Ms. MC's
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Education:
M.Ed. , Boston College, ’94
B.A., Holy Cross, ’88
Professional Certifications:
National Board Certification, AYA, Science
Massachusetts Teacher Certification, Chemistry, 9-12
Teaching/Professional Experience
Concord Carlisle HS, ’02 – present
Class Measures, Instructional Consultant, 2006-present
Acton-Boxborough Regional HS, ’99-’02
West Boylston M/HS. ’94-’99
Landmark, ’91-’93
US Peace Corps, Eswatini, ’89-91
Teaching Awards
MA Secondary School Chemistry Teacher Award, 2013, New England Institute of Chemists
Member of Aula Laudis Society, Northeastern Section American Chemical Society, May 2010
Presentations
Variety of Tech Workshops at Concord Carlisle High School as a Tech Leader, 2007 – present.
ActivInspire – 5 day intensive workshop
Moodle – summer-long blended learning with face to face and online components
Mini-workshops and department trainings: most recently including EDpuzzle, Quizizz and Zipgrade.
Educators Leadership Institute, EDCO, Waltham, MA: Converting High School Science Curriculum to Technologies of the 21st Century, March 6, 2014.
Educators Leadership Institute, EDCO, Waltham, MA: Using Student Learner Response Systems in High School Science Classrooms, March 8, 2012
CHEMED2011, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI: Converting High School Chemistry Curriculum to the Interactive Whiteboard, July 27th and 28th, 2011.
EDCO Collaborative, at Concord Carlisle HS: Technology in the High School Science Classroom (group presentation), November 10, 2010.
NEACT Summer Conference, Fitchburg State, Fitchburg, MA: Converting Chemistry Curriculum to an Interactive Whiteboard and Using Moodle to Create an Online Community for High School Chemistry, August 10, 2010.
US Education Summit, Promethean, Boston, MA: ACTIVChemistry: High School Science Flipcharts that Utilize the Advanced Features of Version 3, July 15, 2008.
ACTIV08, Promethean, Sarasota, FL: Converting Chemistry Curriculum to an Interactive Whiteboard and A Model for Ongoing Support and Training of ActivTeachers (group presentation), February 15, 2008.
Softball Coaching Experience
CCHS, Assistant Coach, ’03-present
Acton-Boxborough RHS, ’01 – ’02, Varsity Co-coach
Acton-Boxborough, ’00, JV Coach
West Boylston M/HS, ’97-’99, Varsity Coach
Bay State Games, Central Team Coach, ’97&’98
Interests
Kayaking, paddleboarding, yoga, biking, jogging, skiing and snowshoeing.
Completed Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk in summer 2008, Avon 2-Day walk in May 2009 and 2010 and, since September of 2008, competed in 12 5K Runs for various causes including the Race for the Cure , the Beverly DVU and the Fall Frolic.
Completed the Blackburn Challenge (20 mile paddle circumnavigating Cape Ann), July 2012 and July 2013 and the Misery Challenge (4-mile paddleboard race) in July 2015, 2016 and 2017.
"The Student Who" shown below is on the back of a t-shirt made by E Block Chem in 2010-2011.....