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2 teachers get national recognition
by Outspoken on Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:13 am
2 teachers get national recognition
BY MATTHEW STONE
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
A national organization charged with promoting science education and science teachers has named two Mainers to top leadership positions.
Page Keeley, a Jefferson resident, recently began her term as president of the National Science Teachers Association after being elected to the top post of the 57,000-member organization.
Brunswick resident Francis Eberle will soon move to the Washington, D.C., area to become the association's executive director.
Both currently work for the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in Augusta. Keeley is the group's senior program director and Eberle is its executive director.
Keeley, who became the group's president on June 1, said she is excited to be the organization's first president from a northern New England state. In her role, she said, she is a spokeswoman for science educators in the United States.
"You are an advocate and a spokesperson for quality science education. Our role is to promote science and to promote STEM," Keeley said, citing an initiative to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education.
Keeley, who taught science in Whitefield and Farmingdale before joining the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, will remain in Maine during her one-year term as president and keep her current position.
Eberle, whose official start date at NSTA is September 1, said his job largely involves advocacy for legislation related to science education.
"The task at hand is really to raise awareness of the importance of science," he said. "The second is to really develop a system of support for the teaching of science."
Eberle's responsibilities will include overseeing conferences and professional development opportunities sponsored by the organization. The NSTA, which is based in Arlington, Va., also runs a publishing house.
Keeley said she will focus on highlighting the importance of science in education. As schools across the country have focused on meeting math and English standards detailed in the federal No Child Left Behind Act, some have dropped science classes, Keeley and Eberle said.
"It's had some very, very harmful effects on science education," Keeley said of the legislation President George W. Bush signed into law in 2002.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5160102.html
BY MATTHEW STONE
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
A national organization charged with promoting science education and science teachers has named two Mainers to top leadership positions.
Page Keeley, a Jefferson resident, recently began her term as president of the National Science Teachers Association after being elected to the top post of the 57,000-member organization.
Brunswick resident Francis Eberle will soon move to the Washington, D.C., area to become the association's executive director.
Both currently work for the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in Augusta. Keeley is the group's senior program director and Eberle is its executive director.
Keeley, who became the group's president on June 1, said she is excited to be the organization's first president from a northern New England state. In her role, she said, she is a spokeswoman for science educators in the United States.
"You are an advocate and a spokesperson for quality science education. Our role is to promote science and to promote STEM," Keeley said, citing an initiative to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education.
Keeley, who taught science in Whitefield and Farmingdale before joining the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, will remain in Maine during her one-year term as president and keep her current position.
Eberle, whose official start date at NSTA is September 1, said his job largely involves advocacy for legislation related to science education.
"The task at hand is really to raise awareness of the importance of science," he said. "The second is to really develop a system of support for the teaching of science."
Eberle's responsibilities will include overseeing conferences and professional development opportunities sponsored by the organization. The NSTA, which is based in Arlington, Va., also runs a publishing house.
Keeley said she will focus on highlighting the importance of science in education. As schools across the country have focused on meeting math and English standards detailed in the federal No Child Left Behind Act, some have dropped science classes, Keeley and Eberle said.
"It's had some very, very harmful effects on science education," Keeley said of the legislation President George W. Bush signed into law in 2002.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5160102.html
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