STEM Tech

I have been a 5th grade, self-contained (12:1:1) Special Education for the past 9 years. Recently, I changed roles and am now the STEM education coordinator. STEM education gives children the opportunity to interact with 21st century tools, that they wouldn't normally be exposed to during an average school day. STEM helps to open my students eyes to careers that they may not have known existed before. I love teaching this program, and I enjoy the flexibility in curriculum, which allows me to target multiple learning styles in the same lesson.

My teaching style is one of assertive discipline. I hold respect for teacher's and classmates at the forefront of my discipline policy. Every students ideas are heard and built upon. My classroom nurtures an environment for learning and academic rigor by utilizing my students higher order thinking skills, and increase their ability to infer meaning from text.

-Recipient of the 2012 Brooklyn Borough Presidents Proclamation for my wok involving STEM and the community. -Taught various LEGO/UFT workshops, which instructed adults and children to correctly utilize the LEGO We-Do kit in the classroom. - Only elementary school teacher in the country to be the 2013 recipient of the NSTA/PASCO STEM Educator Award. -Worked at NASA space camp, where I instructed students about the advancements made in space exploration. I also instructed students in the use of the LEGO NXT set, which allowed them to create their own "Mars Rovers".

January 2003- Graduated Plattsburgh State University(BA) January 2005- Graduated Touro College (Masters of Science in Education) March 2012- Completed ePDN R1 & R2-(Intro to Robotics) Granted to me by NASA & Georgia State September 2013-Present- Completing work to obtain a STEM Education Advanced Certificate

Last year our school, along with I.S. 303, and John Dewey H.S. collaborated to create a fully robotic replica of landmark structures around Coney Island, Brooklyn. This project received a lot of media coverage. Especially because the project was powered utilizing renewable energy. The project is now housed in our STEM Education Lab, and is the highlight of the room.