Curriculum Development, Consulting, and Leadership
Science Educator - BSCS
I am currently working full time with BSCS as a Science Educator in the Instructional Materials Development division. I am involved in the development of Middle School Curriculum (OpenSciEd), and also in the revision of the BSCS Biology Textbook - A Human Approach to Biology. The decision to leave my classroom was extremely difficult, but I am so proud and excited to have the opportunity to work with and learn from the incredible science educators and research scientists at BSCS.
Achieve Inc. Peer Review Panel for Science and Equip Leader
The Science Peer Review Panel is an elite cohort of educators from across the country with expertise in the NGSS and the EQuIP Rubric for Science that reviews lessons and units to determine the extent to which they are aligned with the NGSS. Reviewers are selected via a competitive process and serve on one year renewable terms. Each Science PRP member reviews roughly four units a year, provides written commentary to other reviewers, and works to co-create consensus reviews of each submitted product. Equip Leaders facilitate Professional Learning experiences to assist teachers, teacher leaders and and other educational professionals as they engage with the EQuIP rubric.
Next Generation Science Storylines, iHub, and OpenSciEd Curriculum Consultant and Writer
I've worked with the Next Generations Science Storylines team at Northwestern University and the iHub team at University Colorado Boulder/Denver Public Schools to create and revise high-quality NGSS-designed materials for Middle School (OpenSciEd) and High School (iHub). Find the reviews and units that have been awarded the NGSS-Design digital badge on the Achieve Quality Examples of Science Lessons and Units page!
NGSX: Next Generation Science Exemplar Facilitator
As an NGSX learning pathway facilitator, I usethe NGSX pathways to facilitate guided and varied opportunities to engage in the work of “figuring out” how disciplinary content and high leverage practices come together. This helps develop the capacity among study group participants to take this knowledge back into their own classrooms, buildings and districts.