Program and Curriculum Development

1999
Served as curriculum consultant in the development of the middle-level mathematics and science education degree program, University of Central Arkansas. Conway, Arkansas.
1997 - present
Conducted research and developed instructional activities for the sciences using microcomputer-based laboratories as a member of The Servit Group. Science House, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
1996 - present
Served as consultant and participated in the revision of the science curriculum for 3 Bibb County, Georgia public schools. Revisions lead to the incorporation of learner- centered activities, student experimentation, and instructional technology.
1996 - 1997
Participated in the revision of the general education curriculum for Bachelor of Arts degrees, Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia. 1995- 1997 Coordinated and assisted in the development of the curricular options for a Master of Arts: Middle-Level Mathematics and Middle-Level Science degree, Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia.
1995
Developed instructional units and lesson plans as part of the Integration of Cinema Technology in Secondary Science Instruction grant project, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
1994 - 1995
Assisted in the development of revised curricular options for a B.S. degree in Middle Grades Mathematics, B.S. degree in Middle Grades Mathematics and Science, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
1987 - 1988
Produced elementary and secondary audio visual programs on East African Ecosystems in collaboration with African Wildlife Division, Milwaukee Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Presented in 20 public and private schools in Kansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.
1986 - 1988
Developed and implemented academic field activities for Executive Travel Services (Academic Safari Division in conjunction with the East African Conservation Society. Programs which emphasized biological /environmental concepts are used by student an teacher groups on educational excursions to East African games parks. Executive Travel Services, Arusha, Tanzania.
1983 - 1986
Designed, coordinated, and implemented Polk Pourri I and II, an interdisciplinary, differentiated, field curriculum for secondary students: includes integrated hands-on activities in science, mathematics, social studies, and humanities, Fayetteville Academy, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
1983 - 1984
Assisted in the revision of the comprehensive science curriculum, grades 7-12, Fayetteville Academy, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
1981 - 1982
Developed and implemented science program for gifted students grades 3-6, Spring Lake Schools, Spring Lake, Michigan.
1978 - 1979
Directed the revision of the science curriculum and developed science elective courses grades 7-9, St. Patrick School, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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