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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Presenters and Facilitators
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Presenters and Facilitators
Pages 93-104
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During her 8 years at the county office, she worked with the 28 school districts in Orange County conducting science staff development, writing science curriculum, and helping to coordinate several different grants, as a partner with school districts, universities, businesses, and professional organizations. She has also worked with the Beckman@Science Program as a teacher leader, kit trainer, and coordinator for Irvine Unified School 93
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Statewide, Allen worked on two projects of the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee: the Strategic Science Teaching Workbook and a statewide science staff development program, "It's All About the Electron." She was the consulting author for the Scott Foresman, Science Series, K-6, Discover the Wonder and has coauthored five AIMS Education Foundation books. Dennis Bartels is executive director of the Exploratorium -- San Francisco's museum of science, art, and human perception.
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She has developed comprehensive science instructional materials for the elementary and middle school levels as well as materials for informal settings. She has also conducted a range of professional development for teachers and school and district administrators around the country and provided technical assistance and strategic planning support to the leadership of science education improvement efforts at the school, district, and state levels.
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Budget constraints have made establishing partnerships with community and corporate leaders to sustain the programs of the ScienceWorks Consortium a major focus for the past three years. As a former educational consultant for Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin, R iverside, and Laidlaw Brothers, Crandall has created and presented staff development workshops in all K-12 curriculum areas and assisted school districts with implementation of state standards and frameworks.
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Previously she worked as director for Research, Policy, and Technology in the Teacher Education and Professional Development unit of the University of California Office of the President; as an education consultant for California schools, districts, and county offices of education; as the lead researcher and coordinator for the School Restructuring Study based at the University of C alifornia, Berkeley; and for the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching at Columbia University/Teachers College.
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He manages a set of professional development, outreach, and technical assistance activities, provided by PNNL, that support LASER's efforts. Now in his 34th year in education, Estes had worked in formal and informal education settings including elementary school, middle school, museum education, and a U.S.
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She has worked as a consultant and administrator for the California Department of Education, overseeing the School Improvement Program, the School Program Quality Review, Community Education, and other school reform efforts. At the local level, she has been an elementary school teacher, a categorical programs coordinator, and a high school vice principal.
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. He has been the study director and responsible staff officer for 10 NRC reports that have focused on many aspects of STEM education, including teacher education, advanced study for high school students, and evaluating and improving undergraduate education.
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In that capacity, she leads the Science@OC initiatives, which are designed to provide an infrastructure to deliver comprehensive, research-based sustainable programs to reform how students learn, teachers teach, and the community supports science education. Support for teachers of middle school science -- "the gatekeepers to success in high school science" -- is the current focus of the Orange County Middle School Initiative through Science@OC.
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Susan M Pritchard is a middle school science teacher with the La Habra City School District in California.
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She has worked with the Beckman@Science Program since its inception in all capacities of the program, including teacher leader, science education fellow, and program director. Her responsibilities have included running a county-wide materials center and a professional development program.
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