People
To discuss implementing ML-PBL, please contact Emily Adah Miller at
PBL.Science.Connection@gmail.com
Who we are
The Professional Learning Team is comprised of a group of educators who work with Multiple Literacies in Project Based Learning (ML-PBL), a science curriculum that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards. Our organization includes teachers with years of experience implementing ML-PBL and researchers who have developed the curriculum and studied its impact on students. We have wide experience with elementary students, from kindergarten through fifth grade, including students from groups that have historically been underserved in schools and underrepresented in science.
Emily Adah Miller
ML-PBL Curriculum Developer, CREATE for STEM at MSU (Wisconsin)
As a professional learning facilitator and classroom coach through CREATE for STEM, Emily has supported hundreds of teachers in successfully implementing ML-PBL in their classrooms. Emily takes an asset-based approach to teacher learning.
Sue Codere
ML-PBL Project Director, CREATE for STEM at MSU (Michigan)
Sue manages curriculum development, review, revision, and sharing; professional learning; assessment; and research activities. Before joining the ML-PBL Team, Sue served as the Project Coordinator for standards development at the Michigan Department of Education.
Kathy Huncosky
Professional Learning Specialist, WestEd (Madison)
Kathy has been a classroom teacher for 25 years — teaching elementary students in Madison and the surrounding area. She served as a district-level science teacher leader in the Madison Metropolitan School District. In her current role with Making Sense of Science, she provides professional learning for teachers, administrators, and other educational leaders.
Maria Simani
Executive Director California Science Project
Maria is the Executive Director of the California Science Project , providing professional learning experiences to TK-16 educators statewide. Before joining the science education world, Maria was a researcher in the fields of neuroscience and high-energy physics.
Jodi Sturk
Elementary Science Teacher, Kearsley Community School District (Flint, Michigan)
Jodi is an elementary science educator who has a passion for teaching rich and engaging project based science in her classroom. Over the past five years she has worked on the ML-PBL curriculum team as a writer, editor, instructor, and facilitator.
Emily Reigh
PhD Candidate, Stanford University (California)
Emily currently supports design-based professional learning for elementary science teachers that focuses on engaging students who are labelled as language learners in science and engineering practices. Before graduate school, Emily taught middle and high school science in the US and Egypt.