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Steve has been a high school science and mathematics teacher for about 30 years and retired from the Adams 12 Five Star School District (Horizon High School in the Thornton-Northglenn area). He enjoyed my time with the students and played many other roles in the school and district including serving as the building technology coordinator, building budget chair, department chair, school improvement leader, assessment coordinator, district data analyst, and district...

Laurie has always been drawn to the unique challenges of teaching and learning and finds the complexity of studying how students learn chemistry very rewarding. In her position as Science Teaching Fellow within the CU Science Education Initiative (SEI), she has had opportunities to work with faculty to develop course learning goals, assess student learning, and implement research-based instructional approaches. As part of this experience, she became involved in the...

Mike has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and more than 20 years of experience designing and implementing software and websites for a variety of applications, plus additional experience in journalism, media and design.

Valerie Otero is an professor of science education and is involved in several large projects throughout the University of Colorado, Boulder and throughout the United States. She is the executive director of the Colorado Learning Assistant Program and the Teacher Research Team Program. Her research spans from studies of science teacher knowledge to studies of how students learn various concepts in physics and the nature of science. She is co-author...