Science Teachers Association of NSW

What Science Teachers Association of NSW does

Science Teachers Association of NSW (STANSW) is a not-for-profit professional association serving science teachers across New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1951, the organization will mark its 75th Anniversary in 2026, reflecting seven decades of continuous operation in the NSW science education sector. STANSW is member-funded, with revenue derived primarily from individual teacher memberships, professional learning events, and program-specific activities rather than enterprise contracts or commercial product sales.

Its core offerings include curriculum-aligned lesson series (notably a newly launched Data Science Lesson Series), position papers on curriculum policy (such as a Climate Change Education Position Paper), and recognition programs including the Young Scientist Awards. The association also convenes its membership through Council governance, with refreshed leadership installed in 2025 ahead of the anniversary milestone.

Commercially, STANSW operates as a small professional body with approximately 7 employees, suggesting a lean operating model. Strategic activity in 2025–2026 emphasizes international partnership integration (UC Berkeley/Nobel Prize Outreach), curriculum product expansion into adjacent disciplines like data science, and policy engagement on climate change education. The business model is fundamentally membership-economics-driven rather than venture-scale, with growth dependent on member recruitment, event monetization, and grant or partnership funding rather than recurring enterprise SaaS contracts.

Name

Science Teachers Association of NSW

Legal name

Science Teachers Association of NSW Inc.

Website

https://stansw.asn.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Science Teachers Association of NSW (STANSW) is a not-for-profit, member-funded professional association for science teachers across New South Wales, Australia, founded in 1951. It delivers curriculum resources, awards programs, and policy advocacy, and will mark its 75th Anniversary in 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Professional Development Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAFAH

Science & STEM Instruction (School-Delivered)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (School-Delivered)

SECONDARYEDAMABAC

STEM Research & Inquiry Programs (Research Mentorship, Science Fair Prep)

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/STEM Enrichment & Science Programs

SECONDARYEDAMABAD

Environmental Science & Sustainability Programs (Ecology, Climate, Conservation)

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/STEM Enrichment & Science Programs

Keywords

• Science teacher professional development
• K-12 science education
• Teacher professional learning
• Science curriculum resources
• HSC exam preparation

Headquarters

HQ city

Silverwater

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: STANSW generates revenue through individual, student, and school memberships. Individual memberships are 12-month anniversary memberships from date of joining. Student memberships are available to individuals enrolled in tertiary institutions in NSW studying education or science. School memberships are 12-month calendar year memberships from December 1 to November 30.
2. Professional Learning Events: Revenue generated from paid professional development events including conferences, virtual forums, workshops, and specialized training courses. Events range from free (Critical Thinking Network sessions) to paid events like the STANSW Conference ($435-$920) and Virtual Forum ($30-$475).
3. Resource Sales: STANSW provides teaching resources including quarterly journals, classroom materials, and curriculum-aligned content. Some resources are free, others are member-only access.
4. Sponsorships: Conference and event sponsorships from organizations including Powerhouse, Macquarie University, Nelson, Anzuk Education, Cambridge, Inspire STEM Education, Stile Education, Matilda Education, Biozone, Sydney Zoo, sciPAD, UTS, Australian Skeptics, Future You, Rowe Scientific, AARNET, Australian Institute of Physics, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and others.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

STANSW is a not-for-profit professional association for science teachers in NSW that delivers membership subscriptions, professional learning conferences, HSC exam preparation and marker analysis sessions, member journals, teacher networks, and student-facing programs such as the Young Scientist Awards. Its offerings are tailored to individual science educators, school science departments, and early career teachers across New South Wales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Young Scientist Awards: Annual K-12 science awards program run by STANSW since 1992, celebrating scientific and technical innovation among NSW students.
• STANSW Conference

Products and services

• STANSW Membership (Individual, Student, School)

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ student project entries in the 2025 Young Scientist Awards
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered national, major, regional and core.

• Science Teachers Association of Queensland (STAQ)nationalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 July 2026STANSW promotes ConASTA 73 conference hosted by STAQ in Brisbane (July 7-10, 2026).
• Macquarie UniversitymajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 June 2026Conference venue partner for STANSW 2026 Conference: The Future of Science Education (June 12-13, 2026). Keynote speakers include Macquarie University faculty. Also previously hosted 2025 STANSW K-10 Conference.
• ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 June 2026ANSTO provides keynote speaker (Patricia Gadd, Science Program Leader) and workshop sessions at STANSW 2026 Conference, including sessions on using real data and statistics to investigate ozone with Bridget Murphy & Julie Mulholland.
• Chifley College Senior Campus Mt DruittregionalGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 June 2026Venue partner for Meet the Markers Extended in-person event (March 20, 2026).
• Sydney ZooregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 March 2026Venue partner for Meet the Markers Extended event and host of optional breakfast/plenary with First Nations Team Leader Josh Nicholls. Sydney Zoo has announced new science programs supporting schools implementing the new Science syllabus, including Data Science programs using real zoo data.
• Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 February 2026STANSW is affiliated with ASTA and jointly developed the Climate Change Education (CCE) Position Paper with AGTA and AAEE, reflecting shared professional judgement of teachers across Australia.
• Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 February 2026Jointly developed the Climate Change Education (CCE) Position Paper with ASTA and AAEE, providing professional consensus on climate change education across Australian schooling.
• Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 February 2026Jointly developed the Climate Change Education (CCE) Position Paper with ASTA and AGTA, representing education researchers and educators across Australia.
• University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026STANSW partnered with UC Berkeley, Nobel Prize Outreach, and Global Access Partners to provide NSW teachers training on practical activities that encourage critical scientific thinking amongst students. This collaboration developed the Scientific Thinking for All toolkit, specifically Unit 3: Scientific Uncertainty & Probabilistic Reasoning.
• Nobel Prize OutreachcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026Partnership with UC Berkeley and Global Access Partners to deliver the Critical Thinking Network program for NSW science teachers, providing training on critical scientific thinking activities.
• Global Access PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026Partnership with UC Berkeley and Nobel Prize Outreach to deliver the Critical Thinking Network program, providing NSW science teachers access to practical activities for critical thinking development.
• Taronga Western Plains ZooregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 October 2025Hosted Teachers' Day at Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo (October 9, 2025) providing professional development for Central West and Orana region teachers, with hands-on zoo-based science education activities.
• CSIROnationalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2025CSIRO presenters at STANSW Virtual Forum (Robert Hollow on astronomy and space for Stage 2) and STANSW 2026 Conference (astronomy as gateway science into STEM using real data).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• CSIRO Education and Outreach: CSIRO's education arm delivers teacher PD, classroom resources, and student science programs nationally — already a STANSW content/partner contributor. Adjacent in mission but national and publicly funded, rather than membership-based.
• Education Services Australia: A national, not-for-profit educational services organisation supporting Australian schools and teachers with digital resources and curriculum services — adjacent infrastructure rather than a direct competitor, but with overlapping PD content production.

Emerging players

• Stile Education: An Australian science and STEM learning platform used in schools, and a current STANSW sponsor. Comparable audience (science teachers) with a digital-first delivery model that competes for the same PD and classroom resource wallet.

Broad incumbents

• Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA): The national peak body for science teaching in Australia, of which STANSW is an affiliate. ASTA operates at a broader geographic scope, publishing national journals and convening the ConASTA conference alongside state associations.
• Association for Science Education (ASE): The UK's leading professional body for science teachers, providing membership, journals, and conferences. Comparable in mission and member value proposition, though operating across the UK with a far larger teacher base.
• National Science Teaching Association (NSTA): The largest US-based professional association for science educators, delivering conferences, journals, and PD at national scale. Comparable mission and operating model to STANSW but at much larger scale and broader geographic scope.

Direct peers

• Science Teachers' Association of Victoria (STAV): The Victorian counterpart to STANSW, providing a state-level professional association for science teachers with memberships, conferences, journals, and awards programs — the closest functional mirror of STANSW in another Australian state.
• Science Teachers' Association of Queensland (STAQ): Queensland's peak science teacher association, already partnered with STANSW (joint promotion of ConASTA 73), offering the same membership, PD, and student awards model in another Australian jurisdiction.
• Mathematical Association of NSW (MANSW): A NSW-based subject-specific teacher professional association serving mathematics educators with analogous membership, events, and resources — directly comparable in scale, structure, and member segments.
• Geography Teachers' Association of NSW: Another NSW subject-specific teacher association that co-authored the Climate Change Education Position Paper with STANSW; comparable in mission, membership economics, and event programming for a related secondary school discipline.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stansw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/science-teachers-association-of-nsw
• Instagraminstagram.com/sta_nsw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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