SECME Announces 2012 Master Teacher Mentors

Eleven outstanding educators from across the country asked to lead SECME initiatives.
For over thirty years a major focus of SECME, Inc. (a national nonprofit formerly the Southeastern Consortium of Minorities in Engineering) has been teacher professional development focused on K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). SECME’s capstone event for the professional renewal and revitalization is the Annual Summer Institute, hosted each year by one of its 42 member engineering universities. This year the 36th Annual SECME Summer Institute will be hosted by The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, June 24-July 1. This intense eight-day residential professional development opportunity, presented by member university faculty, partner industry and government experts, and SECME Master Teachers, provides educators with curriculum activities aligned to National Standards, cutting-edge content knowledge, and a framework for implementing a SECME program.

The following eleven educators are significant members of SECME’s cadre of teachers with a strong tradition of leadership in SECME’s National Office Education Program Division. Because of their noteworthy contributions over the years, this group has been asked to accept additional responsibilities by serving on the SECME National Advisory Council and as SECME Summer Institute Master Teacher Mentors. The focus of the SECME Mentoring program is to enhance K-12 teaching and learning by leading Professional Learning Communities during the Summer Institute and then providing Institute participants with post-Institute support.

Anil Antony, Grand Bahama Catholic High School, Freeport, Grand Bahamas

Manuel Cox, American Senior High School, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida

Lori Dunklin, DeVry Advantage Academy, Houston Independent School District, Texas

Karen Gant, Carol City Elementary School, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida

Gwendolyn Maturo-Grasso, Lincoln Middle School, Syracuse City Schools, New York

Myra Jackson, Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI), Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Erich Landstrom, Seminole Ridge Community High School, Palm Beach County Schools, Florida

Olga Peraza, Satellite High School, Brevard County Public Schools, Florida

Roy Shears, Hamilton High School, Memphis City School District, Tennessee

Judy Wall-Townsend, Midway Elementary School of the Arts, Seminole County Public Schools, Florida

Kim Worrell, O'Rouke Elementary School, Mobile County Public School System, Alabama

SECME was founded in 1975 by the Engineering Deans from seven Southeastern universities: Alabama, Florida, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tennessee State, and Tuskegee. Today SECME is a non-profit alliance that extends to 40 school systems, 39 major engineering universities, and industries and agencies in 15 states, the District of Columbia, and Grand Bahamas. SECME's mission is to increase the pool of historically under-represented and under-served students who will be prepared to enter and complete post-secondary studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), thus creating a diverse and globally competitive workforce. SECME provides teacher professional development and coordinates student competitions across the country. Its National Headquarters is housed on the campus of The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
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