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Carla Billups
cbillups@haywood.k12.nc.us |
Carla is currently a 5th grade teacher at Jonathan Valley Elementary School where she teaches science and technology. Along with being a national trainer for the AIMS Education Foundation, she has written inquiry based activities for the North Carolina Department of Instruction that will be available online this year. She is a regional trainer for the North Carolina Math and Science Education Network through Western Carolina University. In 2004 she was a Toyota Tapestry Grant winner in Science Literacy. She also has her National Board Certification, has been Haywood County Math Teacher of the Year as well as Haywood Soil and Conservation District's Conservation Teacher of the Year. She has been recently appointed to NSTA's/Children's Book Council's Outstanding Science Trade Books selection committee. She will begin her summer in Yellowstone traveling with fellow teachers with North Carolina's Museum of Natural Science Educators of Excellence program before coming to the Houston Academy.
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Shelby Bordelon
sborde@neisd.net |
Shelby is a native resident of San Antonio, Texas. Shelby began teaching in Texas in
1985. Her experiences in education include teaching mathematics at grades 4-8,
teaching mathematics at grades 9-12 in an alternative program for drop-out
retrieval and prevention, working with teachers as an instructional specialist
for the improvement of K-10 mathematics instruction, and working as an
educational consultant for Math Solutions Professional Development. She is
currently a mathematics instructional specialist with North East ISD in San
Antonio, Texas. |
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Sharon Bowers
swbowers@verizon.net |
Sharon is an Educator-in-Residence working for the National Institute of Aerospace
(NIA) and Virginia Beach City Public Schools. She has taught science for more
than 25 years and her work with children earned her recognition as a Secondary
Science Presidential Award Winner for Virginia. Sharon also writes activities
and trains teachers for the AIMS Education Foundation and has been a writer and
reviewer for Harcourt Science. |
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Rusty Bresser
bbresser@ucsd.edu |
Rusty has been an educator for 26 years and is currently a lecturer and supervisor of
Education Studies at the University of California at San Diego. He also provides
professional development for district-level administrators and teachers across
the country, conducting math in-service sessions. He is the author of Math and
Literature, Grades 4–6, Second Edition and co-author of Developing Number Sense,
Grades 3–6; Mini-Lessons for Math Practice, Grades K-2; Mini-Lessons for Math
Practice, Grades 3-5; Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades
K-2; and Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades 3-5.
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Crystal Brookens
cbrookens4@aol.com |
Crystal is currently an instructional resource teacher/math coach in a 6-8 middle
school. She provides staff development and support in the implementation of
district-wide mathematics programs at school, district, and administrative
levels. For the past 15 years she has worked in St. Mary's County, MD, as an
elementary school teacher, math coach, and district math coordinator. She has
worked at the state level on Maryland’s Voluntary State Curriculum and setting
the standards for the Maryland State Assessment. Crystal is a National Board
Certified Teacher in Early Adolescence Mathematics. |
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Ramona Chang
rchang@tusd.org |
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Justin DeWall
jdewall@cox.net |
Justinis currently a sixth-grade science teacher at Booker T. Washington Middle
School, a Marine Science Magnet School in Newport News, Virginia. Previously, he
taught fifth grade for ten years at Deer Park Environmental Science Magnet
School where he was a science lead teacher. He has served on the NSTA Committee
on PreSchool/Elementary Science Teaching and led teacher workshops on force and
motion, earth science, and marine science on the Chesapeake Bay.
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Carolyn Felux
cfelux@mathsolutions.com |
Carolyn, an educator for 36 years, is currently the Associate Director of Professional
Development for Marilyn Burns Education Associates. Carolyn designs and provides
K–8 professional development for district-level administrators, school-based
math leadership teams, coaches, and teachers across the country. She is the
co-editor of The Math Coach Field Guide—Charting Your Course (Math Solutions
Publications, 2006) and ongoing contributor to Math Solutions Online Newsletter.
She has taught elementary and middle school.
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Marji Freeman
mfreeman@mathsolutions.com |
Marji, an educator for 33 years, is currently the Director of Professional Development
for Marilyn Burns Education Associates. She was a middle school mathematics
teacher for 15 years in Texas and continues to work with teachers and students
in kindergarten through grade 8. Marji is a 1986 recipient of the Texas
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Marji is
also the author of Creative Graphing (ETA/Cuisenaire, 1986) and coauthor of
Number Power: A Cooperative Approach to Mathematics and Social Development
(Addison-Wesley, 1992).
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Marilyn Griego
marilyngriego@sbcglobal.net |
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Jean Grossman
jgrossman@mtlsd.net |
Jean has been an elementary educator for 19 years. Her classroom experience includes
second, third, fourth and fifth grades. She spent two years as an ASSET Science
Resource Teacher facilitating professional development of inquiry learning
throughout the greater Pittsburgh, PA area. Jean has developed and
conducted various workshops as a current member of her district's science
council.
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Rich Hogen
orv@aol.com |
Rich recently retired after 32 years of teaching. He now does educational consulting
and is a supervisor with the NAEP Testing. He earned his National Board
Certification (Middle Childhood Generalist) and was the National Science
Teachers Association Division Director for Preschool/Elementary Science. Rich is
a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching,
CESI/CIBA National Exemplary Elementary Science Teacher, and was the Arizona
Elementary Science Teacher of the Year. He was a finalist for Arizona Teacher of
the Year and is a member of the Arizona State University College of Education
Hall of Fame.
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Annita Lakey
all4me27@comcast.net |
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Nancy Low
nancylow@comcast.net |
Nancy currently works as a part-time instructor for Math Solutions and also works as
an independent math education consultant providing professional development in
mathematics in school districts across the U.S. She recently retired from her
position as an Elementary Math Specialist for Portland Public Schools where she
worked for 22 years. Her positions included classroom teacher, Title 1
coordinator, and a teacher on special assignment providing math support to
individual teachers, school staff teams, administrators, and parent groups.
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Nicole Martin
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Nicole is an Elementary Science Specialist with the Alabama Math, Science, and
Technology Initiative (AMSTI). AMSTI is a K-12 statewide initiative that
promotes hands-on, inquiry learning. As a speciaist, she provides on-site
teacher support, designs and facilitates content specific professional
development, and serves as liason to the Alabama State Department of Education.
She is a science content writer and on-line facilitator for MEMTA. She has a
master's degree in elementary education and 12 years of elementary teaching
experience.
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Rose Palmer
rjvpalmer@hotmail.com |
Rose has been in education for 19 years. She is currently a mathematics specialist
for Portland Public Schools. She has taught grades 3-8 providing math support
for students, teachers, school staff, community members, and administrators. In
her current role, she designs curricula, presents at workshops, and provides
professional development for teachers and administrators.
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Sherry Parrish
sherrydparrish@att.net |
Sherry is a native of Birmingham, Alabama and began her career in education in 1979.
She currently serves as a District Mathematics Specialist for Hoover City
Schools in Alabama where her primary role is to provide math professional
development, assist in curriculum development and implementation, and develop
district assessments. Sherry is a national board certified teacher and a
recipient of the 1997 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and
Science Teaching.
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Sharon Pearson
sdpearson5@yahoo.com |
Sharon is a fifth grade teacher at Sandy Searles Miller IB Academy for International
Studies in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a recipient of the Presidential Award for
Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching and was named Teacher of the Year
for the Clark County School District. She was a Teacher Argonaut for the JASON
Project and recently received her National Board Certification.
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Stephanie Sheffield
stephsheff@aol.com |
Stephanie, an elementary-school teacher for more than 20 years, is the author of two
teacher resource books: Math and Literature (K–3), Book Two (Math Solutions
Publications, 1995) and Teaching Arithmetic: Lessons for First Grade (Math
Solutions Publications, 2001). She is a workshop leader and a speaker at state
and national math conferences, and she is currently a mathematics specialist in
Spring Independent School District in the Houston, Texas area. Stephanie has
written for Creative Classroom and Instructor magazines.
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Lu Ann Weynand
lweynand@mathsolutions.com |
Lu Ann is currently an education specialist for Math Solutions Professional
Development. She designs and provides K–8 professional development for
district-level administrators, school-based math leadership teams, and teachers
across the country. An educator for 30 years, LuAnn taught middle-school
mathematics for 15 years. She was the PreK–12 mathematics program coordinator
for the North East Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas where she
was responsible for leading administrators and district and school instructional
specialists in promoting, supporting and monitoring the implementation of
standards-based education. Lu Ann lives in San Antonio, Texas. |
