th, 2010. 92 votes were to change the name of our association to TEEAP (The Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania) while 30 votes were to leave the name as TEAP (The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania). 75.4% of the valid votes were for the name change while 24.6% were against it. TEEAP won by a 3 to 1 margin.

The name change properly positions the association to deal with the ‘T’ & ‘E’ of a strong STEM education and allows the association to begin to address curriculum and professional development that includes both technology and engineering education at the K-12 level. The association’s membership has been comprised of teachers who have been working in both areas with some already having “engineering” in their department or course titles. Additionally, the Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP) is now aligned with the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA).

TEEAP’s publication titles and electronic communications have started the transition to new names and addresses to be in line with the association’s new name. The association’s new primary web address is www.teeap.org.