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Brown Bag After-School Series at Eisenhower HS
Brown Bag After-School Series at Eisenhower HS
A speaking engagement from scientists and experts in different fields (science, engineering, business, arts, skilled trade jobs, etc.) to educate students about future career pathways.
November, 2019 : GIS and Subsea Survey Engineering
January, 2020 : Securing Your Financial Future
March, 2020 : Career in the Performing Arts
Sept. 18, 2022 : STEM Career in the US Army National Guard
Oct. 19, 2023 : Point-of-care Diagnostics: Testing for Cancer and other diseases
Feb. 13, 2024 : Career in Supply Chain
Rice Symposium Presentation
Rice Symposium Presentation
This was a challenge and at the same time an opportunity for me to grow as an educator. Presenting to other educators was a test of leadership, content, and presentation skills. The great experience boosted my confidence to a different level where anything could be possible in my journey as a teacher leader.
International Presentation: Conducting Laboratory Investigations in a Virtual Classroom
International Presentation: Conducting Laboratory Investigations in a Virtual Classroom
Commission on Higher Education, Region 2, Philippines
August 29, 2020
On August 2, 2020, I received an invitation to speak before an audience of around 100 college teachers in the Philippines about how to conduct laboratory investigations remotely. This has been one of the biggest challenges in the Philippines right now especially in post secondary education. Teachers were facing the challenge on how to deliver quality instruction without compromising the necessity to experience science process skills through lab activities or investigations.
Personally, I can cover Biology and other life sciences but I wanted to cover the other sciences as well. I reached out to another TLIIST fellow, Selene Verhofstad for chemistry, and an RET cohort, Chetan Sawhney for computer science.
I designed the presentation as a workshop because I want to model how to conduct the lab activities to the teachers using Zoom. I presented two (2) lab activities that I have learned from TLIIST Year 1 Inquiry Institute which is the Science Circus. This guided-inquiry lesson consisted of stations that addressed science process skills using recorded videos of myself doing the activity described in each station. The 2nd activity was an open-inquiry lesson that I have learned from WRNA Modeling Methods in Secondary Science and Mathematics Online Workshop through California Polytechnic State University Noyce Program. Teachers were asked to determine the relationship between sound intensity and distance using a sound meter app that can be downloaded on their cellphones.Breakout rooms were utilized in these two (2) lessons.
I have also shared a list of open-source resources that they can use for their classes as applicable, the use of fidelity prototyping and modeled the use of Padlet for exit ticket. The session lasted for almost 2 hours for the three (3) presenters and was live streamed via facebook.
It was an empowering, gratifying and humbling experience for me. I felt good knowing that I shared something to my own people. A way of reconnecting and giving back to my homeland. The virtual experience reduces the geographical gap between countries and this is one positive thing that the pandemic has taught us, removing physical barriers to reach out and help!
Science Circus
My Science Circus presentation highlighting the different Process Skills activities to science teachers at Eisenhower High School during our PLC. I have learned this presentation during our Year 1 in the TLIIST fellowship at Rice University.
Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST 2022) Presentation in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 10, 2022
Topic: Utilizing C-R-A Approach in Teaching Science Concepts to HS and MS Students
Presentation: Leadership in Schools Through Action Research: Opportunity for Rapid Cycle Continuous Improvement in the Classroom
Presentation: Buoybeads: A Living Material
Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST 2023) Presentation in Dallas, Texas on November 9 and 11, 2023
Collaborative Action Research Project
This action research project, conducted in 2023 in collaboration with two other teachers (one from social studies and one from science), aimed to support Emergent Bilingual students in improving English language comprehension and to equip them with a sustainable reading strategy. We developed and implemented an interactive reading strategy called "Backwards Mapping", conducted surveys, and gathered data over two semesters for analysis.
The results highlighted the significant opportunities for continuous growth in the classroom, tailored to the needs of our students. Each implementation of our intervention provided new insights, allowing us to refine our approach and adapt our teaching strategies based on outcomes. I also presented this action research to my colleagues both in school and the district for voluntary adoption of the reading intervention.
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