Phares Coleman Sechler, a graduate student at North Carolina State University, is presently a full-time professor of elementary education at Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, North Carolina. Phares is currently an official candidate for a Ph.D. in science education with a minor in integrated sciences which include a concentration in biology, marine science and earth science. The topic of Phares' dissertation addresses what personality trait influences a teacher's choice of what aspect of an in-service workshop will be implemented in the classroom. Phares' teaching career spans 35 years and includes eighth grade math and science, K-12 as well as freshman biology labs at NC State. By the time Phares graduates in May 1999, she will have taught Classroom and Behavioral Management, Elementary Mathematics Methods, Educational Psychology, Foundations of Education and Elementary Science Methods. In addition to her teaching duties, she also supervises elementary student teachers at Pfeiffer University.