As a member of the NASA Explorer School Team, I helped develop, coordinate and implement several NASA educational activities, projects and events.
I wrote/co-wrote class curriculum, schools strategic plans, implementation plans and helped develop an Aeronautic and Space Curriculum for a Pre-K through 5th grade elementary school.
I aligned national and state standards of education with NASA priorities in our lesson plans for after-school activities including: *Microgravity research. *2006 NASA Explorer School Student Symposium *NASA after-school projects. (Lunar Challenge, ISS Nights, Family Science Nights, etc.) *Space camp at Marshall Center. *Family Science Nights. *Lego Robotics program. *Digital Learning Network events. *Astronaut visits to our school. *Completed NASA internet short courses. *Created science outreach weekends.
Presented and attended educational conferences including: *National Model Schools Conference *National Education Computing Conference. *National Science Teachers Association Conference *Tanner Consulting Workshop *Florida Music Educators Association Conference *NASA Sustainability Conference *NASA Reduced Gravity and Hyperbaric Training *NASA Student Symposiums *Bay Education Association Conference
I conducted several years of district-sponsored workshops on both writing and technology at our annual district Student Writing Workshop. I wrote and received grants to provide STEM opportunities and improve reading skills and attended grant-writing workshops.
I taught Audio/Video instruction and digital technology to students, supervising daily morning newscasts in our TV studio.
I also hosted a TV show called "Eye in the Classroom" interviewing teachers in the school system.
I taught students computer technology skills to create video reports to air once a week, basic filming techniques, non-linear editing and developing scripts. Students also developed multimedia projects such as “Books on CD” and “Books on DVD” and more.
