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Meet
Linda
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Linda Lee Smith |
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| Linda Smith has been a
public school teacher since 1984 and was the Elementary Science
Resource Specialist for the Paulsboro, NJ Public School District from
1997 - 2013. While there, she saw about 800 students bi-weekly for science enrichment,
splitting her time between the Billingsport Early Childhood Center,
which includes students from Pre-K through 2nd grade, and the
Loudenslager Elementary School where students range from 3rd through 6th
grade. |
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| In addition to her BA
from Rowan University in Elementary Education, Linda has a Masters
Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Certificate of Graduate
Studies from Rowan University both in Integrated Science Education. |
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| She serves the Science Education
Community as Past President and current Newsletter Editor for the
New Jersey Science Teachers
Association (NJSTA) and District 2 Chair of the
Association of Presidential Awardees in
Science Teaching (APAST). She has also served on the
National Science Teachers Association
(NSTA) Preschool/Elementary Committee as well as serving as a reviewer
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Science and Children Magazine. |
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| In 2004
NASA's Education Public Outreach
(EPO) program hired Linda as an Astrophysics Educator Ambassador. She
has traveled around the country presenting workshops on high-energy
physics programs such as
GALEX and
Fermi. Her passion is
presenting this material in a way that elementary school students can
understand. Linda has presented workshops on Science Pedagogy at every
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference since
1999. She also presents at NSTA Regional Conferences as well as at the
New Jersey Education Association Convention (NJEA) and NJSTA State
Conferences. |
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Linda has received many award for
her efforts among them are:
· PAEMST (Presidential Award for Excellence in Math & Science Teaching
National Award 2000
· PAEMST (Presidential Award for Excellence in Math & Science Teaching)
State Finalist Award 1999
· One of 5 finalists for NJ Teacher of the Year 2000
· Gloucester County, NJ Teacher of the Year 2000
· Paulsboro Public Schools District Teacher of the Year Award 2000
· Paulsboro Public Schools District Teacher of the Year Award 2004
· Billingsport Elementary School Teacher of the Year Award 2000
· NASA NEWMAST Honors Teachers Award 1995
· NJSTA Fellow Award 2010
· NJ BISEC (Business Industry Science Engineering Consortium) Exemplary
Service Award 1999
· DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) Outstanding Facilitator
Award 1999
· CES-NJ (Council of Elementary Science) Audrey Brainard Make a
Difference Award 2003 |
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