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Teaching / Professional NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIOLOGY TEACHERS Region IX Coordinator, 2014-2016 WESTERN SIERRA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, Biology Teacher August 2011-Current WESTERN SIERRA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, Science Fair Coordinator 2012-2015 LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL, Freshmen Principles of Science Teacher Las Vegas, NV 2009-2011
Administrative ROCKLIN ACADEMY FAMILY OF SCHOOLS, District NGSS Coordinator Rocklin, CA 2015-2017 WESTERN SIERRA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, Science Department Chair 2012-2016
Consulting
California Dept. of Ed, Sacramento County Office of Education and Placer County Office of Education NGSS Rollout #4 Presenter
NABT/BSCS AP Biology Teacher Academy in Partnership with CSET at Stanford and HHMI AP Biology Regional Teacher Academy Leader 2014-2015 Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive Ambassador, 2013-current Achieve California NGSS Communications Team 2015-2019 PASCO AP Institute Probeware and Classroom Field Testing Summer 2015-2017 NASA Research Experience for Teachers Dryden 2010, Glenn 2012, Glenn 2014
California Naturalist Program University of California, Effie Yeaw Nature Center Waitlist: Enrolled September 2016 BSCS/NABT AP Biology Leadership Academy Cohort I (2012-2014) Region IX Team (2014-current) AP Biology Boot Camp Summer Field Trips Designed and implemented tours of local labs and ecological hotspots for incoming WSCA AP Biology students (2013 and 2014) LiMPETS Rocky Intertidal and Sandy Beach Ecological Monitoring Program Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History 2015-2018 Barcoding Life’s Matrix DNA Barcoding Teacher Workshop Coastal Marine Biolabs, Ventura Harbor 2013 Biotechnology Teacher Training American River College and North Valley Biotechnology Center 2012 California Classroom Aquarium Project Training California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2012 Seeing Radiation Nuclear Science Experiments Teacher Training University of California at Berkeley, 2012 Geology and Natural History of Southern Nevada Field Course University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada State College, and Nevada State Science Teachers Association, 2010 Educational Record: Formal Masters of Arts in Biology Miami University of Ohio Project Dragonfly (anticipated December 2020) Masters of Arts in Secondary Education University of Phoenix (2008-2010) Alternative Route to Licensure Program Clark County School District & Nevada State College (2008-2010) Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Nebraska Wesleyan University (2005-2007) Minor in Political Science Missouri State University 2003-2005 Sociology Major
Educational Record: Awards Biology Education Leadership Scholar 2016 National Association of Biology Teachers PAEMST Award Nominee California Honored to complete a 2015 Application, nominated but ineligible 2013 (years of service) DOW New Science Teacher Academy Fellow National Science Teachers Association, 2012 New High School Teacher of the Year 2009-2010 Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV Rising Star Award 2009-2010 Southern Nevada Science Teachers Association
Educational Record: Presentations and Professional Involvement CSTA Sacramento 2017: Disappearing Lollipops: Free Tools to Engage 3rd-5th Grade Students in Obtaining and Communicating Information with Brianne Albonetti 5th Grade Phenomena: Setting Up Young Scientists for Success with Catherine Klein Inquiry Based Ecology Using a Citizen-Science Trail Camera Project: Free Tools from HHMI to Engage Students in NGSS Practices NSTA Nashville 2016: HHMI Booth Presentations on Lizard Speciation CSTA State Conference Palm Springs 2016: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture with Dana Grooms NSTA Regional Reno November 2015: HHMI and NGSS Standards on Evolution CSTA State Conference Sacramento October 2015: All-School Secondary Science Fair: Our Learning Journey CSTA State Conference Sacramento 2015: Teaching Tools to Support Argumentation and Reasoning in the Secondary Classroom NSTA Regional/CSTA Long Beach 2014 NABT Presents: Biology Day (Coordinator, Short-Course Presentation, Regular Presentation) NABT Cleveland 2014: From Surviving to Thriving: Part Two! NABT National Conference Cleveland, 2014: NABT Teacher Cafe: Connecting Secondary and College Classroom Teachers NABT National Conference Atlanta, 2013: From Surviving to Thriving: Making Strides toward an Amazing AP Biology Career CSTA State Conference Palm Springs, 2013: Conceptual Flow Graphics for Course Planning
Educational Record: Written Work and Memberships NABT CSTA NSTA NGSS District Curriculum Implementation Plan CFG for PK-AP (summer 2016) Rocklin Academy Family of Schools May 6, 2015 printing of my writing by Valerie Strauss From the 2014 Unity & Diversity Teacher Writing Project California Classroom Science California Science Teachers Association Monthly Publication Editorial October 2013 Missing Science Majors Assignment Writing September 2013 Elementary Science: Glue it All Together May 2013: AP Science Practice Seven April 2013: AP Science Practices Five and Six March 2013 AP Science Practice Number Four February 2013 AP Science Practices One, Two, and Three January 2013 Citizen Science Resolved: 2013 From the Birds to the Bees December 2012 Effective Formative Assessment: Gots and Needs November 2012 October 2012 CSTA Keynote Speaker Helen Quinn Interview September 2012 Mars Curiosity Submission August 2012 eXtreme GreenLab State Science Fair Qualifiers Science Fair Student Research Advisor Henry Low, 11th grade 2016 (ISEF Qualifier, Sacramento Regional Overall Champion) 10th grade (First Place Toxicology) 2015 Catherine Colella, 9th grade 2015 Kevin Chang, 10th grade 2015 Jonathan Horbaly, 9th grade 2014 Rachel Dault, 11th grade 2014 Sarah Chang, 11th grade 2014 10th grade 2013 Edith Chavez, 11th grade 2013 Daelin Arney, 10th grade 2013 Weston Isheim, Jackson McClain, Zach Vavra 11th grade (Honorable Mention) 2013 Teaching Blog (not updated) |
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Room 222: Science Happens Here! Little Red Notebooks of Doom: How I Learned to be a Reflective Teacher in Spite of Myself The Legacy of the Class of 2014 AP Biology: Quarter Four Pep Talk
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