Resume

• 2009

  Prairie Moon Waldorf School

  Manage partnership with science graduate students and high school teachers; lead graduate and undergraduate seminars in STEM education; recruitment of students into STEM teacher education programs; strengthen existing programs; course development; research; grant-writing; online teaching

  Kansas State University

  Instructing face-to-face and online teacher candidates in science education methods; research in science education; service to the community.

  Prairie Moon Waldorf School

  Kansas State University

  Olathe

  Kansas

  Worked with educators and scientists to develop science programs and coursework in secondary schools

  as well as help train scientists in pedagogical principles.

  Coordinator

  Olathe Educational Partnership

  Fort Hays State University

  Consultant

  Curriculum Development

  Collaborated with scientists and teachers to develop and write inquiry curriculum modules using plants to understand concepts of plant life cycles

  genetics

  alternation of generation

  cell structure and function.

  Botanical Society of America

  Mountain Song Community School

  Colorado Springs

  Colorado

  Mountain Song Community School is a public charter K-8 Waldorf school nestled in the heart of Colorado Springs.

  Principal

  Coordinated the Collaborative for Outreach

  Recruitment and Engagement in STEM (Science

  Technology

  Engineering and Mathematics) at Kansas State University.

  Kansas State University

  Fort Hays State University

  Hays

  KS

  Assistant Professor

  Teacher Education (Science Methods)

• 2006

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Curriculum and Instruction

  Science Education

  Kansas State University

  Waldorf Teacher Certification

• 2003

  Master of Science (M.S.)

  Botany/Plant Biology

  Kansas State University

• Higher Education

  Science

  Nonprofits

  Environmental Education

  Microsoft Excel

  PowerPoint

  Microsoft Office

  Microsoft Word

  Plant Biology

  Program Management

  Science Education

  Editing

  Volunteer Management

  K-12 Education

  Non-profits

  Teaching

  Workshop Facilitation

  Grant Writing

  Research

  Public Speaking

  The invasive Lespedeza cuneata attracts more insect pollinators than native congeners in tallgrass prairie with variable impacts

  CJ Ferguson

  The invasive Lespedeza cuneata attracts more insect pollinators than native congeners in tallgrass prairie with variable impacts

  Teresa

  Mountain Song Community School

  Fort Hays State University

  Botanical Society of America

  Kansas State University

  Kansas State University