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THOMAS PAUL O'BRIEN

CURRENT POSITION

Professor (Fall 2011) Binghamton University (BU), CCPA/Dept. of Teaching, Learning &

Educational Leadership/TLEL (formerly the Graduate SOE, SOE & SEHD)

Coordinator (first tenure track faculty), Graduate Science Teacher Education (1987-present)

Former Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education (2002-2011)

Former Director, Division of Education (SEHD), Spring 2000-Spring 2002 (2.5 years)

Former Associate Professor (Fall 1993-Spring 2011), BU, School of Education

Former Assistant Professor (1987-1993), BU, School of Education & Human Development

EDUCATION

Ph.D. May 1987: University of Maryland-College Park. GPA: 3.9

Major: Curriculum & Instruction/Science Education

Dissertation: A Concerns-Based Field Study of a Demonstration Inservice Program.

M.A. May 1984: University of Maryland-College Park. GPA: 3.9

Major: Curriculum & Instruction/Chemical Education

Seminar Paper: Textbook Evaluation Approaches with an Emphasis on Readability

Measures: Implications for Science Educators.

Post-Baccalaureate, Graduate Coursework

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (3 credits)

Illinois State University (3 credit hours)

Florida Institute of Technology (3 credit hours)

Murray State University (1 credit hour)

B.A. May 1978: Thomas More College, Covington, Kentucky. GPA: 3.8

Major: Chemistry & Secondary Science Education.

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

1988-1991:

Project Evaluator, American Chemical Society, NSF grant: ChemCom Dissemination &

Networks, $555,478, 3 years (April 1988 - August 1991). Principal Investigators: Dr. Dwaine

Eubanks of Oklahoma State University & Sylvia Ware, Director of the Education Division of the

American Chemical Society. This work included annual on-site visits to seven universities and

presentations on research-based models for inservice education for teacher-leader participants in

the train-the-trainers’ summer institutes. The evaluation component that I drafted for this grant

provided a graduate assistantship for a MAT/Science student from Spring 1989 - Spring 1990

and financial support for a second student from Fall 1990 – Spring 1991.

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Educational Consultant, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co: Drafted additions to the American

Chemical Society, ChemCom Teacher's Guide. Correlated ChemCom to state curriculum

guidelines and designed and delivered teacher workshops.

Summer 1988: Co-Director/Co-Instructor, the Institute for Chemical Education, University of

Northern Colorado inservice program: Chemistry Specialists (college professors) & Supplements

(school teachers). Two, NSF-funded, 2- & 3-Week Chemistry Demonstration Training Programs.

Summer 1987: Director/head instructor for the Institute for Chemical Education, University of

Maryland inservice program: Chemistry Supplements; two, NSF-funded, 2-Week, K-12

programs.

Academic Year 1986-1987:

System Operator/Consultant for Maryland Information Network for Teaching Science

(MINTS). Set up and maintained a statewide computer bulletin board; compiled databases on

science education resources; published a newsletter; and offered teacher training workshops.

Editor/Author, ChemCom: Chemistry in the Community Teacher's Guide: American Chemical

Society (ACS) curriculum project (NSF-funded high school chemistry program). The first

edition of the student book and teacher’s guide were released by Kendall-Hunt in 1988.

Summer 1986: Instructor, Institute for Chemical Education, University of Maryland, Chemistry

Supplements programs (NSF funded summer professional development).

Spring 1986: System Operator/Consultant for MINTS.

Fall 1985: Revision Author (1 of 6) for American Chemistry Society’s ChemCom curriculum.

Summer 1985: Revision Author, ACS ChemCom curriculum.

Instructor/Course Designer for EDCI 472: Methods of Teaching Secondary Science. UMD.

Academic Year 1984-1985:

Part-time Writer, ACS ChemCom curriculum unit.

Co-Instructor/Intern for EDCI 370: Curriculum & Instruction in Secondary Education-

Science. University of Maryland-College Park: Methods class & supervision of student teachers.

Summer 1984: Intern, American Chemical Society (Washington, D.C.): administration and

workshop design/delivery.

Academic Year 1983-1984:

Spring’84: Coordinator, ACS/International Chemistry Olympiad: Working under Dr.

Marjorie Gardner, I coordinated the testing and honoring of several 100 of the U.S. top high

school chemistry students from around the country, selection of the top 20 for a summer study

camp, and sending the top 4 to Frankfurt, West Germany for a week of testing and international

exchange. This was the first year the U.S. fielded a team for this international competition and

U.S. participation continues to this day.

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Fall’83: Administrative assistant, Science Teaching Center at the University of Maryland:

reorganized science curriculum & journal library, established a computerized database for

seminar papers & doctoral theses, and assisted in faculty research.

Summer 1983: Writer (1 of 4) for ACS ChemCom curriculum first field edition of the Feeding

the World module/unit.

Academic Year 1982-1983: Chemistry Teaching Assistant, CHEM 113: General Chemistry II at

the University of Maryland-College Park (lab & recitation).

Academic Years 1978-1982: Science & Mathematics Teacher (9th grade physical science, 10th

grade business math & 11th grade chemistry), St. Henry High School, Erlanger, KY.

Fall 1980: Science Instructor/GED at Thomas More College.

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Summer 1978: Instructor/Designer of two, four-week (1/2 day) science courses (Science is Fun

and The World of Animals) for grades 1-6 students (Boone County Schools, KY).

AWARDS AND HONORS

Science Teachers Association of New York State, STANYS Fellow Award – Statewide

association’s highest award, presented at the Fall Conference in November 2016. Also,

independently awarded the statewide STANYS Service Award at the same conference.

NYSSELA Outstanding Leadership in Science Education Award. New York State Science

Education Leadership Association. November 2004.

Service Award for Outstanding Contributions, STANYS-Southern Section (Science Teachers

Association of New York State). May 15, 2002.

Distinguished Service Award, Binghamton Section of the American Chemical Society. April

30, 2001.

State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award and Binghamton University Award

for Excellence in Teaching. October 1999.

New York State Association of Teacher Educators (NYSATE). R. Neal Appleby Award for

New York's State's “Outstanding Teacher Educator." April 15, 1999.

Winner of the American Chemical Society’s National Chemistry Week’s 1995 (“Chemistry

Everyday, Everyday Chemistry”) and 1997 (“Incredible, Edible Chemistry: K-3 Kitchen

Capers”) Phoenix Award for Best Activity with Teachers and one of four programs across the

nation to be nominated for the 1996 Award for (“The Colors of Chemistry: A K-3

Kaleidoscope”).

Phi Kappa Phi. University of Maryland, May 1985.

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Assistantships awarded to pursue graduate studies in science education, University of

Maryland-College Park, 1982-1987 from the departments of Chemistry and Curriculum and

Instruction/Science Education and the American Chemical Society.

High school teacher selected by the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society to

attend a Expert Demonstration Training Affiliates (EDTA) Workshop at Denison University,

Ohio, October 1980. In the spring 1981, I offered my first professional development workshop.

Who's Who in American Colleges, Thomas More College, 1978.

Recipient of a National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Program grant to do

chemical synthesis research on transition metal organometallics at the University of Georgia,

Summer 1976. Synthesized and characterized a new chemical compound.

Recipient of the Chemical Rubber Company Award for Academic Excellence in Chemistry,

Thomas More College, 1975 (based on performance during freshman year).

Recipient of a 4-year, full-tuition Academic Scholarship, Thomas More College, 1974.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Books:

O’Brien, T. (2011). Even More Brain-Powered Science Teaching and Learning with

Discrepant Events. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press. This final volume of the 3-book series added a

focus on integrating CCSS-ELA and the NGSS and includes eight model 5E Teaching Cycle

mini-units. Over 1000 updated URLs from the series Internet Connections feature are accessible

at: https://www.nsta.org/publications/press/extras/. Also available at this site: Correlations

Between Activities in the Three-Volume Brain-Powered Science Series and the Next Generation

Science Standards, CCSS ELA, and CCSS Mathematics.

O’Brien, T. (2011). More Brain-Powered Science Teaching and Learning with Discrepant

Events. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press. 2nd volume in series continues BPS’s focus on applied

cognitive learning theory, but also features the Nature Of Science (NOS) and dual-purpose

integrated science-mathematics, experiential learning activities.

O’Brien, T. (2010). Brain-Powered Science Teaching and Learning with Discrepant Events.

Arlington, VA: NSTA Press. This book (& the other two volumes in the series) focuses on

teaching teachers cognitive learning theory/research and its application in inquiry-based science

teaching via the use of dual-purpose, science/science education, discrepant event/visual

participatory analogies. This unique, author-created type of experiential learning activity was

developed over 22 years of teaching and some 20 grant-funded summer institutes at BU. The

book was favorably reviewed as an “Editor’s Choice” in the AAAS Science Books & Films guide,

46(8)/August 2010, p.207 & subsequently selected for the AAAS SB&F’s Best Books of 2014;

was recommended in the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society electronic newsletter;

and was highlighted in the 5/6/10 issue of Inside Binghamton University (“Professor’s book

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looks to change science teaching”). An author Interview and sample discrepant event (7 min) are

at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P_h8Fyf_-c

Cheeks, D. & O’Brien, T. (1996). NYSTEP Teacher Guide (New York State Science,

Technology & Society Project). Albany, NY: New York State Education Department. Although

now out-of-print, 8000 copies were distributed and select chapters were available for a number

of years at the NYSED web site; primarily for in-state distribution with some limited out-of-state

sales. This document introduced cognitive (constructivist) learning theory, the BSCS 5E

Teaching Cycle unit design model, and a Science-Technology-Society (STS) education

framework to NYS grades 5-12 science teachers.

American Chemical Society. (1988/1st ed.). Chemistry in the Community. Dubuque, IA:

Kendall-Hunt. Roles: Editor-author for the Teacher's Guide and contributing author for the

student text of ChemCom, an alternative high school chemistry text utilizing a STS/Science-

Technology-Society, decision-making approach. Earlier contributions included work as a

member (1 of 24) of one of the original Writing Teams (i.e., co-author of the Feeding the World

module), the Synthesis Committee (1 of 12), and the Revision Team (1 of 6 responsible for

writing the final version of the student text). ChemCom was the only curriculum cited in the

influential 1983 Nation at Risk report. My ChemCom work ended in late 1991 when I completed

my service as the Project Evaluator for the national NSF teacher-leader, Dissemination &

Networks institutes.

By January 1994, more than 230,000 ChemCom books (1st + 2nd editions) had been sold in

the USA; Russian and Japanese versions had been developed; and a college-level version

(Chemistry in Context) released. It also inspired similar STS-focused textbooks in earth science

(EarthComm), biology (BioCom) and physics (Active Physics). The 6th edition of this ground-

breaking high school chemistry book is now available.

Edited Books

DiSpezio, M., O’Brien, T., & Okoro, B. [Consulting Authors]. (2020). HMH Science

Dimensions: Chemistry. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. National Edition (released

July 2019).

DiSpezio, M., O’Brien, T., & Okoro, B. [Consulting Authors]. (2020). HMH Science

Dimensions: California Edition of Chemistry in the Earth System. Orlando, FL: Houghton

Mifflin Harcourt. Released in Spring 2019.

Banko, W., Grant, M.L., Jabot, M.E., McCormack, A.J., & O’Brien, T. (eds.). (2013).

Science for the Next Generation: Preparing for the New Standards. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

I served as both a writer (for three chapters) and the primary editor with all royalties donated to

the Science Teachers Association of New York State (to support elementary education). This

book was one of two NSTA Press elementary level books cited as an AAAS Science Books &

Films/SB&F Best Books of 2014 (http://www.sbfonline.com/Documents/2014BestBooks.pdf).

This book introduced a national audience of grades K-5 teachers to applied cognitive learning

theory, the BSCS 5E Teaching Cycle, and the integration of the CCSS-ELA, CCSS-Mathematics

and the NGSS. See below for my three solo-authored chapters.

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Contributed Chapters in Books or Monographs

Baxter, J. (author of fictional story) & O’Brien, T. (supplement author). (2014). Terence the

Space Tomato. Armonk, NY: Knowing Science. Children’s tradebook with TG supplement.

O’Brien, T. (2013). Book Overview, Ch.4: 5E(z) Guidelines for Designing Research-

Informed Science Lesson Sequences, and Ch.5: Metric Measurement, Models & Moon Matters.

Three chapters in Banko, W., Grant, M., Jabot, M., McCormack, A., and O’Brien, T. (eds).

Science for the Next Generation: Preparing for the New Standards. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

O’Brien, T. (1995). Ch.44/Literature Pathways to Science Processes (pp.138-141) and

Ch.45/Integrated Whole Language & Science: A Dynamic Duo (pp.142-145) in CESI

Sourcebook VIII: Through the Rainbow: Children, Science and Literature. A. Brainard & D.

Wrubel, editors. Council for Elementary Science International (CESI).

Posner, H.B., O’Brien, T.P., & Markstein, J. (1994). A Teaching Scholars Program to

Develop Problem-Solving Molecular Biology Experiments (pp.129-140) in Selected Papers from

the 5th National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, J.A. Chambers, ed.

Jacksonville, FL: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

O'Brien, T. (1991). Easy-To-Find Chemicals. Appendix 2 in Fun with Chemistry: A

Guidebook of K-12 Activities, Sarquis, M. (ed). Institute for Chemical Education, University of

Wisconsin-Madison. Article was also included in PEARLS: Hands-On Science by Betsy

Zadorozny, a book by a 1990 Christa McAuliffe Fellow and former graduate of an I.C.E.

institute I directed at the University of Northern Colorado in the summer 1988. A shortened

form, “Common Chemicals Around the House” (co-authored with David Katz) appeared in the

trade journal: ChemEcology, May/June 1991, 20(4), 9-10.

Refereed Articles:

Hubenthal, M., O’Brien, T., & Taber, J. (September 2011). Posters that foster cognition in the

classroom: multimedia theory applied to educational posters, Educational Media

International, 48:3, 193-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2011.607322. See:

http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/poster/earthquakes_like_ripples_on_water for a poster designed

based on these principles (& a related online simulation and related TG materials).

Busch, J.R., O’Brien, T.P., & Spangler, W.D. (2005). Increasing the quantity and quality of

school leadership candidates through formation experiences. Journal of Leadership and

Organizational Studies, 11(3), 95-108.

Busch, J.R. & O’Brien, T.P. & Spangler, W.D. (Winter 2005). School leadership formation:

Encouraging teachers to pursue leadership positions. School Administrators Association of New

York State Journal, 34(1), 3-7.

Stamp, N. & O’Brien, T. (January 2005). GK-12 Partnership: A Model to Advance Change

in Science Education. Bioscience, 55(1), 70-77.

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Green, D.W. & O’Brien, T. (June 2002/V.11, No.9). The Internet and the Upper Elementary

Classroom: Making a Difference? From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal.

[available at http://fno.org/jun02/impact.html].

Green, D.W. & O’Brien, T. The Internet's Impact on Teacher Practice and Classroom

Culture. T.H.E. Journal, V.29, No.11 (September 2002), 44-51. [available at

http://www.thejournal.com/articles/16031].

O’Brien, T. & Seager, D. (November 2000). 5 E(z) steps to teaching earth-moon scaling: An

interdisciplinary mathematics/science/ technology mini-unit. School Science & Mathematics,

100(7), 390-395.

O’Brien, T. (October 2000). A toilet paper timeline of evolution: A 5 E cycle on the concept

of scale. American Biology Teacher, 62(8), 578-582. This article and an interview of the author

were also the focus of Chapter 10, Teaching Earth Science through Inquiry, pp.145-153 in

Llewellyn, D. (2005). Teaching High School Science Through Inquiry: A Case Study Approach.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press and Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

O'Brien, T., Stannard, C., & Telesca, A. (1994). A baker's dozen of discrepantly dense

demonstrations. Science Scope, 18(2), 35-38.

Stannard, C., O'Brien, T., & Telesca, A. (Winter 1994). STEP UP to networks for science

teacher professional development. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 5(1), 30-5.

O'Brien, T. (1993). Teaching fundamental aspects of science toys. School Science and

Mathematics, 93, 203-207.

O'Brien, T. (1992). Science inservice workshops that work for elementary teachers. School

Science and Mathematics, 92, 422-426.

Stannard, C., O'Brien, T., & Telesca, A. (1992). A ball with pure translational motion? The

Physics Teacher, 30, 526-527.

O'Brien, T. (1992). Biological bafflers, discrepant data, fascinating facts & quizzical

quandaries. The American Biology Teacher, 54(5), 263-267.

O'Brien, T. (Spring 1992). The concerns-based design and evaluation of an Institute for

Chemical Education demonstration workshop. Science Educator, 1(1), 21-26.

O'Brien, T. (1991). The science and art of demonstrations. Journal of Chemical Education,

68, 933-936.

Brownridge, J., Telesca, A., Stannard, C. & O'Brien, T. (October 1990). Cryogenic

Pryoelectricity: Demonstrating a Newly Discovered Phenomenon in the Classroom. The Physics

Teacher, 482-483.

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NonRefereed Publications: National & State Journals, Newsletters, Local

Newsmedia and Grant-Related Curriculum Units and Reports

(sole author unless otherwise noted)

STANYS Newsletters: I authored one article for each of five, bimonthly issues per academic

year, from September 2010 – May/June 2016 (a total of 28 articles) in my role as the Director-

At-Large/DAL for Colleges; a statewide elected position. Archived newsletters are available at:

https://stanys.org/About/publicationsnewsletter-archive.html. In general, the articles focus on

research-informed, best practice teaching with sample activities included as exemplars to make

“theory” concrete and immediately translatable into grade 5-12 science classrooms.

Combined undergraduate-graduate degree programs: An accelerated route to science and

mathematics teacher education. The Quest (BU/SOE newsletter), Spring 2007, p.5.

Center for Science, Mathematics, & Technology Education/CSMTE Website: The site

https://www.binghamton.edu/tlel/resources/csmte/ contains an extensive number of links that

connect to resources (and bibliographies) for science & mathematics teachers, teacher educators

and STEM researchers interested in K-12 outreach. See pages 8-11 of the Binghamton Research

magazine 2006-07: “5E’s = Better math, science teaching: Center Strives to Meet the Critical

Need for Top Quality K-12 Instructors.”

http://research.binghamton.edu/RAD/projects/BinghamtonResearch/magazine06.pdf

Firenze, R., & O’Brien, T. (April 22, 2005). Letters to the Editor: Evolution can’t be taught in

270 minutes. Science, V.308, p.495.

O’Brien, Thomas. (July 2005). Reflections on science education leadership. NYSSELA

Perspectives on Science Education, 2-3. Invited essay upon receiving the NYSSELA Outstanding

Leadership in Science Education Award in November 2004.

O’Brien, T. (May 6, 2004). Question: Why are there few, if any, thunderstorms in the winter?

Press & Sun Bulletin, Ask a Scientist feature: http://inside.binghamton.edu/inthenews/may-

jun/06may04ask.html

Evolution: After a long period of statis, it’s time for science education to catch up with

science. October 1999 issue of Perspectives on Science Education, a quarterly newsletter of the

New York State Science Education Leadership Association/NYSSELA (circulation = 300).

Science Teaching as Scientific Research: A Window on an Un(der) Examined World. July

1999 issue of NYSSELA’s Perspectives on Science Education, pp.15-16.

President’s Messages (editorials) in January, May, Summer, and October 1998 issues of

NYSSELA’s Perspectives on Science Education.

Leads on Good Reads (book reviews) in January, Summer, and October 1998 issue of

NYSSELA’s Perspectives on Science Education.

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WWW “Hot”Spots Can Lead to Really “Cool” Science Teaching & Learning, Summer 1998

issue of Perspectives on Science Education.

Theory into Practice: Towards a Science of Science Teaching (article with annotated

bibliography) in May 1998 issue of the NYSSELA Newsletter, Perspectives on Science

Education.

O’Brien, T. & Lamoureux, V. (1998). A Place for Plants: Integrating Plants into a Life

Science Curriculum. Produced for the outreach program of the HHMI grant (240-1986M).

O’Brien, T. & Lamoureux, V. (1996). MicroVisions: Science as a Way of Seeing. Curriculum

unit supported by Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant (240-1986M).

A Teaching Guide for Graduate Teaching Assistants in Biology. Manuscript supported by

NSF’s Undergraduate Course & Curriculum Development grant (No. USE-9156253). Fall 1994.

Statewide Needs Assessment of NYS Science Education Leaders. Drafted & analyzed a

survey for the New York State Science Supervisors Association in preparation for a future grant.

Fall 1993.

Stannard, C., O'Brien, T., & Telesca, A. (1992). STEP UP Demonstration Sourcebook.

In-house publication for the NYS Title II grant-funded summer institutes.

Brady, S. (Spring 1992). Get your students wired on toys and electrify your classroom. New

York State Electric & Gas Company’s EnergyFile newsletter to 14,000+ NYS teachers. This

lead article and the accompanying article (Classroom Transformers) were based on an interview

of Dr. O'Brien related to his popular science toys workshops.

Interim and Final Project Evaluator Reports for the 1988-90 ChemCom Dissemination and

Networks summer institutes funded by National Science Foundation.

Correlations of ChemCom objectives to state curriculum guides: AL, AS, NC, IA, SC, GA,

IN, UT, VA, FL & OR for Kendall-Hunt, the book’s publisher.

STEP UP Network Newsletters: May 1994 (Vol.7, No.2), January 1994 (Vol.7, No.1), &

October 1993 (Vol.6, No.2). May 1992 (Vol.5, special ed.), April 1992 (Vol.5, No.3), January

1992 (Vol.5, No.2), & October 1991 (Vol.5, No.1). Three issues per year beginning in Spring

1988 with a current circulation of 800+. Published with grant co-PIs: Dr. Carl Stannard and Mr.

Andy Telesca.

Resource Agencies & Materials for Science and the Handicapped. Distributed by NYSED to

all Title II/Science Principal Investigators. September 11, 1989.

Pedagogical Principles for the Inservice Education of Teachers Teaching Teachers: A

Manual for ChemCom Resource Teachers. Background paper used at the NSF-funded ChemCom

Resource Teacher Dissemination and Outreach Network training institutes in the summers of

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1988-1990 at the Universities of California at Berkeley, Houston, Puget Sound, Wisconsin-

Stevens Point, and SUNY-Cortland, Colorado School of Mines, and Mt. Union College.

Articles: Graduate Student or School Teacher Prior to Binghamton University

O'Brien, T. (1992). Animal science. The Science Teacher (Idea Bank), 59(7), 56-57.

O'Brien, T. (1991). Symbol science. The Science Teacher (Idea Bank), 58(6), 80-83.

O'Brien, T. (November 1988). Barriers and bypasses to the implementation of ChemCom.

ChemComments (American Chemical Society national newsletter), Vol.1, No.1, pp.1-3.

O'Brien, T. Personal reflections on the ChemCom project and approach. ChemUnity '87

(American Chemical Society national newsletter), Vol.8, No. 2 (Summer 1987), 21.

O'Brien, T. and Gardner, M. K-8 Town Meeting Project. CHED Newsletter (ACS/Division

of Chemical Education), Fall 1984, 32-33.

O'Brien, T. Gaseous Effusion (Q&A # 183) and Origins of the Fahrenheit Scale (Q&A #184).

Chem 13 News, March 1983, 11-13.

O'Brien, T. Chemical of the day. Journal of Chemical Education (Ideas from Everywhere),

59(3), 243.

Published Reviews of Books and Audiovisuals:

Nuclear Arms Race (book). The Science Teacher, January 1987, 178-79.

Futurcasting (book). The Science Teacher, January 1986, 184-88.

Finding Answers in Science & Technology (book). The Science Teacher, Jan. 1986, 184-188.

Soil: A Case Study of an Ecosystem (filmstrip). The Science Teacher, Sept. 1984, 101-102

Laboratory Handbook of Toxic Agents (book). Journal of Chemical Education, Nov. 1982, 984.

FUNDED GRANTS, RESEARCH, & LINKED EDUCATION OUTREACH:

1987-2008 = $4.6M in co-authored grants (not counting consultant/associate status)

NYSED Science Teacher Summer Professional Development “Big Ideas in Science Institute”

(BISI). A $93,813 grant was submitted on February 20, 2008. PIs: Drs. O’Brien and Jones. Dr.

Jones secured an additional $14,000 from the S3IP center. Dr. O’Brien also drafted a successful

proposal to the Stephen David Ross Community Partnerships Fund that provided an additional

$7,500 for teacher honorariums. Total Award: $115,313. The BISI staff was selected from BU

and BCC (e.g., Dr. Rick Firenze, a former BU EdD graduate). BISI served 29 grades 5-8

“science” teachers via a 7-day summer institute (4 credit course) focused on the “big

ideas”/unifying theories in science and the pedagogical content knowledge. BISI walked the talk

or research-informed teaching by featuring interactive, inquiry-oriented, constructivist-based,

experiential learning. The institute/graduate level course was highlighted in the Winter 2009

edition of the SOE newsletter, The difference: “Dedicated Teachers are Never Too BISI to

Learn” (p.3). It also was one of three programs featured in the Fall 2009 Binghamton University

Magazine article, “Feeding a Need to Learn” (pp.30-33).

EvoS Evolution Education “New Directions” Outreach: In December 2007, Dr. O’Brien

worked with Carolyn Wilczynski (a former MAT and current BCSD biology teacher) to develop

a small ($1000) “seed” grant proposal to the BU EvoS program. A day-long Saturday workshop

was held on October 18, 2008 in cooperation with Drs. David Sloan Wilson (BU) and Rick

Firenze (BCC). Dr. Wilson's book (Evolution for Everyone) was distributed to the 30 grade 6-12

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teacher-participants. The workshop was described in the Winter 2009 edition of the SOE

newsletter, The difference: “Evolution for Everyone” is a “Natural Selection” for Teachers (p.8).

NYSED Excelsior Scholars Program, “Go Green” Summer Camp for High

Achieving 8th graders: A $67,000 grant funded a 2-week program from July 7-18, 2008

based on a partnership between the Small Scale Systems Integration & Packaging

Center (with the Chemistry Department’s Dr. Wayne Jones as lead), CSMTE and

Broome-Tioga BOCES. Several science/engineering department colleagues and former

MAT students/current grade 7-12 science teachers staffed the program. Faculty

Associate/Grant Consultant: Dr. O’Brien helped develop the proposal, but chose not to

be listed as a co-PI on this proposal due to work on BISI (but encouraged his colleague,

Dr. Andy Cavagnetto to join the team). Leftover funds from the 2008 BISI and Go

Green grants plus additional funds supported the 2009 Go Green program.

Klee Foundation (Teaching) Fellowships. Drafted by Thomas O’Brien for submission by

Dean Rose in August 2004. $150,000 from a Broome County foundation provides support for

the three-semester graduate education program for five-seven science and five-seven

mathematics MAT students (Fall 2005 – Spring 2013). The grant is described on pages 1-2 of the

Binghamton University Foundation Fall 2005 issue of Believe!

(http://giveto.binghamton.edu/newsletter/pdf/BUbelieveFall05.pdf). Two of the fellows’

perspectives were featured in the Fall 2006 issue of the Binghamton University Magazine (pp.20-

21, “Diving into math and science: Klee Fellowships put educators in K-12 classrooms”). It is

also described in conjunction with a previous Klee grant in the Binghamton University

Foundation Annual Report 2004-05, pages 14-15, “The Teacher is the Key.” The previous

$144,000 grant that was drafted by Dean Rose & Dr. O’Brien (who administered the grant),

supported three science and three mathematics MAT students without a required “serve and

learn” component.

Ecological Investigations at the BU Nature Preserve. David Ross University and Community

Projects Fund. Written with MAT student Jeff Bohner. $6,200 was awarded for the 2005-06 AY.

Brought 480 BCSD seventh grade life science students to the campus Nature Preserve for fall,

winter and spring science field trips. BU Campus media coverage: “Nature for youngsters.”

Binghamton University Magazine (Fall 2005), p.4. “University partners with Binghamton

schools.” Inside BU (November 3, 2005), pp.1-2. Community coverage: “Education outdoors.”

Press & Sun Bulletin (October 18, 2005) and Channel 34 News. (October 20, 2005).

Graduate Teaching Fellows in Elementary School Education. PI: Nancy E. Stamp. Co-PIs:

Thomas O’Brien, Eric Cotts & Jeff Barker. $1,161,486, 3-year GK-12 grant with September

2001 formal startup (but with a one week institute in August). Provided professional

development training (7 days in the summer + 2 days of subsequent AY follow-up), curriculum

materials and grant-funded, in-class graduate science “co-teachers” for grades 3-6 Binghamton

City School district teachers during the summers of 2001-2003. A supplemental NSF award

increased the initial award to $1.2 million to run through May 2004 and offer higher GTF

stipends. A previously arranged campus commitment supported two graduate students to

continue the project at a reduced level during the 2005-06.

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Satellite Communication Networks: New Curriculum Development. $400,000, 3-yr

grant [1/01/00+] from the National Science Foundation. Co-PIs: Victor Skormin &

Monish Chatterjee; Co-Investigators: Mark Fowler & Jose Delgado-Frias [Watson

SOE]; and Faculty Associate/Grant Consultant: Thomas O’Brien. Developed a series of

four upper level undergraduate/graduate courses in satellite communication networks

[incorporates research & team-based, real-world projects] as a 5th area of specialization

for Electrical Engineering students. Cited in SUNY-Binghamton Inside on 9/7/00.

An Integrated University/Industry Materials Science Graduate Program in

Electronics Packaging. $321,446, 3 yr grant [9/1/99] from the National Science

Foundation’s Integrated Graduate Education & Research Training Program. Co-PIs:

Eric Cotts [Physics] & Wayne Jones, Jr. [Chemistry]. Grant Consultant for

communication and group dynamics, careers and science ethics seminars.

Campus-Community Collaboration to Enhance Investigative Biology. $1,000,000, 4-year

grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute [8/31/94 - 8/31/98 + 1 yr no-cost extension]. PI:

Anna Tan-Wilson (Biology), co-PIs: Herb Posner (Biology) & Tom O'Brien (SEHD). Education

outreach programs included the BEST STEPS K-10 “Spring is Alive” Conference (1996-98: see

article on page 3 on the Fall 1997/V.10 No.1 SEHD Newsletter); classroom visits by university

scientists and an education outreach staff member; an equipment lending library associated with

the A Place for Plants: Integrating Plants into a Life Science Curriculum and MicroVisions:

Science as a Way of Seeing curriculum guides; and three, 2-week graduate courses/summer

institutes (1996-98), Evolution & the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (ENSI) for grades 7 and 10

biology teachers plus two six-day summer ENSI institutes (1999-2000) with academic year

follow-up/reunion workshops. Articles on the grant appeared in Inside Binghamton University

(Vol.17/no.1/August 31, 1995, p.6 photo; no.2/September 7, 1995, p.4; and vol.16, no.6/October

6, 1994) and The Press & Sun Bulletin (October 4, 1994, page 2B).

Community of Faculty and Student Scholars in Biology. $1,500,000, 5-year grant from

Howard Hughes Medical Institute [7/1/92 - 8/31/97 + 1 yr no-cost extension]. PI: Anna Tan-

Wilson (Biology), co-PIs: Herb Posner (Biology) & Tom O'Brien (SEHD). This multi-faceted

grant included a series of three Biology Educators of the Southern Tier/BEST summer institutes

(1993-95) for area middle level life science teachers (grades 5-7). Articles on the grant appeared

in SUNY-Inside (vol.13, no.34/June 4, 1992), the Harpur Newsletter of the Arts & Science

(Summer 1992), and The Press & Sun Bulletin (May 28, 1992, page 1A).

Improving Access, Success and Teaching Performance in Molecular Biology [USE-

9156253]. Co-PIs: Herb Posner (Biology) & Tom O'Brien (SEHD). $160,000, 2-year

Undergraduate Education/National Science Foundation grant [6/1/92 - 6/30/94] to: (1) rework

the BIO 113 & BIO 113L Cell & Molecular Biology introductory lecture & lab courses to

emphasize more cooperative learning, inquiry and conceptual learning and (2) develop a biology

graduate and undergraduate TA training course (BIO 480/680H) for the fall 1992. A MAT-

Biology GA and several undergraduates were funded for the Summer 1992 to assist in the

development work. The Fall 1992 issue of SUNY-B/SEHD’s Focus on Learning discussed this

grant, along with the STEPS/NSF and HHMI grants.

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Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Sciences: STEPS K-12 Leadership Program

[240-1724A], [4/15/92-1/31/96 + 1yr no-cost extension]. Co-PIs: Carl Stannard (Physics), Tom

O'Brien (SEHD) & Andy Telesca (Physics & Johnson City HS). A $259,029 Teacher

Enhancement/National Science Foundation proposal expanded the existing STEP UP network

(see below) over a three-year period to provide "training-of-trainers" workshops for state-level

inservice leaders & mentors. The summer institutes were held on July 11-22, 1994 (for 17

statewide science mentors/inservice leaders and 75 local teachers in for one of six 3-hr

workshops); July 12-23, 1993 (for 20 statewide & 80 local teachers) July 20-31, 1992 (for 17

statewide & 75 local teachers). The combined, one-year delayed, documented multiplier effect

reached over 2,700 teachers with workshops 3 hours or longer in length (for a total of 13,644

teacher contact hours of additional outreach). Many of the teacher-leaders went on to assume

leadership roles in the Science Teachers Association of New York State (see below). This grant

included funds to support one MAT/Physics GA. SUNY-Inside (vol.14, no.2, p.3/September 3,

1992) had a feature article on the STEP UP and STEPS programs.

A sample of statewide STANYS science teacher “Leaders” developed through STEPS:

Phillip Childs (STEPS staff): 2009 Award of Appreciation, 2004 Fellow, and

Former Director-At-Large/Elementary Level

Arthur Lebofsky (participant): 1999 Award of Appreciation

Laura Lehtonen (participant): 2008 Award of Appreciation

Jim Overhiser (participant): 2010 President, 2009 & 2006 Award of Appreciation,

2003 Fellow and Former Director-At-Large/Sections

Lance Rudiger (participant): 2007 Award of Appreciation

Andy Telesca, Jr. (STEPS co-PI; not a member when STEP UP began): 2000 Service

Award, 2000 Fellow, and 1997 President

New York State Electric & Gas Co. contributed $3508 to the Foundation of SUNY

Binghamton Account #735 to cover the October 1991-May 1992 academic year activities of

STEP UP (three STEP UP meetings; five six-hour workshops; and four editions of the

newsletter). Staff/consultant salaries were handled external to the university. An additional $750

was added on 7/16/92 to cover lunches for 75 local teachers participating in the half-day

workshops that were part of the NSF/STEPS Leadership Institute. For the 1992-93 AY, the local

Binghamton area NYSEG office funded two, six-hour workshops and the state-level office

covered the reproduction cost of the STEP UP/STEPS Newsletter.

Binghamton City School District-SEHD Science Education Partnership. $9,393 during the

1992-93 AY supported a SEHD graduate student to work in collaboration with Dr. O'Brien as a

science consultant/graduate assistant for Ben Franklin Elementary (a science magnet school).

$9,775 for the 1993-94 AY supported a MAT-Science student (Victor Lamoureux) to work as a

science consultant for Ben Franklin Elementary School.

STEP UP [Southern Tier Educators Program for Understanding Physics] Regional Network

of K-12 Physics-Related Teachers. Three, New York/State Education Department grants co-

authored with Dr. Carl Stannard and Mr. Andrew Telesca of SUNY-B Physics Department.

$40,000 [7/1/90-6/30/91], $35,000 [7/1/89-6/30/90] and $40,000 [7/1/88-6/30/89]. STEP UP

funded three, two-week summer workshops for 61 teachers and numerous academic year follow-

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up staff development activities that reached several hundred additional teachers. The workshops

featured modeling and intensive microteaching with "mind-on", interactive, physics

demonstrations-experiments. The STEP UP Network was described in SUNY-Binghamton’s

Inside (vol.10/no.23 August 10, 1989 and vol.10/no.1 August 25, 1988); SUNY-B/SEHD’s

Focus on Learning (vol.3/no.1); the Press & Sun Bulletin (10/29/89); and in the National

Education Association’s New York Advocate publication (June 1990).

Statistical Evaluation of American Chemical Society-sponsored, National Science

Foundation-funded, ChemCom Teacher Training Workshops and Network. Financial support for

a graduate students & data analysis services: $1,300 (Fall 1988) + $3,862 (6/9/89 - 6/9/90) +

$3,862 (6/9/90 - 8/31/92). This was a subcontract on a larger NSF grant to the ACS.

STS (Science-Technology-Society) Leadership Conference, July 9-July 13, 1989. Subcontract

with Pennsylvania State University (SUNY-Binghamton Grant No. 240-1365A for $12,000).

Co-directors: Dr. Thomas O'Brien (also served as a conference speaker) and Mr. Tom Kowalik

(SEHD/Division of Community Programs).

Grants Applied for/Funding Denied:

MAT Science Support Specialists for Grade 5 Science. $124,800 proposal to the Klee

Foundation to support a two-semester, work study stipend for 12 MAT-Science students over a

3-year period. Fall 2014. Funded students will work in local elementary classrooms and earn a

grade 5-6 teaching extension from NYSED. BU GSE offered $36,104 of in-kind support.

GK-12 Partnerships in Computer Science Education and Research with Greater

Binghamton School Districts. $1.9 M proposal to NSF on June 3, 2010. PIs: Drs. Yin,

Gopalan, You, Yang and Lander. Faculty Associate/Grant Consultant: Dr. O’Brien.

Big Ideas in Science Institute. A $461,933 NYSED Mathematic Science Partnership (MSP)

proposal was submitted on January 22, 2010 by Broome-Tioga BOCES on behalf of Johnson

City (lead/fiscal agent), Binghamton City, Deposit, and Union Endicott school districts. This

proposal was drafted by Drs. Wayne Jones and Tom O’Brien and BOCES grant writer, Doug

Titus. The NYS budget delay resulted in the state’s failure to complete the review process.

As an expansion of a previous BISI grant, this three-year grant would have provided ongoing

professional development to a core group of 40 grades 5-9 teachers over three summer institutes

and academic years. Binghamton University had a sub-contract as the primary service provider.

Student and Teacher Academy for Science and Engineering (STASE): Engaging and Retaining

Middle School Students in STEM Careers. National Science Foundation Discovery K-12 pre-

proposal was submitted in October 5, 2009. PI/coPIs: Drs. Jones, O’Brien, Cavagnetto, McGrann

and Gal. This pre-proposal was a reworked version of the NSF ITEST proposal (below).

Student and Teacher Academy for Science and Engineering (STASE): Engaging and

Retaining Middle School Students in STEM Careers. $1.2M National Science Foundation ITEST

proposal was submitted on February 20, 2009. PI/coPIs: Drs. Jones, O’Brien, Cavagnetto,

McGrann, and Gal. STASE was an extension of the NYSED-funded BISI and Go Green projects

(see above).

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Arthur Vining Davis: A $150,000 proposal drafted by Dr. O’Brien and submitted in August

2007 under President DeFleur’s signature. This proposal involved a network partnership between

Binghamton University, Colgate University, SUNY-Oneonta and the Science Teachers

Association of New York State. Elements of this proposal helped form the basis for a NYSED-

funded “Big Ideas in Science Institute” (see above).

Partnerships in Astronomy and Cosmology Education (PACE). PI: Charles Nelson. Co Pis:

Andy Telesca and Thomas O’Brien. A $2,031,768 proposal to the Math and Science Partnership

Program of the National Science Foundation was submitted on May 17, 2006. PACE would have

funded summer institutes and AY follow-up activities with the Pipehenge astrogym/lab,

computer controlled small telescopes and computer simulations. Preservice MATs would have

served as project assistants and a new graduate course would have been developed.

Graduate Teaching Fellows in Elementary School Education, Track II Renewal. PI: Nancy

Stamp. Co-PIs: Thomas O’Brien, Jeff Barker, Eric Cotts & Wayne Jones. Submitted May 2004

(& again in June 2005) to the National Science Foundation. $2 million, 5-year project.

Binghamton Exemplary Science Teachers (BEST) Program. $124,740 proposal drafted to

Arthur Vining Davis Foundation for submission by President DeFleur on May 31, 2005. This

proposal would have funded 8 preservice MATs and 16 inservice teachers to engage in

collaborative curriculum development and action research in local schools.

Binghamton Exemplary School Teachers (BEST) Program for Graduate Level, Secondary

School Science and Mathematics Teachers. PI: Thomas O’Brien, coPIs: Drs. Wayne Jones and

Jean Schmittau. $850,000 National Science Foundation STEMTP grant proposal submitted on

October 7, 2002. This proposal included induction level mentoring of new teachers.

Graduate Teaching Fellows in Elementary School Education. PI: Nancy Stamp. Co-PIs:

James Dix, Thomas O’Brien, Richard Plumb & Anna Tan-Wilson. Submitted May 5, 1999 to

the National Science Foundation. $965,581 for 9/1/99 start-up (36 months). Encouraged to

reapply and a second GK-12 proposal was subsequently funded by NSF (see above).

Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program.

PI: Anna Tan-Wilson. Co-PIs: Karl Wilson, Robert Van Buskirk & Thomas O’Brien.

Submitted October 13, 1997. $2.2 million for four years that would have followed two

previously successful HHMI grants (see above).

New Educational eXchanges Training: Southern Tier Educators Program in Science (NEXT

STEPS): Pre-proposal to the National Science Foundation for $350,000. Submitted April 1,

1997. Co-PIs: T. O’Brien, C. Stannard and A. Telesca. Intended as a follow-up to the successful

NSF-funded STEPS and NYSED-funded STEP UP programs (see above).

Innovations in Learning Through Collaboration, Technology, and Intelligent Systems:

Pre-proposal to the National Science Foundation for $1,436,800. Submitted February 6, 1997.

PI: Wayne Jones. Co-PIs: Anu Maria, Richard Pastore, George Klir, and Tom O’Brien.

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A Biology Teaching Fellowship Summer Program for Minority Undergraduate Students.

$338,870, 3-year proposal to the National Science Foundation’s Instrumentation & Laboratory

Improvement Program. Submitted on November 14, 1994. PI: Herb Posner (Biology) and co-

PI: Tom O'Brien (SEHD).

Chemistry and Consequence: The Restructuring of the First Two Years of the Chemistry

Curriculum. A Preliminary Proposal to the FIPSE Program, November 1994. Co-PIs: Wayne

Jones, James Dix, Bruce Norcross, Thomas O’Brien, and Stanley Whittingham.

SUNY-Binghamton's President's Innovation Fund Proposal, $9,814 (submitted 2/28/92).

Primary author with Dean Biemer and SEHD’s MAT faculty.

Southern Tier Educators Program for Understanding Physical Sciences (STEP UPS), K-12.

[TPE-9055427]. A $531,314 National Science Foundation proposal (submitted August 1, 1990)

to expand the existing STEP UP network over a three-year period to include chemistry inservice

programs and provide "training-of-trainers" workshops for state-level inservice leaders. A

revised, lower cost proposal was submitted on August 1, 1991 and subsequently funded (see

above).

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS & EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS

National Conferences [~40 presentations]:

O’Brien, T. (2019, May 21). FUNdaMENTAL Science Stories: 3D Edutainment at its Best.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/HMH-Sponsored National Webinar.

O’Brien, T. (2018, November 27). Literacy Across the Disciplines and 4-Dimensional,

FUNomena-Based Science Teaching. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/HMH-Sponsored National

Webinar.

O’Brien, T. (2018, May 21). Metric Measurements, Magnitudes, and Mathematics Matter in the

Science of Scale. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/HMH-Sponsored National Webinar.

O’Brien, T. (2018, March 15). Soft Drinks, Subject Silos, Synergy, and Sweet Darwinian Diet

Deliberations. A Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/HMH-sponsored presentation. National Science

Teachers Association/NSTA Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 15-17, 2018.

O’Brien, T. (2017, October 18). Brain-Powered Science Teaching & Learning with Discrepant

Events. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/HMH-Sponsored National Webinar. 300 registrants.

O’Brien, T. (2016, April 3). CCSS for ELA & literacy + NGSS = Even more brain-powered

O’Brien, T & Banko, W. (2016, April 2). 5 E(z) Elementary Steps to the Next Generation

National Science Teachers Association/NSTA Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

O’Brien, T. (2015, March 13). CCSS for mathematics + NGSS = More brain-powered science.

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O’Brien, T. (2015, March 15). CCSS for ELA & literacy + NGSS = Even more brain-powered

science. National Science Teachers Association/NSTA Annual Conference Chicago, IL.

O’Brien, T. (2014, April 6). CCSS for mathematics + NGSS = More brain-powered science.

O’Brien, T. (2014, April 6). CCSS for ELA & literacy + NGSS = Even more BPS.

O’Brien, T. (2014, April 5). Brain-powered science teaching & learning with discrepant events.

National Science Teachers Association/NSTA Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

O’Brien, T. and Banko. W. (2014, April 4). 5 E(z) Elementary Steps to the Next Generation

Science Standards. National Science Teachers Association/NSTA Annual Conference, Boston,

MA. Selected for videotaping by NSTA for use as online professional development.

“5 E(z)” Guidelines for Designing Research-Informed Science Lesson Sequences, Brain-

Powered Science Teaching & Learning with Discrepant Events, CCSS for ELA & Literacy +

NGSS = Even More Brain-Powered Science, and CCSS for Mathematics + NGSS = More Brain-

Powered Science. Four presentations at the NSTA Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX. April

11-14, 2013.

Misconceptions Matter: Where do they come from? Where do they go? + Daltonian Atoms in

5 Discrepantly E(z) Steps: The (w)Hole Truth Matters? + Top 10 Challenges of Learning

Science. Three presentations at the NSTA Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN. March 29, 2012.

Brain-Powered Science: Teaching & Learning with Discrepant Events. NSTA Annual

Conference. San Francisco, CA. March 10, 2011.

Visual Participatory Analogies for Science Teacher Education. Association for Science

Teacher Education, ASTE International Conference. Minneapolis, MN. January 21, 2011.

Magnetic Moments, Electrifying Connections & Analogies for Interactive Teaching. National

Science Teachers Association, NSTA Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. March 18-21, 2010.

Constructivist Science: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box of Prior Conceptions.

National Science Teachers Association, NSTA Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. March

19-22, 2009.

Powers of Ten: A Sample Dual Purpose, Science/Science Education Activity. Association for

Science Teacher Education, ASTE International Conference, Hartford, CT. January 8-11, 2009.

5E(z) Steps to Teaching the Nature of Science. National Science Teacher Association, NSTA

Annual Conference, Boston, MA. March 27-30, 2008.

FUNdaMENTAL Experiential Learning Activities for Educating Science Teachers.

Association for Science Teacher Education, ASTE International Conference, Clearwater Beach,

FL. January 4-6, 2007.

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Inquiry into and Evolution of an “Evolution & the Nature of Scientific Inquiry” Institute.

National Association of Biology Teachers Conference, Orlando, FL. October 25-28, 2000.

S.T.E.P.S. for Building Professional Development Networks (with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr.

Andrew Telesca). National Science Teachers Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

March 23, 1995.

A Teaching Scholars Program to Develop Problem-Solving Molecular Biology Experiment.

(Posner, H.B., O’Brien, T.P., & Markstein, J). The 5th National Conference on College Teaching

and Learning. Jacksonville, FL: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. April 6-

9, 1994.

ChemCom Implementation: A Three-Year Study of Barriers and Successes. National Science

Teachers Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA. March 28, 1992.

Overcoming Barriers to Implementation of STS Curricula: ChemCom Resource Teacher

Training Workshops. 4th National Technological Literacy Conference. Arlington, VA. February

3-5, 1989.

A Model for the Inclusion of STS Topics in the Science Curriculum and Decision Making

Activities in the Chemistry in the Community Context. Two presentations at the Third National

Science, Technology, Society (STS) Conference on Technological Literacy, Arlington, VA.

February 5-7, 1988.

An Exploratory, Concerns-Based Field Study of a Two-Week, Summer Inservice Program to

Increase Science Teachers' Use of Chemical Demonstrations. National Association for Research

in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. April 24, 1987.

Maryland Information Network for Teaching Science (MINTS). The National Science

Teachers Association Convention, Washington, D.C. March 28, 1987. (Presented with Lockard,

J.D. and Williams, L.). Also presented this workshop at The Third National Conference on the

Implementation of the Education for Economic Security Act, Washington, D.C. on December

11, 1986 and at The Maryland Association of Science Teachers Fall Conference, Ocean City,

MD on November 8, 1986.

Overthrowing the Tyranny of Textbooks. National Science Teachers Association/NSTA

Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. March 28, 1987. Also presented this workshop at the

Maryland Association of Science Teachers Fall Conference, Ocean City, Maryland. November

8, 1986.

A Report on Two Division of Chemical Education Projects: K-8 Town Meetings and a Needs

Survey of High School Chemistry Teachers (presented with Dr. M. Gardner). American

Chemical Society National Meeting (DIVCHED Board), St. Louis, Missouri. April 7-11, 1984.

ChemCom Laboratory and Decision Making Activities. American Chemical Society National

Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. August 24-29, 1984.

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A ChemCom Sampler (presented with P. Smith). The 8th Biennial Conference on Chemical

Education, Storrs, Connecticut. August 5-10, 1984.

Northeast Regional Conferences [14 presentations]:

Magnetic Moments, Electrifying Connections & Analogies for Interactive Teaching. National

Science Teachers Association/NSTA Regional Conference. Baltimore, MD. November 13, 2010.

Partnership Bridges Graduate Science Research - Elementary Classroom Divide: A NSF

funded, GK-12 Teaching Fellows Collaboration. Association of Educators of Teachers of

Science - Northeast Region, Syracuse University, October 14-15, 2004.

GK-12 Teaching Fellows and 5 E(z) Steps to Enhance Elementary Science: Research Report

on an NSF-funded Project. Association of Educators of Teachers of Science (AETS)- Northeast

Regional Conference. Syracuse University. October 16-17, 2003.

Science “Supervision” → Science “Leadership” with Super Vision. Association for the

Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) - Northeastern Regional Conference, Syracuse

University, NY. October 15-16, 1998.

S.T.E.P.S. to Developing Teacher Leaders. Association for the Education of Teachers in

Science (AETS) - Northeastern Regional Conference, Syracuse University, NY. October 16-17,

1997.

STEPS to Developing Science-Teacher Leaders (with C. Stannard & A. Telesca) and

MicroVisions: Science as a Way of Seeing (with V. Lamoureux). Two presentations at the

National Science Teachers Association-Eastern Area and Science Teachers Association of

Ontario Joint Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 21-23, 1996.

Teacher Instruction that Catalyzes Student Construction. One of eight special invited

lectures at the National Science Teachers Association, NorthEast Regional Conference in NYC

from November 18-21, 1992. Also presented a workshop: AC, DC, it's EZ.

ChemCom as an Exemplar for Infusing STS Issues into Science Curricula. July 11, 1989.

STS Leadership Conference, SUNY-Binghamton. Also served as Conference Coordinator.

STEPping UP with the Southern Tier Educators Program for Understanding Physics.

Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) - Northeastern Regional

Conference, Columbia University, NY. October 28, 1988.

Chemistry in the Community (ChemCom): A New Approach to High School Chemistry. 1988

NEACT (New England Association of Chemistry Teachers) 50th Summer Conference. The

Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT. August 18, 1988.

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A Concerns-Based Approach to Science Teacher In-Service Education. Association for the

Education of Teachers in Science (AETS)-NE Regional Conference, Purchase, NY. May 6,

1988.

A Concerns-Based Field Study of a Series of Two-Week, Chemical Demonstration Inservice

Programs. Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS)-Northeastern Regional

Conference, New York, NY. October 30, 1987.

State Conferences [~75 presentations]:

Metric Measurements, Magnitudes, and Mathematics Matter in the Science of Scale. 11/4/18.

Science Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS Annual Conference, Rochester, NY.

Nov. 3-5, 2018.

Vexing Volumes, Metric Mathematics & Darwinian Diet Deliberations. 11/6/17. Science

Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS Annual Conference, Rochester, NY. Nov. 4-

6, 2017.

The Problem & Promise of Problems: Paper & Pencil Perplexing Puzzles, Patterns &

Predictions. 11/5/16. Science Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS Annual

Conference, Rochester, NY. Nov. 5-7, 2016.

Retention vs Turnover: A Call to Overcome Institutional Induction Inertia. Speech for the

joint College-NYSSELA-College Collaborative Luncheon. The Top Ten Challenges of Learning

Science and Daltonian Atoms in 5 Discrepantly E(z) Steps: The (w)Hole Truth? Three

presentations at the Science Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS Annual

Conference, Rochester, NY. Nov. 7-9, 2015.

Preservice edTPA → Inservice NBPTS: Perfectly Odd or Oddly Perfect Couples? Speech

for the joint College-NYSSELA-College Collaborative Luncheon. Five E(z), "Elementary" Steps

To Next Generation Science Teaching (with William Banko). Misconceptions Matters: Where

Do They Come From? Where Do They Go? Three presentations at the Science Teachers

Association of New York State/STANYS Annual Conference, Rochester, NY. Nov. 2-4, 2014.

CCSS for mathematics + NGSS = More brain-powered science. Elementary & College

Collaborative Luncheon: Science Education for the Next Generation. (Luncheon Speaker).

CCSS for ELA & literacy + NGSS = Even more brain-powered science. And, Zawicki, J.,

Pagano, A., & O’Brien, T. edTPA: Educational Teacher Performance Assessment (or Anxiety)?

Four presentations at the Science Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS Annual

Conference, Rochester, NY. November 3-5, 2013.

Brain-Powered Science Teaching & Learning with Discrepant Events. STANYS Subject

Area Representatives & Directors-At-Large Planning Meeting/Conference. Endicott, NY. March

9, 2013.

“5 E(z)” Guidelines for Designing Research-Informed Science Lesson Sequences, Brain-

Powered Science Teaching & Learning with Discrepant Events, CCSS for ELA & Literacy +

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NGSS = Even More Brain-Powered Science, and CCSS for Mathematics + NGSS = More Brain-

Powered Science. Four presentations at the Science Teachers Association of New York

State/STANYS Annual Conference. Rochester, NY. November 4-6, 2012

Brain-Powered Science Teaching & Learning with Discrepant Events (Invited Dinner

Speaker) + Misconceptions Matter: Where do they come from? Where do they go? (workshop).

STANYS Central Western Winter Workshop, Feb. 9, 2012 at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.

Top 10 Challenges of Learning Science, Misconceptions Matter: Where do they come from?

Where do they go? and Daltonian Atoms in 5 Discrepantly E(z) Steps: The (w)Hole Truth

Matters? Three presentations at the Science Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS

Annual Conference. Rochester, NY. November 6-8, 2011.

Daltonian Atoms in 5 Discrepantly E(z) Steps: The (w)Hole Truth Matters? STANYS

Statewide Subject Area Representatives & Directors-At-Large Planning Meeting/Conference.

Albany, NY. March 26, 2011.

Brain-Powered Science: Teaching & Learning with Discrepant Events. Science Teachers

Association of New York State. STANYS Annual Conference. Rochester, NY. November 8,

2010.

Cognitive Research and Brain-Powered Science Teaching & Learning. STANYS Statewide

Subject Area Representatives & Directors-At-Large Planning Meeting/Conference. Endicott,

NY. March 13, 2010.

Electrifying Connections: Science Teacher Education that “Walks the Talk” Of Inquiry-

Based Science. Science Teachers Association of New York State. STANYS Annual Conference.

Rochester, NY. November 1-3, 2009.

The Magic of Metric Measurements & Mathematics. Science Teachers Association of New

York State. STANYS Annual Conference. Rochester, NY. November 2-4, 2008.

Intermediate Level Science Teacher Leaders: The Crossroad of Interdisciplinary Inquiry &

Integration. Invited Speaker for the Middle Level Luncheon. Science Teachers Association of

New York State Annual Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 5, 2007.

Paper & Pencil Perplexing Puzzles, Patterns & Predictions. Science Teachers Association

of New York State (STANYS) Annual Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 4-6, 2007.

Modeling the Nature of Science with Paper-and-Pencil Activities. Statewide STANYS

Subject Area Representatives & Directors-At-Large Planning Meeting/Conference. Union-

Endicott High School. March 24, 2007.

Activating Attention and Catalyzing Cognitive Processing. Science Teachers Association of

New York State (STANYS) Annual Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 5-7, 2006.

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The School of Education & Public Schools: Synergy and Service, From Theory into Practice

(& Back Again). Binghamton University Leadership Weekend, Doral Arrowwood Resort in Rye

Brook, NY. November 3-5, 2006.

Preservice Student Teacher to Inservice Cooperating Teacher: Extending the Circle of

Friends. Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) Annual Conference,

Ellenville, NY. November 6-8, 2005.

Sound Science in 5Ez Steps (NSF GK12 project) and Elementary Science Methods Course

Sharathon. Science Teachers Association of New York State Annual Conference, Ellenville,

NY. November 7-9, 2004.

* Teaching as Research and the Challenge of Change. SUNY Teleconference. Sole

presenter for the faculty and graduate teaching assistants at the four university centers. February

27, 2004. Highlighted in INSIDE Binghamton University, March 18, 2004. p.2: “Teaching

research go hand in hand in academics.”

Science Teaching as Science Research: Invited Speaker for the Middle School Teachers’

Luncheon. Science Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS Conference, November 3,

2003. Ellenville, NY.

Alternative Science Teacher Certification: A panel presentation and discussion. Science

Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS Conference, November 2, 2003. Ellenville,

NY.

Magnetic Moments: 5Ez Steps to Enhance Elementary Science: A demonstration workshop

for 25 gr.3-6 teachers (connected to our NSF funded, GK-12 grant project). Science Teachers

Association of New York State/STANYS Conference, November 4, 2003. Ellenville, NY.

Deconstructing Science Misconceptions in 5 E(z) Steps. STANYS (Science Teachers

Association of New York State) Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 4-6, 2001.

Infusing Evolution into the Curriculum without Diffusing the Theory. STANYS (Science

Teachers Association of New York State) Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 5-7, 2000.

MST 2000 Statewide Conference, Program Chair. Binghamton, NY. August 6-9, 2000. A

joint conference of the five NYS mathematics, science and technology education/leadership

associations.

Science Teaching as Science Research: A Window on an Un(der) Examined World. STANYS

(Science Teachers Association of New York State) Conference, Ellenville, NY. October 31-

November 2, 1999.

A Baker’s Dozen of Research Validated Teaching Techniques. STANYS (Science Teachers

Association of New York State) Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 1-3, 1998.

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The B.E.S.T. Evolution Sampler (with Rick Firenze) and NYSSELA: Leadership Ensures

Change = Progress. Two presentations at the STANYS (Science Teachers Association of New

York State) Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 2-4, 1997.

MST: Minds-on Standards for Teaching or More of the Same (old) Tricks (Keynote) and

Science Teaching that Catalyzes the Construction of Knowledge (General address) for the NYS

Biology and Chemistry Mentors (80 statewide teacher-leaders) Conference, Schenectady, NY.

September 26-27, 1997.

MST: Minds-on Standards for Science Teaching or More of the Same (old) Tricks. Keynote

address, The First Joint Math-Science-Technology Conference, RPI, Troy, NY. August 3-7,

1997.

Learner-Centered Education: Translating Theory into Practice; Enlightening STEPS to

Math-Science-Technology Integration; and NYSSSA/NYSSELA Update (with the Executive

Board): Three presentations at the STANYS (Science Teachers Association of New York State)

Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 3-5, 1996.

MicroVisions: Science as a Way of Seeing (with V. Lamoureux); 5E(z) STEPS to Effective

Instruction (with A. Telesca); and NYSSSA Strategic Planning Update (with the Executive

Board): three workshops at the STANYS (Science Teachers Association of New York State)

Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 5-7, 1995.

Preview of NYSTEP Teaching Guide and Problem Solving Models. Two presentations at

New York State Science, Technology, Society Education Project’s Summer’95 Resource Agent

Training Workshop. Rensselaerville (NY) Conference Center. June 27-29, 1995.

STEPS to FANtastic Physical Science (with C.Stannard & A.Telesca) and The B.E.S.T. Life

Science Activities and Workshop Ideas (with I.Swenson): two workshops at the STANYS

(Science Teachers Association of New York State) Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 6-8,

1994.

Constructivist Teaching Learning Models and NYSSSA Project Update (the latter with N.

Hejaily). Two presentations at New York State Science Supervisors Association Leadership in

Science Education Conference, Colgate University, August 8-11, 1994.

Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Science/STEPS Leadership Program (PHYS

541X). National Science Foundation grant funded two-week institute/course [17 teacher-leaders

from across NYS]. Incorporated six, half-day workshops that served a total of 75 local area

teachers per summer. July 1994.

Teaching Teachers with the Water Resources Module. New York State Science, Technology,

Society Education Project’s Summer Resource Agent Training Workshop. June 1994.

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Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Sciences (STEPS) with C. Stannard & A.

Telesca at the STANYS (Science Teachers Association of New York State) Conference,

Ellenville, NY. October 31 - November 2, 1993.

Conference Coordinator and presenter: NYSSSA Project Update (report on the pre-

conference work at the Decision Support Center); Counterintuitive Science Discrepant Events (a

workshop); and Science Supervision for the 90s (a panel discussion): three presentations at the

New York State Science Supervisors Association Leadership in Science Education Conference,

Binghamton University, August 9-12, 1993. This conference was featured in the National

Science Supervisors Association Newsletter [October 1993/XXIX(1), p.12.].

Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Science/STEPS Leadership Program (PHYS

507X). National Science Foundation grant funded two-week institute/course [20 teacher-leaders

from across NYS]. STEPS included six, half-day workshops that served a total of 75 local area

teachers per summer. July 1993.

Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Sciences with C. Stannard & A. Telesca at the

STANYS (Science Teachers Association of New York State) Conference, Ellenville, NY.

November 1-3, 1992.

Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Science/STEPS Leadership Program (PHYS

501). National Science Foundation grant funded two-week institute/course [17 teacher-leaders

from across NYS]. STEPS included six, half-day workshops that served a total of 75 local area

teachers per summer. July 1992.

NYSTEP & STS Education: Technology is the "T" & T.O.Y.S. - Technological Optimization &

Yearnings for Science. New York State Technology Education Association Annual Convention,

Binghamton, NY. April 29 - May 2, 1992.

Cryogenic Pyroelectricity and Terrific Observations & Yearnings for Science. Two

workshops (with C. Stannard & A. Telesca) at Science Teachers Association of New York State

(STANYS) Annual Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 3-5, 1991.

STEPping UP to Science (with C. Stannard). New York State Electric & Gas/NYSEG

Statewide Educational Consultants meeting in Binghamton, NY. October 8, 1991.

Designing Effective Inservice Workshops - Problems & Promise of Expanding NYSEG-

sponsored Teacher Education Efforts - Energizing and Uplifting Physics FUNomena.

Workshop/seminar for fifteen NYSEG Education Coordinators. March 27, 1990.

STEPping UP Elementary Science and High Flying Physical Science Demonstrations. Two

workshops given with Mr. Andrew Telesca at Science Teachers Association of New York State

(STANYS) Annual Conference, Ellenville, NY. November 6-7, 1989.

Chemistry in the Community. Second Symposium in Chemical Education. Inter American

University, San Juan, Puerto Rico. October 20-21, 1989. Co-designed and delivered a two-day

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workshop/symposium for 120 Puerto Rican high school chemistry teachers with a team of three

other chemical educators: Dwaine Eubanks, Lucy Pryde and Martha Turckes.

Hands-on, Minds-on Elementary Science Experiences and Chemistry in the Community

(ChemCom): A New Approach to High School Chemistry. Two workshops at the Science

Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) Annual Conference, Ellenville, NY.

November 6-8, 1988.

Chemistry in the Community (ChemCom): Strategies for Infusing STS into the Curriculum.

1986 Statewide Staff Development Conference on Science/Technology/Society, Columbus,

Ohio. October 17, 1986.

Strategies for Using History in Teaching Chemistry. Maryland Association of Science

Teachers Fall Conference, Ocean City, Maryland. October 19, 1985.

Chemistry in the Community: A New ACS Curriculum Project. Carroll County (MD)

Inservice Day. November 26, 1984. Also presented (with Dr. Heikkinen) at Maryland

Association of Science Teachers Conference, Ocean City, MD. October 20, 1984.

Local: Invited Presentations, Summer Institutes & Workshops [130+ presentations]

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, No need to be Blue. NYS Master

Teacher Program “Graduation” Dinner & Ceremony. Binghamton, NY. May 7, 2019

(scheduled).

What makes a Master Teacher? NYS Master Teacher Program “Graduation” Ceremony.

Binghamton, NY. May 1, 2018.

Soft Drinks, Subject Silos, Synergy, and Sweet Darwinian Diet Deliberations. 9th Annual

Interdisciplinary Applied Ethics Conference at SUNY Broome - Ethics of Education. March 23,

2018.

Brain-Powered Teaching & Learning: 10 Principles & 5E(Z) Steps. “We Teach NY,” New

York Teachers Summit/SUNY Teacher Conference. Binghamton University. October 9, 2017.

Successful Teaching in the STEM Disciplines. Invited Panel Member for the CLT-sponsored

New Faculty Orientation, Binghamton University. August 21, 2017.

STEM Can Be Delightfully Discrepant. SciGirls Conference sponsored by the NYS Master

Teachers. April 29, 2017.

Successful Teaching in the STEM Disciplines. Invited Panel Member for the CLT-sponsored

New Faculty Orientation, Binghamton University. August 23, 2016.

CCSS for Mathematics + NGSS = More Brain-Powered Science. Noyce Scholars Program.

Ithaca College. June 25, 2016.

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Daltonian Atoms in 5 Discrepantly E(z) Steps: The (w)Hole Truth Matters? 2-hr workshop for

the Southern Tier NYS Master Teachers held at Vestal High School on March 16, 2016.

The Top Ten Challenges of Learning Science. 2-hr workshop for the Southern Tier NYS

Master Teachers held at Vestal High School on November 18, 2015.

CCSS for ELA+ NGSS = Even more brain-powered science. 2-hr workshop for the Southern

Tier NYS Master Teachers held at Vestal High School on February 25, 2015.

CCSS for mathematics + NGSS = More brain-powered science. 2-hr workshop for the

Southern Tier NYS Master Teachers held at Vestal Middle School on November 19, 2014.

Teaching as Research: Analogy or Reality? A Window on an Un(der) Examined World.

Keynote Address: Binghamton University’s 15th Annual, Institute for Student Centered Learning

(ISCL). May 21, 2013. Also served on the Planning Committee for the 1.5-day event. The

keynote is available (in 5-10 minute segments at: http://www2.binghamton.edu/clt/teaching-

research.html and the PowerPoint slides may be downloaded (pdf 14.5 mb) at:

http://www2.binghamton.edu/clt/iscl.html.

BU Day at the Mall: On February 23, 2013, I worked with a MAT-Science student to engage

mall visitors with a series of hands-on explorations and minds-on demonstrations related to

FUNdaMENTAL Science. Over 60 people visited our table and many more observed one of our

two center court demonstration shows.

Metric Measurements, Magnitudes and Mathematics: Connections Matter in Science. Getting

to Mathematics-Science-Technology: STEM Synergy Workshop, Binghamton University,

Watson School of Engineering. April 28, 2012.

Cognitive Learning Theory for University Professors, Guest Lecture for Dr. Subimal

Chatterjee’s MGMY 602: Teaching Pedagogy Seminar. March 20, 2012.

BU Day at the Mall: On February 25, 2012, I led a team of three MAT-Science students in

engaging mall visitors with a series of hands-on explorations and minds-on demonstrations

related to FUNdaMENTAL Science. Over 60 people visited our table and many more observed

one of our two center court demonstration shows.

Brain-Powered Science: A New Dual-Purpose Instructional Strategy. School of Education

Advisory Council Meeting. Binghamton University. May 10, 2010.

Evolution for Everyone: A day-long workshop with multiple presentations. Binghamton

University. October 18, 2008. Funded by a $1000 seed grant from the EvoS program. Attendees:

30 grade 6-12 teachers. Presenters: Drs. Tom O’Brien, David Sloan Wilson, Rick Firenze (BCC)

and Ms. Carolyn Wilczynski (former MAT/current BCSD biology teacher).

Big Ideas in Science Institute (BISI): PI and coPI: Drs. Tom O’Brien and Wayne Jones. BISI

was offered as an intensive, 7-day, 4-credit graduate, summer 2008 course (CHEM 599)

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for twenty-nine, grades 5-8 teacher-participants coming from over a 2-hour radius from campus.

Funding from NYSED and other sources.

Sound Science in 5 E(z) Steps. Workshop for the Broome-Tioga BOCES Intermediate level

science mentors. March 10, 2008.

“Up, Up & Away: The Science of Hot Air Balloons” (live demonstration and interview with

Samantha Hensel) Channel 34 TV News segment aired on August 3, 2007.

Nature of Science via Paper & Pencil Pedagogy. Invited Dinner Speaker for the Regional

Community Colleges-Binghamton University Bridges to Baccalaureate Program Faculty

Development Conference. Binghamton University. June 28, 2007.

“Grading reel-life teachers: Tier educators see successes and failures in Hollywood

portrayals.” Press & Sun Bulletin, 4/22/07, p.10C. Quoted by the author (George Basler)

concerning Hollywood depictions of teachers.

Interview on the science education ramifications of the World is Flat book. Aired on Fox

Network 10pm News, 11/19/06. http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=2646.

Theoretical Underpinnings of Student-Centered Teaching (& Learning). Closing presentation

for the 8th ISCL/Institute for Student Centered Learning. Binghamton University. May 23,

2006. Campus media coverage: Inside BU, June 15, 2006 (Vol.27 No.32), “Conference focuses

on student-centered learning.”

MAT as a Transition to Teaching for IBM Career Changers. Presented at IBM, Endicott,

NY with Tami Mann on April 10, 2006.

Science Teacher Education for the 21st Century: Problems & Possibilities. Invited Lecture

for the Harpur Forum, Binghamton University. January 11, 2006. Campus media coverage:

Inside BU, January 19, 2006 (Vol.27 No.15), p.6 “Science Education demands new approach.”

Also received TV News coverage.

5 E's for Education: A Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment Reform Model with 5 E(z) Steps.

Invited presentation to all the district and building level administrators of Union-Endicott School

District. October 21, 2005.

5E Teaching Cycle as a Model for Integrated Instructional Unit Design. Workshop for

Binghamton City School District teachers & NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellows. Binghamton

University. August 10, 2005.

Reunion #2 GK-12 Workshop, BCSD Teachers (gr.3)-Graduate Teaching Fellows NSF

funded Institute. Binghamton University. May 8, 2004.

Reunion #1 GK-12 Workshop, BCSD Teachers (gr.3)-Graduate Teaching Fellows NSF

funded Institute. Binghamton University. November 8, 2003.

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Sound Science: Smorgasbord of Science: Community drop-in, STANYS-sponsored activity

at Barnes & Noble. Vestal, NY. October 18, 2003.

NSF GK-12 Institute for BCSD Teachers (gr.3)-Graduate Teaching Fellows. Binghamton

University. August 18-22 and 25-26, 2003.

Reunion #2 GK-12 Workshop #2, BCSD Teachers (gr.4)-Graduate Teaching Fellows, NSF

funded Institute. Binghamton University. April 12, 2003. Debrief 5 E units that were piloted.

Reunion #1 GK-12 Workshop #1, BCSD Teachers (gr.4)-Graduate Teaching Fellows, NSF

funded Institute. Binghamton University. November 16, 2002. Present new 5E units on

Magnetic Moments and Static Electricity Can be Attractive drafted by Dr. O’Brien.

NSF GK-12 Institute for BCSD Teachers (gr.4)-Graduate Teaching Fellows. Binghamton

University. August 19-23 and 27-28, 2002.

Institute for Student Centered Learning/ISCL: four, 2-day events, each attended by 30-50 BU

faculty and funded by a FIPSE and the Provost’s office, Binghamton University, Member of

Planning Committee plus presenter for two sessions: (1) The Science and Art of Teaching for

Learning and (2) Teaching as Research and the Challenge of Change. January 22-23, 2002,

May 21-22, 2001, January 16-17, 2001 and May 22-23, 2000.

The Science and Art of Teaching for Learning. Presentation given as part of a “mini-ISCL” at

Howard University, Washington, DC on March 13, 2002. Also offered at Binghamton University

as a: (2) Lyceum presentation on March 11, 2002, (3) guest presentation for the Dean of the

Graduate School (Dr. Payne’s) Graduate Teaching Assistant’s Class on August 28, 2001 and (3)

Spring (GTA) Teaching Event on March 23, 2001.

Celebrating Chemistry and Art: A National Chemistry Week Workshop for Grade K-4

Teachers. November 3, 2001 (5.5 hrs). Coordinator of local American Chemical Society team

and presenter.

5E(z) Steps to Demystifying Magic Pens or a Lesson in Inquiry/Laboratory Learning.

Binghamton City School District, Superintendent’s Day presentation. October 19, 2001.

NSF GK-12 Institute for BCSD Teachers (gr.5-6)-Teaching Fellows. Binghamton University.

August 20-24, 2001.

Get Cooking with Chemistry Workshop for Grade 4-8 Teachers for National Chemistry Week

(American Chemical Society). Saturday, November 18, 2000 (5.5 hr event).

10 Ez Steps to External Funding for GTAs. Binghamton University Graduate Grants and

Fellowship Workshop. October 3, 2000.

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BEST Summer Institute: Evolution and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (BIO 682A). Howard

Hughes Medical Institute funded, six-day program/graduate biology course for fourteen, grades 7

and 10 biology teachers. July 31 - August 5, 2000. A Saturday, academic year followup meeting

was held in October 2000. Co-taught with Dr. Rick Firenze (former EdD student).

Science and Children’s Literature: Colors of Chemistry. Public presentation as part of

“STANYS Open House” at Barnes & Noble. April 8, 2000.

Third International Mathematics & Science Study: What can we learn about teaching

mathematics, Panel Discussion Member. Binghamton University. February 11, 2000.

Cognitive Theory & How-To-Design Interactive Simulations. Presentation to graduate

biology, CD-ROM Development class of Anna Tan-Wilson & Rob Van Buskirk (grant funded

project). February 8, 2000.

Teaching Non-Science Majors Science, a presentation for the NSF-funded, Biology

Department-based workshop series for faculty and GTAs on university science teaching.

November 17, 1999.

Pursuing PhD Research: How-to-Do-It. Presentation to EdD students and SEHD/Division of

Education faculty. October 1, 1999.

Elementary Science and the MST Standards for grades K-2 & 3-4 Teachers. Susquehanna

Valley School District. August 16-17, 1999.

The Basics of Brain-Based Teaching. Resident Assistant Training Workshop. Binghamton

University. College-in-the-Woods. August 13, 1999. (2 hrs for 13 RAs + 1 RD). Invited by

former MAT student/current RD (Jason Rohr).

BEST Summer Institute: Evolution and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (BIO 682A). Howard

Hughes Medical Institute funded, six-day program/graduate biology course for thirteen, grades 7

and 10 biology teachers. July 31 - August 6, 1999. A Saturday, academic year follow-up

meeting was held on October 23. Co-taught with Dr. Rick Firenze (former EdD student).

Raising Standards in Science with Research-Validated Teaching Strategies. Broome-Tioga

BOCES. Five-day sequence inservice program: March 23, April 19, 20, May 3 & 24, 1999.

Teaching as Scientific Research? Part of a panel presentation for the BU-BCSD PDS.

Binghamton University. February 11, 1999.

It’s Super2Market Chemistry II: National Chemistry Week/American Chemical Society 6-

hour workshop. Binghamton University, November 7, 1998. Cited in the national ACS

publication, Chemical & Engineering News, Dec.7, 1998 [V76 No.49], p.53.

The Science of Learning Science. Address to Charles Drew (pre-med/minority) Society.

Binghamton University. September 27, 1998.

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BEST Summer Institute: Evolution and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (BIO 682A). Howard

Hughes Medical Institute funded two-week program/graduate biology course for thirteen, grades

7 and 10 biology teachers. July 20-31, 1998. A Saturday, academic year follow-up meeting was

held on November 14, 1998. Co-taught with Dr. Rick Firenze (former EdD student).

The Science of Science Teaching. Two-day workshop for the HHMI Teaching Scholars

Program. Binghamton University. June 3-4, 1998.

Learning Research Matters to/for Teachers of Science. Six-hour workshop for Vestal School

District. May 19, 1998.

Parents as Science Sponsors (PASS). National Science and Technology Week parent

workshop at Roberson Museum. May 2, 1998.

Coordinator/Organizer, 3rd Annual BEST STEPS “Science is Alive” Conference. Fifteen,

1.5-hour sessions attended by 65 grade K-10 Southern Tier teacher-participants. Supported by

our second HHMI grant. Binghamton University. April 25, 1998.

Minds-on Standards for Teaching or More of the Same old Tricks (Keynote) and 5 E(z) Steps

to Minding the Concept of Scale: A MST Adventure (workshop). Monroe#1 BOCES Conference

at St. John Fisher College. Rochester, NY. April 7, 1998.

Incredible, Edible Chemistry: K-3 Kitchen Capers: National Chemistry Week/American

Chemical Society 6-hour workshop. Binghamton University, November 8, 1997. Cited in

national ACS publication Chemical & Engineering News, October 5, 1998 [V76 No.40], p.40.

Winner of the 1997 national ACS Phoenix Award for the Best Activity with Teachers.

Plunging into the Wonders of Water (NYSTEP). Southern Tier Environmental Educators

Network Conference, Chenango Valley State Park, September 20, 1997.

BEST Summer Institute: Evolution and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (BIO 682A). Howard

Hughes Medical Institute funded two-week program/graduate biology course for fourteen, grades

7 and 10 life science teachers. August 11-22, 1997. A Saturday, academic year follow-up

meeting was held on November 15, 1997. Co-taught with Rick Firenze (an EdD student).

Grant Writing Demystified: 10 EZ STEPS. Binghamton Professional Development School

Institute workshop. Binghamton University. July 10, 1997.

Coordinator/Organizer, 2nd Annual BEST STEPS “Science is Alive” Conference. Twenty-

eight, 1-hour sessions attended by 100 grade K-10 Southern Tier teacher-participants. Supported

by our second HHMI grant. Binghamton University, April 12, 1997. [see article: “Conference

Brings Science Alive” in SEHD Newsletter, Fall 1997, 10(1), p.3.]

(NY)STEP into “Lively” Life Science. 2nd Annual BEST STEPS “Science is Alive” K-12

Conference at Binghamton University, April 12, 1997.

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STEPS to Developing Science-Teacher Leaders. SEHD’s Center for Research on Social and

Educational Equity, February 19, 1996.

The Colors of Chemistry: A K-3 Kaleidoscope. National Chemistry Week/American Chemical

Society 6-hour workshop. Binghamton University, November 2, 1996. One of four programs

nominated for the national ACS 1996 Phoenix Award for Best Activity for Teachers.

“Raisin” Questions about Science Education. Binghamton University, School of Education

& Human Development’s Advisory Council, October 21, 1996.

Hands, Hearts and Heads-On Learning and Teaching. Binghamton City Middle Schools,

PDS Inservice Day, October 11, 1996.

MST Integration Workshop. Binghamton Middle School Teachers. The third and final

workshop in a series supported by the Professional Development School collaborative grant

between SEHD and the Binghamton City Schools. October 1, 1996.

What You “Know” That Isn’t So About Teaching and Learning. Binghamton University’s

Graduate Teaching Assistants Orientation program, August 27, 1996.

BEST Summer Institute: Evolution and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (BIO 682A). Howard

Hughes Medical Institute funded two-week program/graduate biology course for fourteen, grades

7 and 10 life science teachers. August 5-16, 1996. Saturday, academic year follow-up meetings

were held on October 26 and May 3, 1997. Co-taught with Rick Firenze (EdD student).

Constructivism, Cognition & Brain Functioning (with Anita Murphy) and Thinking about

Inservice Education. Three-hour and one and a half hour presentations for Binghamton

Professional Development School (PDS) Summer Institute, July 15-26, 1996. Binghamton

University, Public Service Center.

MST Integration Workshops. Binghamton Middle School Teachers, May 21, 1996 and June

18, 1996. This series is part of the PDS collaborative grant between SEHD & the Binghamton

City Schools.

Learner-Centered Science Education: Translating Theory into Practice (Keynote), NYSSSA

Regional Conference, Albany, NY. May 18, 1996.

How-To-Teach Physics Effectively. Workshop for Binghamton University’s Physics

Department undergraduate TAs and four faculty members. March 29, 1996.

5E(z) Steps to Construction of Effective Instruction: The Cell Concept (Keynote) and the

FUNdaMENTALS of Science TOYS workshop for the 2nd Annual Middle Level Science Teachers

Conference of Western Finger Lakes BOCES, Newburg, NY. March 22, 1996.

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Coordinator/Organizer, 1st Annual BEST STEPS “Science is Alive” Conference. Twenty-

eight, 1-hour sessions attended by 80 grade K-10 Southern Tier teacher-participants. Supported

by our second HHMI grant. Binghamton University, February 25, 1996.

S.O.S. (Scientists Outreach to Schools): How-to-Do-It. 2.5-hour discrepant event

demonstration training session for Binghamton University’s American Chemical Society Student

Affiliate group. November 29, 1995.

Chemistry Everyday, Everyday Chemistry (with V. Lamoureux). November 4, 1995.

National Chemistry Week/American Chemical Society 6-hr workshop at Binghamton University.

Mentioned in national ACS publication Chemical & Engineering News, December 4, 1995, p.49.

Winner of the 1995 national ACS Phoenix Award for the Best Activity with Teachers.

Biology Educators of the Southern Tier (BEST) Summer’95 Institute: (BIO 680Y). Howard

Hughes Medical Institute funded two-week program/graduate biology course for fourteen, grades

5-7 life science teachers. August 1995.

Science at SUNY. Co-host (with Eric Cotts/Physics Dept) for three third grade classes from

Glenwood Elementary (Vestal). Binghamton University. My MAT students (under my direction)

worked up two physics demonstration programs and assisted in the chemistry lab component of

the half-day program. May 23, 1995. Highlighted in Press & Sun Bulletin, Campus Watch,

5/21/95, p.2B.

FUNdaMENTALS of Science with Toys. Two, 2-hr workshops for the New York State

Electric & Gas sponsored teacher inservice day. Waterloo/Seneca Falls, NY. March 3, 1995.

NYSTEP Into the Classroom (Wildlife and Water: two module dissemination workshops).

Broome-Tioga BOCES Instructional Support Center. December 13, 1994.

Water: The Most Uncommon, Common Substance (NYSTEP module) and The B.E.S.T.

Potpourri (presented with Ida Swenson). Two workshops at the STEP UP/STANYS K-8 Mini-

Conference, East Middle School, Binghamton, NY. October 22, 1994.

Cognitive Science Research: Ways to More Effective Teaching. Binghamton University’s

Teaching Assistant (TA)/GA Orientation Program, August 23, 1994.

Biology Educators of the Southern Tier Summer’94 Institute: (BIO 680Y). Howard Hughes

Medical Institute funded two-week program/graduate biology course for fourteen, grades 5-7 life

science teachers. August 1994.

Theoretical Perspectives on Practice: Cognition & Instruction. Binghamton University

Teaching Renewal Conference, April 7, 1994.

ChemSource: Curriculum Resources for the Chemistry Teacher. Presentation for high school

chemistry teachers attending the American Chemical Society sponsored, U.S. Chemistry

Olympiad exam held at Binghamton University. March 25, 1994.

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Catch the Fever (NYSTEP Epidemics module; presented with Jim Overhiser) and The

B.E.S.T. Potpourri (presented with Ida Swenson). Two workshops at the STEP UP/STANYS K-8

Mini-Conference, East Middle School, Binghamton. October 26, 1993.

STEP UP/STEPS Network Meetings Arranged by NSF Grant co-PIs:

May 14, 1994. Cornell University. Program: Ward Nuclear Lab.

January 29, 1993. Binghamton Univ. Program: 3-hr Discrepantly Dense, Baffingly Buoyant K-8

Workshop (STEP UP/STEPS staff) + 3-hr workshop by SED Physics Mentors.

October 26, 1993. East Middle School, Binghamton. Program:

STEP UP/STANYS K-8 Mini-Conference; wide variety of sessions.

Take a Walk on the Wild Side (NYSTEP Wildlife module). Southern Tier Environmental

Educators Network (SEEN) Annual Conference. Chenango Valley State Park, Port Crane, NY.

September 18, 1993.

Biology Educators of the Southern Tier Summer’93 Institute: (BIO 680Y). Howard Hughes

Medical Institute funded two-week program/graduate biology course for fourteen, grades 7

science teachers. August 1993.

Sights and Sounds of Recycling. Broome County Earth Day Fest. Grippen Park, Endicott,

NY. May 1, 1993.

NYSTEP Wildlife Module. New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG)

Energy Fest, Ithaca/Dryden Center. April, 27, 1993.

FUNdaMENTALS of TOYS. STEP UP's Super Saturday Seminar: six-hour, NYSEG-

supported workshop. April 3, 1993.

AC, DC, it’s EZ. Six-hour, NYSEG-funded, STEP UP/STEPS workshop (with C. Stannard &

A. Telesca). Binghamton University. November 7, 1992.

Limiting Reagents, Chemical Catalysts & Other Metaphors for “Minds-On” Educational

Reform. Invited (Dinner) Speaker for the Binghamton area section of the American Chemical

Society. October 29, 1992.

NYSTEP Supplementary Modules: Engaging Students in the World of Science-Technology-

Society. Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES, Stamford, NY. October 23, 1992.

“Minds-On” Science is Elementary. Union-Endicott Teacher Center. October 22, 1992.

NYSTEPping to Minds-On Science. Southern Tier Environmental Educators Network

(SEEN) Annual Conference. Chenango Valley State Park, Port Crane, NY. September 19,

1992.

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Enhancing Science Curriculum Design & Teaching Effectiveness (with C. Stannard & A.

Telesca): 21-hour training program for six teams of Super Summer Science instructors (IBM

engineers, scientists, & mathematicians) from 4/28-6/23/92.

Minds-On Science for the Creative Child in Each of Us. The Southern Tier Association for

Gifted Education (STAGE) Spring 1992 Conference, Binghamton High School. May 12, 1992.

STEP UP's Super Saturday Seminar Series: five, six-hour workshops supported by funding

from New York State Electric & Gas Co. Co-presented with C. Stannard & A. Telesca:

STS & NYSTEP. May 9, 1992.

Integrating Science & Children's Literature. April 11,1992.

SuperCool Physics & Picking Up on CD Optics. February 8, 1992.

AC, DC, It's EZ (electricity & magnetism). December 7, 1991.

FUNdaMENTALS of TOYS. October 19, 1991.

Curriculum Resources for the Chemistry Teacher. Mini-workshop for high school chemistry

teachers attending the American Chemical Society sponsored, U.S. Chemistry Olympiad exam at

SUNY-B. April 3, 1992. Similar workshops presented on March 6, 1991 and March 23, 1990

exam dates.

Toys that Teach the FUNdaMENTALS of Science (with C. Stannard & A. Telesca) at the

Science/Math Mini-Conference of the Southern Tier section of STANYS. March 14, 1992.

Elementary Science is Energizing and FUNdaMENTAL. Superintendent's Day Conference

workshop at Horace Mann Elementary School, Binghamton. 3-hr workshop for K-5 staff.

March 6, 1992.

NYSTEP: A Step Toward STS for Middle-Level Science: Solid Waste & Earth Resources

Modules. 6-hr workshop (with Mr. Sean Brady of NYSEG) for middle school science teachers

at Holiday Inn-Arena, Binghamton. February 24, 1992.

New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) Energy Fest: Toys that Teacher the

FUNdaMENTALS of Science and NYSTEP: two workshops at the Ithaca/Dryden NYSEG Center

on November 21, 1991.

STEP UP Network Meetings Arranged by grant co-PIs:

May 2, 1992. Corning Community College. Program: Dr. Richard Manusco, Physics of Toys.

January 25, 1992. SUNY-Binghamton. Program: Demonstration Sampler by Dr. T.O'Brien.

October 26, 1991. Oneonta Discovery Center. Program: Science demonstrations & exhibits.

Science is FUNdaMENTAL, School of Education & Human Development's Open House.

SUNY-Binghamton. October 26, 1991.

Integrating Science with (W)hole Language: Keynote for the Third Annual Triple Cities

Whole Language Conference at Binghamton High School on August 19, 1991. (300 K-6

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teachers). Also offered a 1-hour follow-up workshop: Science Tradebooks: A Lively Alternative

to Deadly Science Textbooks.

Overcoming Barriers to Elementary Science. Series of three, two-hour workshops for

teachers at Calvin Coolidge Elementary on April 30, 1991. Follow-up to Superintendent's

Conference Day presentation (February 15, 1991).

NYSTEP: A Step Toward STS for Middle-Level Science. Half-day workshop (with Mr. Peter

Hyde). East Middle School, Binghamton, NY. April 20, 1991.

STEPping UP Science. Broome-Tioga BOCES presentation for 10 Teacher Center Directors

(with C.Stannard & A. Telesca). March 22, 1991.

New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) Energy Fest Conferences.

Waterloo, NY (March 20, 1991): Keynote: Extending Energy Education into STS: Theory &

Practice. Also 90-minute workshop: Toys that Teacher the FUNdaMENTALS of Science.

Ithaca/Dryden (November, 27, 1990). Toys that Teacher the FUNdaMENTALS of Science.

Also offered as a 3-hr workshop for the Dryden Teacher Center on May 11, 1991.

Binghamton-area NYSEG Energy Center (October 22, 1990). Two, 1-hr workshops: Science-

Technology-Society (STS): Educational Fad or Environmental Necessity and Toys that Teacher

the FUNdaMENTALS of Science.

Elementary Science is Energizing & FUNdaMENTAL. Superintendent's Conference Day.

Two half-day workshops for the teaching staff at Binghamton’s Calvin Coolidge & Roosevelt

Elementary Schools. February 15, 1991.

Living Responsibly with Solid Waste. A daylong, NYSTEP field-test training workshop (with

Mr. Peter Hyde) held at the NYSEG Energy Center in Binghamton on December 11, 1990.

STEP UP Network Meetings Arranged by grant co-PIs:

April 27, 1991. Corning Community College. Program: Mr. Larry Josbeno, The Tower of Fire,

Glass Walking & Other Physics Demos.

January 26, 1991. Link Planetarium/Roberson Center, Binghamton, NY. Program: Mr. Frank

Mudrak (Radio astronomy) & Jay Sarton (planetarium show).

October 27, 1990. Sidney High School, Sidney, NY. Program: Dr. T. O'Brien, Science-

Technology-Society Theoretical Positions & Practice.

STEP UP Summer Institute’90 [PHYS 501]. Twenty-four elementary and intermediate school

teachers in attendance. July 9-20, 1990. Title II Grant co-director with primary responsibility

for workshop design and evaluation; and also served as presenter of pedagogy/cognitive science

research, modeling, and two physics content sessions.

Expanding the STEP UP Network with National Science Foundation Funding. An

invitational dinner meeting for twenty-four Southern Tier superintendents and science

supervisors to obtain ideas and concrete commitments for a grant proposal. May 29, 1990.

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Energizing and Uplifting Physics FUNomena. Public presentation with Dr. Carl Stannard &

Mr. Andrew Telesca at the Roberson Center/Museum, Binghamton, NY. April 28, 1990.

Energetic, Elementary Experiences for K-3 Science. Workshop given with Dr. Carl Stannard

at the BOCES Multi-District Superintendents' Conference Day. March 9, 1990.

Physics FUNomena and Careers for High School and Beyond. Presentation with Dr. C.

Stannard and A. Telesca to 130 Binghamton High School juniors to encourage enrollment in

senior level physics. SUNY-B. March 8, 1990.

STEP UP Network Meetings Arranged by grant co-PIs:

May 5, 1990. Lansing High School, Lansing, NY. Program: Mr. George Stevens, Physics

Demonstrations and Low-Cost Kits.

January 27, 1990. Watkins Glen Middle School, Watkins Glen, NY. Program: Mr. Peter Hyde

and Ms. Gail Kovac, NYSTEP Energy Curriculum Materials.

October 28, 1989. West Middle School, Binghamton, NY. Program: Videotapes of Mr. Wizard

and Toys in Space NASA) and low cost science equipment.

Energizing Elementary Science. NYSEG October Energy Fest. October 23, 1989.

The Human Flying Machine and Other Uplifting Science Experiences. Faculty Lecture at

SUNY-Binghamton's Parents' Weekend. October 14, 1989.

CIMS Science: Consultant & Presenter (with CIMS/BOCES Coordinator: Mr. Mark

Mueller). August 14-16: 38 K-6 teachers and August 28-30, 1989: 25 K-6 teachers.

STEP UP Summer Institute'89. [PHYS 501]. Twenty elementary and intermediate school

teachers in attendance. July 17-28, 1989. Title II Grant co-director.

STEP UP K-6 Mini-Workshop/Discrepantly Dense, Bafflingly Buoyant with Dr. Carl Stannard

(SUNY-B, Physics Dept.) and Mr. Andrew Telesca (Johnson City High School). Binghamton

University. March 18, 1989, 9:30-3:00.

High Flying Physical Science Demonstrations (Gr.7-12) at Maine-Endwell Middle School.

STEPping UP Elementary Science (Gr.4-6) with Dr. Carl Stannard at Windsor Junior High

School. Multi-District Superintendent's Day Conference. March 10, 1989.

Integrating Science into the Total Elementary School Curriculum. Workshop Series for

Binghamton City School District. Each workshop consisted of a 1.5 hour presentation + 2 hrs.

assisted project work for gr. K-5 teachers:

June 9, 1989: Unifying Concepts/Science-Technology-Society

March 8, 1989: Integrating Science with Other Subjects: The Chocolate Chip Cookie as an

Integration Theme.

January 25, 1989: Hands-On, Minds-On Elementary Science in NYS.

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The Human Flying Machine and Other Uplifting Science Experiences. Binghamton City

School District's Experience Based Education Program (for "at-risk" students). Two-hour

presentation for 17 high school students and 5 teachers at SUNY-B's Physics Dept. December

13, 1988. The presentation was subsequently featured in Binghamton’s High School Newspaper,

The Patriot Press, March 1989, p.4.

Hands-on, Minds-on Elementary Science Experiences. Two-hour workshop for Binghamton

School Partnership Project. MacArthur School Annex. December 12, 1988.

STEP UP Network Meetings Arranged by co-PIs:

April 29, 1989. Elmira College. Program: Physics of Toys by Dr. Richard Mancuso.

January 28, 1989. Odessa-Montour Elementary. Program: Interactive Physical Science

Demonstrations by Dr. Tom O'Brien.

October, 29, 1988. Bainbridge-Guilford Junior-Senior High School. Program: Computer

Interfacing.

STEP UP Summer Institute'88. [PHYS 501]. Seventeen grades 4-12 school teachers in

attendance. July 25 - August 5, 1988. Title II Grant co-director.

Hands-on, Minds-on Elementary Science Experiences. Superintendent's Conference Day,

Vestal High School, Vestal, NY. March 11, 1988.

Presentations Prior to 1987 Employment at Binghamton University

Computer Applications in Science Education. Calvert County, MD K-12 inservice day.

January 30, 1987.

Using the MINTS Computer Bulletin Board: A Workshop for Science Supervisors and

Teachers, Western Maryland. September 29, 1986. Workshop also presented at College Park,

MD on June 2, 1986 (with Dr. J.D. Lockard).

21 Minds-On Science Demonstrations and Experiments for the Middle School. Science

Teachers Inservice Day, St. Mary's County, Maryland. November 1, 1985.

Teaching Strategies and Resources for Making High School Science More Relevant. Local

Workshop for Connecticut Chemistry Teachers. December 5, 1984.

Chemistry in the Community: A New Curriculum Project of the American Chemical Society,

High School Chemistry Workshop, Pasadena, California. December 1, 1984. (Presented with

Dr. W.T. Lippincott).

Safety Tips for the High School Chemistry Teacher. Workshop for the Cincinnati Section of

the American Chemical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio. February 20, 1982.

A Potpourri of Physical Science Teaching Tips. Inservice Day for the Diocese of Covington

Science Teachers, Covington, Kentucky. October 10, 1980.

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Scientific Snooping with Chemical Instrumentation. Five, two-hour presentations/tours for

high school students of the Research Labs at Thomas More College, Covington, Kentucky.

1976-1978.

Chemistry is Fun. Ten, one hour presentations made to classes of grade school students in

Kentucky between 1976 and 1978.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE COMMITMENTS

Master Teacher, Applicant Interviewer & Workshop Presenter for the Southern Tier region.

Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Board of Directors, January 2018-present. I

currently serve as the Program/Curriculum Committee Chair, Secretary & second VP.

St. Francis Ministry, Member of the Board of Directors: raising funds and curriculum

development work for a Catholic boarding school in a poor rural community in Kenya.

Director-At-Large Colleges and Member, Board of Directors, Science Teachers Association

of New York State. Assumed role as “acting” DAL in October 2009. Subsequently elected to a

3-year term of a statewide office that began on July 2010 and re-elected for a second, 3-year term

that ran from July 2013 through June 2016.

Executive Board Member, STANYS-Southern (tier) Section (Science Teachers Association

of New York State). College Subject Area Representative. Fall 1998 – Fall 2012; monthly AY

meetings.

Member, Union-Endicott School District, K-6 Elementary Science Textbook Selection

Committee. Fall 2009 (during my sabbatical; served similar role in Fall 2000).

Founding member/Trustee, Union-Endicott Educational Foundation, a non-profit “friends

and fund” raising organization. Monthly meetings: January 2004 – January 2009. Chaired the

Grants Award Committee for three years and continued to serve on the committee for one year

after my second term as a trustee ended.

Religious Education Instructor/Course Designer, Christian Morality: A 7.5 hr course for

grade 10 students preparing for Confirmation at St. James Catholic Church, Johnson City. Fall

2002 - Fall 2008 (also taught grades 6 and 7 in the two previous years).

Advisory Board Member, Roberson Museum & Science Center‘s Dr. Clifford & Florence B.

Decker Life Science Learning Center. Fall 2004 – Spring 2006.

Teacher Center Advisory Board Member, Endicott Educational Resource Center. Spring 1999

- 2006 (regular monthly meetings during the AY).

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Program Chair and Member of the Planning Committee for the NYS MST Conference,

August 6-9, 2000). A joint conference of STANYS, NYSSELA, NYSTEA, AMTNYS &

NYSAMS.

Study Group Leader, Binghamton City School District.

GEAR UP Study Group Leader, “Real Boys” book. Spring 2000.

PDS Study Group Leader, Educational Technology. Spring 2000

New York State Education Department/National Blue Ribbon Panel/Reviewer for the

Physical Setting/Chemistry Core Curriculum draft. Spring 2000.

Educational Advisory Panel Member (1 of 5 statewide), New York State Electric and Gas.

Fall 1990 - Spring 1999. Responsible for reviewing materials for the Educational Services

Catalog, reviewing teacher grant proposals, offering workshops and providing advice concerning

NYSEG's other educational ventures.

Executive Committee of the New York State Science Education Leadership (formerly

Supervisors) Association (NYSSELA/NYSSSA). November 1992 - November 1999. Served as

President from November 1997 - November 1998 (President-elect previous year & Past-

President following year). Formerly in charge of Special Projects, including a statewide

assessment survey of science education leaders; organizing pre-conference and

hosting/coordinating the Annual NYSSSA Summer Conference held at Binghamton University on

August 9-12, 1993 [100 attendees]. Also served on Planning Committee for the summer

conference held at Colgate University from August 8-11, 1994.

Program Assisting Coordinator, Just for Starters: The Second One-Day, Low Cost, Drive-In

Symposium (on the first college course in math or science). Sponsored by the Center for

Learning & Teaching, ASEE-St. Lawrence Section, BU School of Engineering & Broome

Community College. Assembled and moderated a team of four high school teachers whose one-

hour panel opened the conference. Binghamton University, January 17, 1997.

Executive Board Member, American Chemical Society/Binghamton region. Coordinate

National Chemistry Week (NCW) local activities. December 1992 - December 1995. Continued

to design and run the award-winning NCW activities 1996-2001 (after term of office ended).

NYSTEP Resource Agent (1 of 40 statewide), New York Science, Technology & Society

Education Project. Spring 1990 - Spring 1997. NSF and Electric Power utilities-funded revision

of the NYS SED Middle School Science Syllabus. Responsibilities focused on STS teacher

inservice programs, review of draft curriculum modules, and planning for 1994 RA Summer

Conference, June 28-30, 1994. Also, co-authored the NYSTEP Teacher Guide.

Committee Member, Regional Science Olympiad Tournament held at Binghamton University,

March 5, 1994. Also served as Judge for the “Mission Possible” event.

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Educational Advisory Panel, IBM-Endicott. Spring 1991 - 1994. Provided training with my

STEP UP colleagues to help initiate the IBM Visiting Wizards program where engineers offered

exciting “minds-on” assembly programs to local elementary schools.

Committee Member, the American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Education's

Examination Institute, ChemCom Test Committee that designed the 1991 ACS National

ChemCom Exam.

Waterman Conservation Center, Advisory Committee Member. Fall 1992 - Fall 1993.

RISC Advisory Committee Member. Fall 1989 - Fall 1992.

Moderator/Judge for the Scrambler Competition at the Regional Science Olympiad

Tournament, SUNY-B on March 7, 1992. Moderator/Judge for the Science Bowl Event at

Broome Community College. March 16, 1991. Moderator/judge for the Science Bowl and the

Scrambler events, SUNY-B on March 3, 1990. These events received local TV and newspaper

coverage.

Judge, Olympics of the Mind (OM): 1991 and 1988 Southern Tier Competitions.

Judge, Jennie F. Snapp Middle School (Union-Endicott) 7-8th grade Science Fair. March

1991. In subsequent years, had MAT-Science student volunteers play this role.

Book Reviewer, SUNY Press. Manuscript: Scientists and Science Teachers by John H.

Woodburn. May 1990.

Journal Reviewer, Journal of Chemical Education (April 1990).

Grant Reviewer, American Chemical Society, national PACTS (Parents and Children for

Terrific Science) Mini-grant Program. Spring 1988 - 1990.

Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation science teacher enhancement grant proposals.

October 5-7, 1989.

Book Reviewer, SUNY Press. Manuscript: Ideas in Science Education by George E. DeBoer.

September 1989.

University consultant, BOCES. Comprehensive Instructional Management System

(CIMS)/Elementary Science. Design and delivery of two, three-day summer 1989 workshops

focused on infusing more "minds-on" science activities into the CIMS curriculum.

University consultant, Binghamton City School District. Design and delivery of three, half-

day workshops on integrating science into the total elementary school curricula. Spring 1989.

Coordinator/Interviewer for the New York State Parent Teacher Assn. Jenkins Memorial

Scholarships for Teacher Education. April 1989.

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Faculty Associate, Binghamton School Partnership Project Proposal (to NY State Education

Department). April 1988 - May 1989.

University Consultant, Johnson City Public Schools. Development of a senior honors course

involving SUNY-B faculty. AY 1988-89.

Reviewer, American Chemical Society, WonderScience (February 1988 issue) elementary

science publication.

AppleWorks Training Workshop for SEHD/Education graduate assistants. Spring 1988.

University Consultant, Windsor Public Schools. Diagnostic study of high failure rate among

ninth grade earth science classes. AY 1987-88.

Fall 1986 Conference Coordinator (1 of 3), Maryland Association of Science Teachers.

Chemathon (University of MD) Committee member, 1985-86.

High School Teacher Group member that drafted recommendations at the International

Chemical Education Conference, University of Maryland, August 9-14, 1981.

Thomas More College Chemistry Department Advisory Board member, 1980-1982.

Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society Safety Committee member, 1980-1982.

Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of Chemical Education, 1979-1986.

PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

American Chemical Society, Executive Board of Binghamton Section (December 1992-95).

(Let membership lapse in national organization due to time constraints).

Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE)

National Association of Science Teachers (NSTA)

New York State Science Education Leadership Association (NYSSELA)

Executive Board Member, November 1992 - 1999.

Past President, November 1998 - November 1999.

President, November 1997 - November 1998.

President-elect, November 1996 - November 1997.

Special Projects Director, November 1992 - November 1996.

Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS),

Director-At-Large/Colleges & Member of Board, statewide elected position effective

July 1, 2010 (but served as Interim replacement since October 2009) & a second term

from July 1, 2013 through June 2016.

Member of first Website Committee

Member, local Southern Section Board of Directors & College Subject Area Representative.

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BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES & ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

2018-2019

Member, Interview Committee, Southern Tier Master Teacher Coordinator

Member, CCPA IPC (Initiating Personnel Committee) for renewal case of Dr. Dzigbede

Member, CCPA/TLEL IPC for promotion & tenure case of Dr. Matt McConn

Member, BU RoadMap Steering Committee

Member, NYSED Master Teacher Interview Team (6/8/19)

2017-2018

Chair, Search Committee for Educational Leadership (hired Dr. Sue McLeod for a 1yr

delayed start)

Chair, TLEL IPC (Initiating Personnel Committee) for case of Dr. Nicole Fenty

Member, TLEL Program Coordinators Committee

Member, CCPA SPC (Senior Personnel Committee) for case of Dr. Nadia Rubaii

Member, BU RoadMap Steering Committee

Member, CEC/Elementary Program Committee

Coordinator for Adolescence Education (MAT & MsEd)

Member, NYSED Master Teacher Interview Team (6/3/17)

Member, CCPA Visioning Committee & Teaching Subcommittee

2016-2017 (Sabbatical Fall 2016; continued to serve on committees & attend CAEP meetings)

Chair, Search Committee for Mathematics Education (hired Dr. Amber Simpson)

Nominator, Dr. Washburn. Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Member, GSE SPC (Senior Personnel Committee) for case of Dr. Mallette and Dr. Laats

Member, BU RoadMap Steering Committee; reviewed proposals & planning meetings

Chair, Dissertation Committee for Jie Deng (defense 9/20/16)

MAT-Adolescence Education Coordinator (Dr. Laats filled-in for my fall sabbatical)

Member, CEC/Elementary Program Committee

Invited Panel Member, SUNY-University Faculty Senate Plenary Meeting (10/21/16;

with Chancellor Zimpher & Commissioner Elia at SUNY-Cortland)

Member, CAS-Educational Leadership Program Committee

2015-2016

Chair, GSE SPC (Senior Personnel Committee) for case of Dr. Yoon

Member, BU RoadMap Steering Committee; reviewed proposals & planning meetings

Member, Dissertation Committee for Cary Shaw (defense 12/3/15)

Chair, Dissertation Committee for Robert Phelan (mathematics education – 9/22/15)

Chair, Dissertation Committee for Jie Deng (ongoing)

Member, NYSED Master Teacher Interview Team (11/22/14)

MAT-Adolescence Education Coordinator

Member, Elementary Program Committee

2014-2015

Member, BU RoadMap Steering Committee; reviewed proposals

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Member, Dissertation Committee for Cary Shaw

Chair, Dissertation Committee for Jie Deng

Member, NYSED Master Teacher Interview Team (11/22/14)

MAT-Adolescence Education Coordinator

Member, Elementary Program Committee

2013-2014

Member, BU RoadMap Steering Committee; reviewed proposals

Member, Portfolio Review Committee & ongoing Dissertation Committee for Cary Shaw

Chair, Dissertation Committee (ongoing) for Jie Deng

Member, Dissertation Committee for Rick Kauffman (Biology Dept – May defense)

Member, CLT Instructional Designer Search Committee

Member of CLT Advisory Board

Member, GSE CAS-Educational Leadership Advisory Committee

(on site review in April 2013 & TEAC Accreditation received in Fall 2013 for seven

years with no weaknesses, stipulations, or contingencies)

MAT/Adolescence Education Coordinator

Member, Elementary Program Committee

Member, NYSED Master Teacher Interview Team (3/8/14) & small group facilitator for

5/16/14 dinner meeting

2012-2013

Co-Chair of the Advancing Learning Team for the BU RoadMap strategic planning

process: Led weekly, fall semester meetings of a team of ~30 members; participated in

periodic meetings with sponsors & biweekly meetings as a member of the President’s

Steering Committee. The work culminated in review of 176 proposals and a half-day

meeting of the Steering Committee on January 22, 2013. Several, small group

meetings were held with the Provost in early spring to discuss the enhanced CLT.

Member of Graduate Council (year #3 of three-year term of service) & Strategic Planning

Subcommittee

Member, Planning Committee for the 15th Annual ISCL (BU faculty development);

also gave the Keynote Address.

Member, GSE CAS-Educational Leadership Advisory Committee (for TEAC Review)

Chair, Portfolio Review Committee for Andrea Allio (May 15, 2013)

Committee Member, Dissertation Committee for Rick Kauffman (Biology Department)

Member, STEP UP (Southern Tier Education Pipeline) Committee as a BU GSE

representative; monthly meetings

2011-2012

GSE IPC; Secretary for tenure & promotion case of Dr. Andy Cavagenetto.

GSE Dean’s Advisory Council

GSE CAS-Educational Leadership Advisory Committee (for TEAC Review)

GSE Search Committees: Member: Romance Languages, English Education &

Dean’s Secretary

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education (GSE-based)

Member of Graduate Council (year #2 of three-year term of service) & Academic

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Standards Subcommittee

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Management Committee

Convener, Mathematics-Science-Technology: STEM Synergy Planning Committee

(Collaborators: BU’s Watson School & GSE; AMTNYS, STANYS & NYSTEEA;

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo)

Member, Chancellor’s Award Committee – Library, January 2012

Member, STEP UP (Southern Tier Education Pipeline) Committee. This group was

formed after a one-day summit at Broome Community College on May 23, 2011. The

group's focus during the 2011-12 AY has been on building a coalition for supporting

"STEM-related career awareness."

External Program Reviewer (one of two), Buffalo State College, Masters of Science in

Science Education/MSSE proposal. My work included extensive pre-site visit

assistance (unexpected, but needed), a 2-day site visit (September 22-23, 2011), and

post-visit, External Reviewer Report for NYSED. The MSSE program was

subsequently approved by NYSED.

2010-2011

Member of Graduate Council (beginning of my third, three-year term of service)

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Management Committee

SOE Educational Leadership Advisory Committee

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC

2009-2010: On sabbatical in the Fall 2009 semester. Spring 2011 commitments:

EdD Doctoral Admissions Committee (4th time since program began)

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Management Committee

SOE Educational Leadership Advisory Committee

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC;

hosted External Review on May 19, 2011

2008-2009

SOE IPC; Secretary for 3rd year review case of Dr. Andy Cavagenetto.

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Management Committee

SOE Educational Leadership Advisory & Admissions Committee

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC

2007-2008

SOE Dean’s Search Committee for the School of Education (hired Dr. S.G. Grant)

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Management Committee

SOE Educational Leadership Advisory & Admissions Committees

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC

Outside Reviewer for Abraham Howell, Watson SOE/ME PhD student

SOE EdD Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Committee for Lydia Werbizky

SOE IPC, Secretary for 3rd year review case of Holly Hansen-Thomas

Search Committee Member, Educational Leadership (hired Dr. Carol Eaton)

External Reviewer for Promotion & Tenure cases from two SUNY campuses:

Dr. Keith Sheppard, SUNY- Stony Brook

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Dr. Joseph Zawicki, SUNY College at Buffalo

2006-2007

SOE Dean’s Search Committee for the School of Education (failed search)

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Management Committee

SOE Educational Leadership Advisory & Admissions Committees

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC

2005-2006

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Management Committee

Chair, Search Committee, Science Education position (hired Dr. Andy Cavagnetto)

SOE Educational Leadership Advisory Committee

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC

Graduate School Council: the final year of my second three-year cycle.

Graduate School IPC: Appointed by Dean Stamp to review Dr. Sinclair (MPA Program)

Drafted four BA/MAT-Science combined degree proposals for Graduate School review

Closing Presentation, Theoretical Underpinnings of Student-Centered Teaching (&

Learning), for the 8th Institute for Student Centered Learning (5/23/06)

2004-2005

Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee for Scholarship & Research (ACSR)

Chair, Search Committee, Educational Leadership (hired Dr. Marilyn Tallerico)

Graduate School Council (& Academic Standards Committee)

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC

President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee

2003-2004

Graduate School Council (+ Academic Standards Committee): 2nd term of office

Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education ORC

BU Advocacy Day Campus Representative/Team member

President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee

Invited Participation in Brainstorming Sessions:

Academic Research “Promises” Meeting. Convener: Chris Ritter. May 27, 2004,

Focus Group on Self-Paced Web-Based Tutorials on Critical Thinking and Information

Management. Convener: Stephen Straight. Facilitator: Jim Wolf. March 30, 2004

Academic Computing & Educational Technology Committee. Chair: Mary Ann Swain.

January 20, 2004.

Chair, Search Committee: Associate Professor of Educational Leadership (failed search)

SEHD Friend & Fund-Raising Activity with Dean Rose:

Luncheon Dr. Al Mamary, former superintendent JCSD. June 18, 2004.

Luncheon Clayton Axtell II, Chairman of Klee Foundation. May 27, 2004

(this led to a subsequent $150,000 proposal and award for Teaching Fellows)

Meeting with Terry Kwan. February 26, 2004.

2002-2003 (on Sabbatical in the Fall 2002 semester)

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Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology Education new ORC

Chair, EdD Dissertation Defense of (Dr.) Joseph Busch

President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee

2001-2002

Director, Division of Education (led program evaluation in preparation for TEAC review,

assisted Dr. Dublin with the hiring of Research Assistant Professor for the Teaching

American History grant, worked with BOCES on Leadership Academy as linked to

future certification program in educational administration/leadership & oversaw three

faculty searches)

Founding Director, Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology ORC (May 2002)

Advisor to 7 MAT-Social Studies students (in absence of SS education faculty, in

addition to my own MAT-Science students)

Chair, EdD Dissertation Defense of (Dr.) Douglas Green

President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee.

Advisory Council. Center for Learning & Teaching: planned 3rd annual Institute for

Student Centered Learning & gave two ISCL presentations (January)

Outside Reviewer, PhD Dissertation Committee (8/29/01 defense): Dr. Victor Lamoureux

(former MAT-Biology student and employee of our 2nd HHMI grant)

2000-2001

Director, Division of Education (hired & trained Administrative Assistant in February

2001 and led effort to modify programs to meet new NYSED regulations)

Acting Coordinator Secondary Education (MAT & MsEd) Programs (Spring 2001,

Sabbatical substitute for Dr. Beth Burch (finalized NYSED submission paperwork)

Advisory Council. Center for Learning & Teaching. Sixteen meetings (steering

committee for two, FIPSE-funded, two-day, 2nd annual Institute for Student Centered

Learning (ISCL) faculty development programs (January + May). Presented two of the

sessions and participated in the site visit of the FIPSE grants officer.

President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee.

Strategic Planning Council, Provost’s Advisory Committee,

Participated in site visit for Middle States Association Accreditation

(+ Watson School & School of Management) review on 10/16/00-10/17/00.

Reviewer, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching nominations, Spring 2001.

Outside Reviewer, PhD defense of Victor Lamoureux (former MAT-Biology graduate

HHMI-funded grant employee)

Assisted the Dean of the Graduate School in: (1) developing the job description for a new

TA line focused on assisting GTAs and (2) designing a new course for GTAs

1999-2000

Acting Director, Division of Education, Spring 2000 (led the development of the Mission

Statement and the Conceptual Frameworks for our individual programs in preparation

for the NYSED re-accreditation process; developed proposals for two new faculty

and an Administrative Assistant to meet the new regulations – Provost approved both)

Provost’s Strategic Planning Committee: Mission Review & re-accreditation

President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee

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Advisory Council, Center for Learning & Teaching

Advisory Council for the FIPSE & General Honors Project grants that funded the

1st annual Institute for Student Centered Learning/faculty professional development

program (also gave two ISCL presentations, May 22-23, 2000).

Graduate School Council (+ Budget Subcommittee)

Coordinator, Secondary Education (MAT & MsEd) Programs: Led the drafting of major

program redesigns (e.g., reducing the #A&S and increasing the # EDUC credits) &

coordinated/negotiated the approval process through the A&S and Graduate School.

Discovery Program Implementation Task Force (new UG initiative of Harpur College)

EdD Doctoral Admissions Committee

EdD Dissertation Committee member (Claire Ligeikis-Clayton, defense on 11/23/99)

1998-1999

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

Graduate School Council (+ Academic Standards Subcommittee)

Provost’s Strategic Planning Committee: work on Mission Review process

President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee

Advisory Council. Center for Learning & Teaching and the Sciences Across the

Curriculum (NSF) grant

Coordinator, Secondary Education Program in SEHD.

SEHD IPC, Secretary for the promotion and tenure case of Dr. Beth Burch

EdD Dissertation Committee member (Claire Ligeikis-Clayton)

EdD Dissertation Chair (Doug Green)

1997-1998

Faculty Senate + Faculty Senate Executive Committee

Graduate School Council (& Academic Standards Subcommittee)

University Personnel Committee, UPC Chair Professional Schools, Library, & PERA

SEHD Initiating Personnel Committee, IPC Chair

Advisory Council. Center for Learning & Teaching/CLT and the Sciences Across the

Curriculum (NSF) grant

EdD Doctoral Admissions Committee

EdD Portfolio Review, Chair (David Trichler)

EdD Portfolio Review Committee (Claire Ligeikis-Clayton)

EdD Dissertation Chair (Dr. Rick Firenze/defense 12/9/97)

1996-1997

Admissions Committee Chair, SEHD/Division of Education

Advisory Council. Center for Learning & Teaching and the Sciences Across the

Curriculum (NSF) grant

Chair, EdD Portfolio (Doug Green)

Graduate School Council + Curriculum Committee. Fall’96 SEHD sabbatical fill-in

University Personnel Committee, Professional Schools

(University) Advisory Committee for Scholarship & Research (ASCR)

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1995-1996 (on Sabbatical in the Fall 1995)

(University) Advisory Committee for Scholarship & Research (ASCR)

University Environment Committee

EdD Portfolio Review Committee (Sara Brundage)

1994-1995

Coordinator, Secondary Education Program

University Faculty Senate (Fall 1994)

University Environment Committee

Nuthatch Hollow AdHoc Advisory Committee

1993-1994: assumed rank of tenured, Associate Professor

Coordinator, Secondary Education Program (MAT program & scheduling shift

from 2-credit, summer SEC 593 courses to 4-credit spring courses)

Advisor (in the absence of an English educator) for all MAT-English students; made all

student teaching placements for the fall 1994 semester; fielded all inquiries; and

reviewed 23 applications for MAT-English in preparation for the new faculty hire

(in addition to my own MAT-Science advisees)

Chair, Secondary English (MAT) Search Committee (hired Dr. Beth Burch)

EdD Doctoral Admissions Committee

Provost’s Task Force on Teaching. Included planning for a 1.5 day Teaching Renewal

Conference (including my own presentation) and the preparation of recommendations to

Provost published in Inside, V.16, No.5, September 29, 1994.

University Environment Committee

Nuthatch Hollow AdHoc Advisory Committee

1992-1993

University Environment Committee

Nuthatch Hollow AdHoc Advisory Committee

Committee member, SEHD/CIS MASS thesis

1991-1992

University Environment Committee

University Committee on Committees

Nuthatch Hollow AdHoc Advisory Committee

1990-1991

University Committee on Committees

SEHD New Academic Building Advisory Committee

Nuthatch Hollow AdHoc Advisory Committee

Admissions Committee, Chair SEHD/Division of Education

SEHD/Division of Education, Faculty Search Committee

1989-1990

CESR Executive Committee, SEHD Representative

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Academic Standards, SEHD. Chair, Spring 1990

Chair, Granito Scholarship Committee and Interim co-advisor, MAT/MsEd Math

students during Dr. Schmittau's Spring 1990-Fall 1990 Drescher leave

Chair, Faculty Council/School Councils/SEHD

Reader for one MsEd/Math Comprehensive Exam & one final project

1988-1989

Admissions Committee Chair, SEHD/Division of Education

Faculty Council/School Councils, SEHD

Reader for 3 Elementary Education Integrative Projects, one MsED/Math Project &

One MsEd/Math Comprehensive Exam

1987-1988

Academic Honesty Committee, SEHD. (June 1988 cases)

Reader for seven Elementary Education Integrative Projects

COURSE DESIGN & TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES [20 different courses]

Fall 2019

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [15 CAS-EdL students]

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [9 MATs]

Spring 2019

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations… [9 MATs]

ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [14 CEC students]

Fall 2018

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [18 CAS-EdL students]

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [6 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [supervised 4 of 6 MAT students]

Spring 2018

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations… [6 MATs]

ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [14 CEC students]

Fall 2017

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [10 MATs]

SEC 592D Final Integrative Project [1 MS in Educational Studies/Independent Study]

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [15 CAS students]

Summer 2017

ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [12 students]

Spring 2017

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations… [11 MATs]

*Course tradeoff from non-reimbursed summer 2016 EDUC 673 course

Fall 2016: One-semester Sabbatical

Summer 2016

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ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [11 students]

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [7 CAS students] in lieu of 2nd course Sp’17

Spring 2016

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations… [7 MATs]

EDUC 603 Theories of Learning & Instructional Design (12 students)

Fall 2015

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [5 MATs]

* Course tradeoff from Summer 2015 EDUC 673 course

Summer 2015

ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [14 students] – in lieu of 2nd course Sp’15

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [12 CAS students] * 2nd course for Fall 2015 *

Spring 2015

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations… [5 MATs + 1 Ms Ed Studies]

* Course substitute: one of the two summer’15 courses I will teach

SEC 592D [3 students] – this final integrative, independent study is considered off-load

Fall 2014

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [7 MATs + 2 MS Ed Studies w/o certification]

* Course buyout from Summer 2014 EDUC 673 course

Summer 2014

ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [11 students]

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [6 CAS students] * 2nd course for Fall 2014 *

Spring 2014

EDUC 603 Theories of Learning & Instructional Design (redesigned EdD course; 15 students)

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [9 MATs]

Fall 2013

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [5 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [supervise 5 MATs]

Summer 2013

ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [6 students] * 2nd course for Spring 2013 *

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [13 CAS students]

Spring 2013

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [5 MATs]

Fall 2012

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [5 MATs + 2 MsEds]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [supervise 5 MATs]

Summer 2012

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [9 CAS students] *2nd course for Spring 2012*

Spring 2012

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [5 MATs + 2 MsEd]

Fall 2011: Earn rank of full Professor

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [12 MATs + 2 MsEds]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [supervise MATs]

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Summer 2011

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [? CAS students] *2nd course for Spring 2012*

Spring 2011

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [12 MATs + 2 MsEd]

Fall 2010

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [11 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [supervise 5.5 student]

Summer 2010

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [4 CAS students]

Spring 2010

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [15 MAT]

One course reduction as Director, CSMTE

Fall 2009

One-semester Sabbatical; no teaching or committee responsibilities except…

SEC 592D Independent Study for Ms Educational Studies student [Michael Hubenthal]

Summer 2009

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [redesigned course; 12 CAS student + 1 EdD]

Spring 2009

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [15 MAT + 1 PhD]

One course reduction as Director, CSMTE

Fall 2008

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science[12 MATs wrote all Letters of Recommendation]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [co-supervised 12 MATs with adjunct]

SEC 592D Independent Study [1 MsEd; Sarah Farley carried over from fall 2008]

Summer 2008: Resumed annual summer teaching after a 4 year “break”

CHEM 599 Big Ideas in Science Institute with Dr. Wayne Jones (NYSED grant-funded)

Spring 2008

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [12 MAT]

SEC 592D Independent Study [1 MsEd; Sarah Farley carried over into fall 2008]

One course reduction as Director, CSMTE

Fall 2007

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science 11 MATs + 2 MsEd]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [co-supervised 12 MATs with Dr. Cavagnetto]

* Note: Since 1987, my solo-supervision load in the SEC 590-591 course has averaged 9.2

student teachers (with a range of 6-12); 4-6 students is considered a one-course equivalent in

most teacher education programs. With the addition of a second science teacher educator to

SOE, this long-standing course overload (as well as the corresponding large numbers of letters

of recommendation) was finally been rectified.

Spring 2007

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [12 MAT +2 MsEd]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 MsEd: Rick Bray’s final project]

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One course reduction as Director, CSMTE

Fall 2006

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [9 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [9 MATs]

Spring 2006

SEC 593 D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [9 MAT +1 MsEd]

One course reduction as Director, CSMTE

Fall 2005

SEC 594 D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [10 MAT students]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [10 MATs – 1 removed partway in]

Spring 2005

SEC 593 D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [11 MAT +1 MsEd]

One course reduction as Director, CSMTE

Fall 2004

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [12 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [12 MATs]

Summer 2004: Did not run a summer institute &/or course (first time in 16 summers at BU).

Spring 2004:

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [12 MAT + 2MsEd]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 MsEd: Keri Terribury’s final project]

One course reduction as Director, CSMTE

Fall 2003

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [11 MAT + 1 MsEd students]

SEC 590-591D Practicum in Teaching Science [11 MATs]

Summer 2003:

ELED 507 Elementary Science Content & Methods [17 students]

(“experimental” Institute-type format: Five consecutive, 8-hr Saturday classes)

NSF GK-12 Summer Inservice Institute (grade 3 BCSD teachers; non-credit bearing)

Spring 2003:

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [11 MAT + 1MsEd]

EDUC 697 EdD/Independent Study

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [2 MsEd Independent Study final projects]

One course reduction: Director, CSMTE (1st annual Research Foundation supported buyout)

Fall 2002: One-semester Sabbatical; no teaching responsibilities but continued reviewing

applications for new admits, advising all current students, writing letters of recommendation

for all MAT graduates and held regular meetings with the adjunct who was supervising MAT

science student teachers.

Summer 2002:

EDUC 580A Curriculum & Teaching-Science Part I [2 cr/12 MATs]

Due to an upcoming Fall’2002 sabbatical, I pre-taught the theory/content-rich half of the fall

SEC 594D course so that the adjunct only needed to run a 2-credit seminar to discuss the

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student teaching experience.

NSF GK-12 Summer Inservice Institute (grade 4 BCSD teachers; non-credit bearing)

Spring 2002:

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [12 MATs]

One course/semester reduction as Division of Education Director

Fall 2001

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [11 MAT students]

One course/semester reduction as Division of Education Director

Summer 2001:

NSF GK-12 Summer Inservice Institute (grade 5-6 BCSD teachers; non-credit bearing)

Spring 2001:

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [9 MAT + 4 MsEd]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 independent study]

One course reduction for work as Director, Division of Education

Fall 2000: Served as Director, Division of Education, again without one course reduction

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [10 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practica in Teaching - Sciences [10 MATs]

Summer 2000:

BIO 682A Evolution & the Nature of Science Institute

[part of 2nd $1M HHMI grant-funded BEST Institute: 14 teachers]

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings (doctoral elective for 7 EdD students)

Spring 2000: Assumed position of Director, Division of Education (w/o course reduction)

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [10 MAT + 3MsEd]

ECEE 507 Elementary Science: Content & Methods [13 ElEd]

Fall 1999:

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [11 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practica in Teaching - Sciences 11 MATs]

Summer 1999:

BIO 682A Evolution & the Nature of Science Institute

[14, gr.10 teachers; part of 2nd $1M HHMI grant funded BEST Institute]

Spring 1999:

SEC 593 D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [11 MAT + 2MsEd]

ECEE 507 Elementary Science: Content & Methods [15 ElEd/SPED]

Fall 1998:

SEC 594 D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [6 MATs]

SEC 590-591D Practica in Teaching - Sciences [6 MATs]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [2 MsEd]

Summer 1998:

BIO 682A Evolution & the Nature of Science Institute

[13, gr.7/10 teachers; part of 2nd $1M HHMI grant funded BEST Institute]

Spring 1998: (once course grant funded load reduction)

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [9 MAT + 3 MsEd]

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Fall 1997:

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [11 MATs]

SEC 590-591 D Practica in Teaching - Sciences [11 MATs]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 MsEd]

EDUC 697 Independent Study [Greg Kuebler]

Summer 1997:

BIO 682A Evolution & the Nature of Science Institute

[14, gr.7/10 teachers; part of 2nd $1M HHMI grant funded BEST Institute]

EDUC 673 Leadership in Educational Settings [newly designed elective for 9 EdD students;

four students are school administrators (already have CAS)

Spring 1997:

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [11 MAT + 1MsEd]

ECEE 507 Elementary Science: Content & Methods [14 ElEd/SPED]

EDUC 697 Independent Study [Greg Kuebler]

Fall 1996:

SEC 594 D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [6 MAT + 1 MsEd]

SEC 590-591D Practica in Teaching - Sciences [6 MAT]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [2 students]

Summer 1996:

BIO 682A Evolution & the Nature of Science Institute

[14, gr.7/10 teachers; part of 2nd $1M HHMI grant funded BEST Institute]

Spring 1996:

SEC 593D Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Science Teaching [9 MAT + 2 MsEd]

One course buyout from Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to organize Feb. 24, 1996

BEST STEPS Mini-conference & coordinate MicroVisions Outreach Program.

Fall 1995: 2nd semester of Sabbatical; no teaching responsibilities but continued reviewing

applications for new admits, advising students, writing letters of recommendation and held

regular meetings with the adjunct who was supervising MAT student teachers.

Summer 1995:

SEC 593D Philosophical & Theoretical Foundations of Science Teaching [11 students]

Taught as a summer course because I was on sabbatical in Spring 1995 & did not want

this research-based course to be taught by an adjunct.

BIO 680Y Biology Educators of Southern Tier (BEST) Summer Institute

[14, gr.5-7 teachers; part of $1.5M HHMI grant]

Spring 1995: On Sabbatical; no SEHD teaching responsibilities but continued reviewing

applications for new admits, advising students, & writing letters of recommendation.

PHYS 542X Practicum in Physics Workshops (2-credit continuation of PHYS 541X from

STEPS Summer Institute’94 with Dr. Carl Stannard)

Fall 1994:

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [9 students]

SEC 590D Student Teaching-Science [9 students]

EDUC 697 Doctoral Independent Study [Rick Firenze]

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Summer 1994:

BIO 680Y Biology Educators of Southern Tier (BEST) Summer Institute

[14, gr.5-7 teachers; part of $1.5 M HHMI grant]

PHYS 541X Physics Workshop & Workshop Design [17 teachers in $259,029 NSF grant:

Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Science/STEPS Leadership Program;

co-instructor with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr. Andy Telesca]

PHYS 542X Practicum in Physics Workshops (2-credit continuation of PHYS 507X from

STEPS Summer Institute’93 with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr. Andy Telesca)

Spring 1994:

SEC 593D Philosophical & Theoretical Foundations of Science Teaching [9 MATs]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 student]

SEC 597 Independent Study [1 student]

ECEE 507 Elementary Science: Content & Methods [15]

Fall 1993:

SEC 594D Curriculum & Teaching in Science [8 students]

SEC 590D Student Teaching-Science [8 students]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 student]

Summer-Fall 1993: Earn rank of tenured Associate Professor

BIO 680Y Biology Educators of Southern Tier (BEST) Summer Institute

[14, gr.7 teachers; part of $1.5M HHMI grant]

PHYS 507X Physics Seminar [20 teachers in $259,029 NSF grant-funded:

Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Science/STEPS Leadership Program;

co-instructor with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr. Andy Telesca]

PHYS 508X Independent Study (2-credit continuation of PHYS 501 from STEPS Summer

Institute’92)

Spring 1993:

SEC 593D Philosophical & Theoretical Foundations of Science Teaching [newly designed,

4 credit required course for 8 MAT (+ 3MsEd) in lieu of previous 2 cr summer course].

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 student]

One course buyout from STEPS NSF grant (only time used during this 3-year grant)

Fall 1992:

SEC 594D Science Methods Seminar [10 students].

SEC 590D Student Teaching-Science [10 students].

BIO 680H Workshop in College Biology Teaching co-listed with BIO 480H

Teaching Cellular & Molecular Biology: Co-taught with Dr. Posner as uncompensated

overload; [4 graduate + 8 undergraduates – linked to $160,000 NSF UG Biology grant:

Improving Access, Success and Teaching Performance in Molecular Biology

Summer 1992

PHYS 501 Physics Seminar [17 teachers in $259,029 NSF grant-funded:

Statewide Training for Educators in Physical Science/STEPS Leadership Program;

co-instructor with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr. Andy Telesca]

Spring 1992:

ECEE 507 Elementary School Science [14 students]

SEC 593D Methods in Teaching Science [2-cr but unofficially taught as 3-cr; 14 students]

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SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [2 students].

Fall 1991:

SEC 594D Science Methods Seminar [8 students]

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [2 students]

SEC 590D Student Teaching-Science [7 students]

Summer 1991:

SEC 593D Methods in Teaching Science [2-cr but unofficially taught as 3-cr; 7 students].

Spring 1991:

ECEE 507 Elementary School Science [26 students across two “lab-based” sections]

Fall 1990:

SEC 594D Science Methods Seminar [12 students].

SEC 590D Teaching Internship [supervise 9 students]

Summer 1990:

SEC 593D Methods in Teaching Science [2-cr, but unofficially taught as 3-cr; 10 students].

PHYS 501 Physics Seminar [24 teachers in Title II grant funded STEP UP Institute;

co-taught with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr. Andy Telesca]

Spring 1990:

ECEE 507 Elementary School Science [16 students].

EDUC 592 Elementary Education Seminar/Classroom Teaching Experience [3 students].

Fall 1989:

SEC 594D Science Methods Seminar [6 MATs + 2 MsEd].

SEC 590D Teaching Internship [supervise 6 students]

Summer 1989:

SEC 593D Methods in Teaching Science [2 credit, required course for 6 MAT students].

PHYS 501 Physics Seminar [24 teachers in Title II grant funded STEP UP Institute;

co-taught with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr. Andy Telesca]

Spring 1989:

ECEE 507 Elementary School Science [11 students].

EDUC 592 Elementary Education Seminar/Classroom Teaching Experience [supervise 3]

Fall 1988:

SEC 594D Science Methods Seminar [8 students].

SEC 590D Teaching Internship [supervise 6 students]

Summer 1988:

SEC 593D Methods in Teaching Science [2 credit, required course for 7 MAT students].

PHYS 501 Physics Seminar [24 teachers in Title II grant funded STEP UP Institute;

co-taught with Dr. Carl Stannard & Mr. Andy Telesca]

Spring 1988:

ECEE 507 Elementary School Science [17 students].

EDUC 592 Elementary Education Seminar/Classroom Teaching Experience [4 students].

SEC 592D Field Assessment & Seminar [1 MsEd independent study student].

Fall 1987: 1st semester of employment as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, SEHD

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SEC 594D Science Methods Seminar [11 students: 8 MATs + 3 inservice MsEd teachers].

SEC 590D Teaching Internship [supervise 8 students]

GRADUATES: ~ 306 MAT (preservice science teachers), 34 MsEd, 2 MST and 5 EdDs:

Dr. Jie Deng, May 2017. “Leadership in Education Abroad Office: A Case Study based on the

Interactional Framework of Leadership and the Transformational-Transactional Leadership

Theory.”

Dr. Robert Phelan, December 2015. Mathematics teacher, Binghamton City High School.

“The teaching of functions in high school: A Vygotskian-Davydovian perspective.”

Dr. Joseph Busch, May 2003. Superintendent, Harpursville Schools & Broome-Tioga

BOCES (now retired). “School Leadership Formation: A Multi-method Evaluation Study of the

Southern Tier Leadership Academy.”

Dr. Douglas Green, December 2001. Principal, Wilson Elementary School, Binghamton, NY

(now retired). “The Impact of Internet Access on Elementary Classroom Teaching: A

Constructivist Perspective.”

Dr. Richard Firenze, December 1997. Biology Department Chair, Broome Community

College). “The Identification, Assessment, and Amelioration of Perceived and Actual Barriers to

Teachers’ Incorporation of Evolutionary Theory as a Central Theme in Life Science Classes

Through a Two-week Institute and Follow-up Studies.” Dr. Firenze won the national Friend of

Darwin award from the National Center for Science Education during the 2001-02 AY as a

follow-up to his multi-year work with his advisor, Dr. O’Brien, on the HHMI-funded Evolution

& the Nature of Science Summer Institutes. Dr. Firenze was also made a SUNY Distinguished

Professor of Teaching in the Spring 2010.

Combined MAT-PhD/Science graduates employed at our local Broome Community College

Dr. Traci Armstrong Curtis (MAT: Spring 2005/NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellow) + PhD-Biology

Professor, Department of Biology

Dr. Dan Brennan MAT (Fall 2006) + PhD-Chemistry. Professor, Department of Chemistry

(NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellow + University Award for Student Excellence in April 2006)

Dr. Victor Lamoureux: MAT (Dec. 1994) + PhD-Biology (Jan. 2001). Professor.

Dr. Phyllis O’Donnell: MAT ( ) + previous PhD-Biology. Associate Professor

Dr. William Hollister (MAT: Spring 2003) + PhD-Biology, Professor, Department of Biology

* All five have earned the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Teaching from BCC. *

Award-Winning MAT & MsEd Science Graduates:

Sarah Angell (MAT-Chemistry/Fall 2005), national Knowles Science Teaching Fellowship

Doug Barnes (MAT-Biology), Union-Endicott High School, NYS Master Teacher

Danette Berry (MAT-Biology), Vestal High School, NYS Master Teacher

Dan Brownstein (MAT-Earth Science/Fall 1998), Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award

For New York State from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT).

Catherine Carpenter (MA-ES), Norwich City HS, NYS Master Teacher.

Stacey Coston (MAT-Biology), Waverly High School, NYS Master Teacher.

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Sean Daugherty (MAT-Physics), Newark Valley High School, NYS Master Teacher

Mary Davis, December 2011 MAT-Earth Science, NASA Endeavor Fellow (Spring 2012).

Dr. Glenn Dolphin (MAT-Earth Science): 2008 Award of Appreciation & Director-At-

Large/Earth Science (3 terms), Science Teachers Association of New York State/STANYS.

Jaime (Hurlbut) Emmons (MAT-Biology), Vestal Middle School, NYS Master Teacher

Paul Fedoroff (MAT-Chemistry): National Board Certified Teacher - 2014

Richard Hefferman (MAT-Physics), Phoenix Central School District, NYS Master Teacher

Jason Horowitz (MAT-Biology): Chair of the Nassau Section of STANYS; STANYS

President-Elect/President (became Past President in July 2015)

Michael Hubenthal (MS/Ed.Studies), featured in Inside Binghamton University, 5/13/10, p.7

(“Educational-poster project earns praise”).

Amy (Sonich) Hysick (Jan.1999 MAT-Biology), NYS Teacher of the Year-2017 http://www.syracuse.com/schools/index.ssf/2016/09/cny_teacher_who_keeps_reptile_collection_in_

classroom_named_nys_teacher_of_the_y.html

Sean Keenan, Maine Endwell, NYS Master Teacher (2018)

Barbara LaBarre (MAT-Biology), Binghamton City High School, NYS Master Teacher

Ethan Leet (MAT-Physics), Greene High School, NYS Master Teacher

Stephanie Lewis (MAT-Chemistry), Vestal High School, NYS Master Teacher,

Kenneth Lyman (MsEd-Biology), JF Snapp Middle School/UESD (2018) NYS Master Teacher

Clare McGovern-Lind (MAT-Biology), Union-Endicott High School, NYS Master Teacher

Barbara Melby (MsEd-Biology), Owego-Apalachin High School, NYS Master Teacher

Tim O’Brien (MAT-Chem), Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES, (2018) NYS Master Teacher

Polly (Lotito) Peterson, (December 1991 MAT-Biology), Science Teachers Association of

New York State/STANYS Fellow Award at the Fall 2006 Conference. Has served as

Director-At-Large for Intermediate level, Sections and Professional Development at the state

level (currently) and Chair of the local Southern Section of STANYS. Also received 2008

Award of Appreciation from STANYS. Binghamton University, Alumni Association,

Distinguished Service Award, April 30, 2016.

Christopher Ruston, MAT in chemistry, Johnson City School District, NYS Master Teacher

Andrea Schneider, MAT in Physics, Lansing Central Schools, NYS Master Teacher

Stephen Tibensky, MAT in chemistry, Union-Endicott School District, NYS Master Teacher

Mark Wentka, Ms in Ed Studies, Windsor School District, (2018) NYS Master Teacher

NYS Master Teacher Program: https://www.suny.edu/masterteacher/cohort/southern-tier/#o

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