Describe your teaching experience and interests in a brief public biography (200 words)
I have worked for the same small rural school district in Northeast Missouri for the last 16 year. I was the 2nd grade teacher for the first 12 years and when our science teacher retired, I was asked to become the 7th-12th grade science teacher. My desire is to improve our science program to be more engaging for our students as well as make them more competitive with students from larger schools. I would also like make sure that our program addresses the NGSS standards, cross cutting concepts and science engineering practices.