Pat Ehrman
Associate Director of Professional Development
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Phone: 206-732-1450
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Pat is an accomplished science teacher of 30 years who augmented his classroom teaching by contributing to published curriculum projects, residency in laboratories, serving on national boards, and continually sharing his expertise through local, state, and national presentations. Through this work, Pat received several awards, most notably the Presidential Award for Excellence in Education, the NABT Molecular Biology Teacher Award, and the NSTA Shell Science Teaching Award. In 1999, when retiring from teaching at S.C. Davis High School, Pat was recruited to join the education group in the University of Washington´s Department of Molecular Biotechnology to spearhead the vision of working systemically with regional high schools. Pat moved with the other education group members to ISB in January of 2003.
Pat has a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Central Washington University.
Caroline Kiehle
Associate Director of Professional Development
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Phone: 206-732-1458
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Caroline Kiehle has merged her expertise in science research and education to become a regional and national leader in science education reform. She is currently directing several projects in the Center for Inquiry Science that focus on the professional development of science teachers along a continuum:
- The "Observing for Evidence of Learning" research project, a Teacher Professional Continuum program supported by the National Science Foundation, the Institute for Systems Biology, RMC Research Corporation, and four Seattle area school districts.
- A series of workshops, at three levels, to help school districts implement their inquiry science instructional materials and carry out their LASER strategic plans.
From 1997 — 2004 Caroline was the leader of a National Science Foundation Local Systemic Change project, supporting five school districts to renew their middle school science program. While teaching in the 1990´s, Caroline was recognized as Washington State Science Teacher of the Year and was a regional finalist for the Presidential Award. She began her career as a research technologist and has been finding ways to bring science research skills into classrooms ever since.
Caroline has a Masters in Education degree from the University of Washington and a Teaching Certificate in secondary mathematics and science for the state of Washington.
B Lippitt
Professional Development Facilitator
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Phone: 206-732-1455
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B is an extremely experienced science teacher having taught grades 2 though 12 since entering the teaching profession in 1974. For twenty of these years, B enjoyed being a Physics teacher, most of which was at Franklin High School in Seattle. Recently retiring from teaching, B is the staff member with the most direct ties to classroom practice – a perspective that the Center for Inquiry Science staff find invaluable. B completed his B.S. and Masters work at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
Valerie Logan
Community Liaison
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Phone: 206-732-1251
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Valerie has been instrumental in the underlying success of the educational programs in the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and the Institute for Systems Biology. From identifying the initial NSF request for proposal that lead to our regions´ local systemic change initiatives, and leading fundraising efforts contributing upwards of $10 million to the programs, Valerie's interactions with community stakeholders have been invaluable to the programs. Valerie continues to be a leader in the Center for Inquiry Science´s fundraising efforts and in establishing an Advisory Board.
Valerie has a B.A. from Whitman College and a Master´s Degree from George Washington University.
Karin Lohwasser
Program Manager for the Observing for Evidence of Learning and the Systems Education Approach to Science programs
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Karin brings experience of over ten years of teaching middle and high school biology and chemistry in Germany as well as educational multi-media project management and curriculum development. As an educator, she continues to be interested in combining a variety of teaching methods and findings from cognitive research to improve students´ understanding.
Karin has the equivalent of a Masters Degree in Science Education and a Teaching Certificate in secondary biology and chemistry for the state of Washington.
Kim Klinke
Program Manager for the North Sound LASER Alliance
Contact Information: 206-732-1456
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Kim has worked as an advocate for inquiry-based science teaching and learning for nearly two decades. She began her career as a classroom science teacher in Bellevue Public Schools. While teaching, she worked with the University of Washington´s department of Molecular Biotechnology to co-develop a teacher institute that provided foundation and vision for the NSF-funded Middle School Science Systemic Change Partnership. Since 1996, Kim has disseminating teaching tools for inquiry science developed in this program though regional and national professional development experiences. Kim is the recipient of the 1991 Regional Science Teacher of the Year award from the Washington Science Teachers´ Association and was a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching in 1994.Kim has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a M.Ed. In Science Education from the University of Washington. Since leaving full-time teaching to be at home with her two sons, Kim continues to champion inquiry science as a volunteer teacher in her children´s classrooms, through service on school district committees and as a science education consultant.
Dana Riley Black
Center for Inquiry Science Director
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Phone: 206-732-1394
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Dana joined the Center for Inquiry Science in March 2005. Dana began her career as a science educator at the Pacific Science Center as a Science Education Associate. She then went to graduate school in Ohio working on the NSF funded Statewide Systemic Initiative, Project Discovery. After graduating, Dana worked in the Science Education Department of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA designing physical science curriculum and televised professional development experiences for science and mathematics teachers. Most recently, Dana worked at the University of Washington as Director of the university´s K-12 Institute for Science and Mathematics Education.
Dana has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington and an M.Ed. In Science Education and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Curriculum Studies, with an emphasis in science education, from Miami University.
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