Meetings, Workshops, & Symposia Organized & Conducted

Incorporating MSPAP Strategies into the Maryland Middle School Science Curriculum. Prince Georges County Public Schools inservice, Brandywine, MD. January 2001.

Creating High-Performing Schools: Focus on Closing the Achievement Gap.
Featuring Alan Blankstein, Hope Foundation. Workshop for teachers
and administrators, Towson University. March 2001.

Writing Across the Curriculum. Prince Georges County Public Schools inservice, Waldorf, MD. March 2001.

Reading Across the Content Areas. Prince Georges County Public Schools
inservice, Clinton, MD. April 2001.

Incorporating MSPAP Strategies into the Maryland Middle School Science Curriculum. Prince Georges County Public Schools inservice, Brandywine, MD. September 2001.

Using Effective Prewriting Strategies. Prince Georges County Public Schools inservice, Brandywine, MD. October, 2001.

Using the Environment and the Maryland Learning Outcomes as a Vehicle to Enhance Teaching & Learning in the Elementary Classroom. Two-week environmental education workshop for teachers and TU preservice teachers. Part of Eisenhower Professional Development grant award. June, 2002.

Green Eggs & Sand. Maryland Summer Centers workshop for gifted and talented students in grades 7-10. Program focused on horseshoe crab biology and the relationship these animals have with shorebirds and with humans. July, 2002.

Make A Splash With Project Wet Water Festival. Hands-on activities for students in grade 5 representing underserved areas that focused on water conservation. September, 2002.

Professional development workshop for elementary science teachers: Use of the digiscope camera. July, 2003.

Baltimore City and Baltimore County public schools elementary science teacher workshop: Chesapeake Bay Ecology. November, 2003.

Baltimore City and Baltimore County public schools elementary science teacher workshop: Wetlands Education. December, 2003.

Baltimore City and Baltimore County public schools elementary science teacher workshop: Rain gardens and native plant gardens. January, 2004.

Presider, session held at National Science Teachers Association national conference: “Teen Zoologists”. April, 2006.
Professional development workshop for Towson University preservice teachers: Project Learning Tree Curricular materials. April, 2006.

Professional development workshop for Washington County elementary level teachers: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. September 2006.

Professional development workshop for Harford County Public Schools science teachers: Forest Ecology & Focus on Forests; Project Learning Tree secondary curricular modules. January 2007.

Professional development weekend institute: Facilitator training in Project Learning Tree materials. March 2007.

Professional development workshop for Towson University preservice teachers: Project Learning Tree Curricular materials. April, 2007.

Professional development workshop for Pot Spring Elementary School teachers: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. August, 2007.

Professional development workshop for Wicomico County Public Schools science teachers: Forest Ecology & Focus on Forests; Project Learning Tree secondary curricular modules. October, 2007.

Professional development workshop for Montgomery County Public Schools science teachers: Forest Ecology & Focus on Forests; Project Learning Tree secondary curricular modules. December, 2007.

Professional development workshop for Frederic County Public Schools science teachers: Municipal Solid Waste Management & Environmental Risk; Project Learning Tree secondary curricular modules. December, 2007.

Professional development workshop for Baltimore City Public Schools science teachers: Forest Ecology & Places We Live; Project Learning Tree secondary curricular modules. April, 2008.

Professional development workshop for Charles County Public Schools teachers: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide/Secondary Modules. May 2008.

Professional development workshop for Prince Georges County Public Schools teachers: Project Learning TreePreK-8 guide. October 2008.

Facilitator workshop for Maryland teachers and nonformal educators: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide/Secondary Modules. November 2008.

Professional development workshop for Our Lady of Grace Catholic School teachers: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. December 2008.

Professional development workshop for Baltimore County Outdoor School teachers: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. February 2009.

Facilitator workshop for Maryland & Delaware college and university professors: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide/Secondary Modules. March 2009.

Professional development workshop for Hereford High School science teachers: Project Learning Tree secondary curricular modules. March, 2009.

Facilitator workshop for college and university educators: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide/Secondary Modules. May 2009.

Professional development workshop for Baltimore County AP biology teachers: Project Learning Tree secondary curricular modules: Forest Ecology & Forest Issues. July, 2009.

Invited seminar: Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY. “Incorporating Service Learning & Civic Engagement into College Science Courses: How & Why”. August, 2009.

Project Learning Tree: Environmental Risk and Municipal Solid Waste. Harford County Middle School Science Professional Development Meeting: Topics That Inform. November 2009.

Professional development workshop for non-formal educators at River Valley Ranch: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. January 2010.

Professional development workshop for Frostburg University preservice educators: Project Learning Tree Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood. April, 2010.

Irvine Nature Center professional development workshop for non-formal environmental educators: Project Learning Tree Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood. June, 2010.

Professional development workshop for faculty of Fort Garrison Elementary School: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. August 2010.

Professional development workshop for non-formal educators at River Valley Ranch: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. March 2011.

Catoctin High School professional development workshop for preservice educators: Project Learning Tree Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood. June, 2011.

Professional development workshop in outdoor science for grads 1-8 teachers: Wicomico Day School. February 2012.

Facilitator workshop for Maryland teachers and nonformal educators: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide/Secondary Modules. February 2012.

Soil and Water Investigations for Harford County and Baltimore City Science Teachers. Harford Glen Environmental Center, June 2012.

Facilitator workshop for Irvine Nature Center Preschool Teachers: Project Learning Tree Early Childhood Guide. March 2013, March 2015.

Maryland Master Naturalist Training: Environmental Education & Interpretation. Irvine Nature Center. March 2013.

Professional development workshop for non-formal educators and staff at the Wildlife Habitat Council: Project Learning Tree PreK-8 guide. May 2014.

Facilitator workshop for Robinson’s Nature Center nonformal educator staff: Project Learning Tree Prek-8 Guide. March, 2015.

Professional development workshop for graduate students enrolled in a STEM course at College of Notre Dame. July 2014.

Science Day professional development workshops for Harford County Public Schools teachers, November 2014.

Professional development workshop for graduate students enrolled in a STEM course at College of Notre Dame. July 2015.

Professional development workshop for non-formal educators at Fountain Rock Park: Project Learning Tree secondary modules. September 2015.

Professional development workshop for Creative City Charter School: Project Learning Tree. March 2016.

Project Learning Tree, Project WET, and Project WILD facilitator training workshop at Ward Museum: July 2016.

Professional development workshop for Notre Dame graduate students: Project Learning Tree.  July 2016.

Collected Watershed: Art and Science Integration.  Professional development workshop for Baltimore County Public Schools art teachers.  March 2020.