November 2, 2016
Science Education is Strong in the East!
The North Carolina Science Teachers’ Association (NCSTA) held its annual professional development conference October 20th & 21st in Greensboro NC. There were hundreds of science educators, teachers, university professors, and informal science representatives from across the state in attendance this year.
East Carolina University alumni demonstrated their continuous impact on science education by receiving two awards from the North Carolina Science Teachers’ Association. Elizabeth Proctor won the Most Outstanding Science Student Teacher award. Elizabeth graduated in December 2015. She served as a camp counselor for ECU Summer Science Camp for two summers. She is currently teaching third grade at Eastern Elementary in Pitt County. Dail Berry won the Most Outstanding Middle School Science Teacher for District 1. Dail teaches sev
enth and eighth grade science at Mattamuskeet Early College High School in Hyde County. Dail was also a counselor for ECU Summer Science Camp. Both Elizabeth and Dail concentrated in Elementary Science, and they are both working with Assistant Professor Dr. Tammy Lee with her grant entitled PIRATES (Preparing and Inspiring Achieving Teaching Excellence in Science), which is an induction model for beginning elementary science teachers. Dail presented for the first time at the conference on how to plan and implement systems thinking lessons.
Science Education Faculty and Elementary Science Concentration students were also busy at the conference recruiting for the awesome programs in MSITE and across the College of Education. Ten Elementary Science Concentration students and alumni worked the recruitment booth and attended sessions. They will be providing a poster session for the Science Education Association on Wednesday, November 16th, at 5:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Science Education is strong in the east!
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