CNM STEM Days Event
Thursday 10/25/2018
9:00 am CT

RECOGNIZING & FOSTERING THE INGENUITY OF ALL STUDENTS IN THE STEM CLASSROOM: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP AT CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE


 Learn about NASA’s Current and Upcoming Missions
 Discover NASA Lessons that integrate Science and Math topics
 Add to your future Portfolio of Lessons for your Classroom
 Share your ideas about Culturally Responsive Teaching and discuss with others








Steven is a NASA STEM EPDC (Educator Professional Development Collaborative) Specialist housed at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He currently holds a Master’s Degree in Infrastructure Planning and Management from the University of Washington, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Neuropsychology from Georgia College and State University. Steven is beginning work on his PhD in Biology in the Fall. The primary focus of his current work is in supporting Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in inspiring the next generation of NASA scientists from among historically disenfranchised groups. Steven helps to develop, package, and deliver STEM curriculum that translates the work and discoveries of NASA for use in the classroom and helps teachers to make it more accessible to all students. He is working with university pre-service educators, in-service, pre-service, and informal teachers to help them create culturally responsive lessons that will create engagement with students that have previously felt left out of the amazing work that NASA is doing. Steven worked in K-12 education for nearly 20 years, most recently as Life Sciences Chair at a minority serving inner city school in Georgia. He has taught Biology, Forensic Science, Anatomy and Physiology, Environmental Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical science to special education, regular education, honors, and AP students in Georgia, Washington, and New Jersey.