Describe your teaching experience and interests in a brief public biography (200 words)
This is my 33rd year in education. I retired in MO after 30 years- the last ten as a Science Curriculum & Instruction administrator for a large district. I am now back in the classroom teaching Biology in Kansas!
My team uses the InquiryHub Biology curriculum, so we are steeped in an inquiry-based approach to teaching science and student sense-making. I am interested in seeing more of what this curriculum looks like. We are wondering if it could either enhance or supplant our "Trees" unit that digs into photosynthesis & cellular respiration.
I also started a research program this year with ten students who are all individually designing their own research study.