Linda K. Froschauer
2006–2007 President

National Science Teachers Association

"Searching for the Next Sputnik"

Not since the launching of Sputnik has science education received the level of attention we are now experiencing.  What are the challenges facing science education?  How does the "flat" world impact students?  What can we do to prepare our students for this world?

Linda K. Froschauer, a resident of Westport, middle school teacher and K–8 Science Department Chair at the Weston Public Schools, is the President of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). She began her one-year term on June 1, 2006.

Froschauer began her teaching career as an elementary school teacher in Matteson, Illinois; moved on to middle level teaching in Matteson and at the Greenwich Public Schools, in Greenwich, Connecticut; and has been with the Weston Public Schools since 1985.

Froschauer is a past President of the Connecticut Science Supervisors Association (CSSA), the National Middle Level Science Teachers Association (NMLSTA), and the Council for Elementary Science International (CESI). She has been a leader and active member of NSTA, serving on the Board of Directors and on many committees, and she has been actively involved in Project 2061, a national effort to improve science education sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Froschauer is the recipient of numerous awards, including Weston Teacher of the Year Award in 1999; the NSTA Distinguished Teaching Award, Middle Level, in 2001; and a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 1993. Froschauer earned a BS degree in education from Northern Illinois University, an MA in science teaching from Governors State University, and a sixth-year degree in curriculum and supervision from Southern Connecticut State University. She is also a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certified teacher.