Professional Development and Activities
Executive Committee Member, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) New York Capital Disctrict
In the spring of 2020 I ran for secretary of my chapter, and lost. But the rest of the executive committee members wanted me to join them, so I am officially an appointed member of the committee.
Grace Hopper Celebration, fall 2022
I was supposed to attend with six of my high school students, however, at the last minute we discovered that high school students were not allowed at the conference. Instead, I went by myself. The highlight of the conference, for me, was getting to see and use a real live working Enigma Machine at the NSA booth. Another highlight was learning how to make an online app through Amazon Web Services (AWS). As a result, I just recently enrolled my school in the AWS education program so that I can teach my students how to build cloud computing applications.
Computer Science Teachers Association, Annual Conference, Chicago, July 2022
This was my first time attending the annual conference. A highlight of the conference was a three-hour deep-dive, pre-conference workshop on assessment in computer science classrooms. I enjoyed meeting other CS teachers and other executive committee members of local CSTA chapters. I also attended a fun pizza party for fellow NCWIT educator award winners.
Presenter, "Coded Bias: How Racism Shows Up in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Part 2", 2022
Monday, January 17th, 2022. MLK Day presentation at Emma Willard School. This was a follow-up to my 2021 MLK Day presentation, and included more examples of bias in computer science. You can see my presentation in the downloads of the Portfolio section of this website.
Presenter, "Ethics in CS", NYCWIC, 2022
Saturday, April 9th, 2022. This was a one hour presentation I gave at the annual New York Celebration of Women in Computing conference in Lake George. You can see the presentation in the portfolio section of this website.
Presenter, "Coded Bias: How Racism Shows Up in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms", 2021
Monday, January 18th, 2021. MLK Day presentation at Emma Willard School. This was my original MLK Day presentation, I now call it Part 1. You can see my presentation in the downloads of the Portfolio section of this website.
Math Medic EFFL Workshop, August 2021
This was a two-day virtual workshop that I attended on the "Experience First, Formalize Later" teaching paradigm, where "students are working collaboratively to think, to discuss, and to construct their own understanding of new content before the teacher helps students to arrive at formal definitions and formulas." See the website of the system here.
NYCWIC Program Commitee, December 2019
I served on a committee that reviewed proposals for poster sessions and workshops for the spring 2020 New York Celebration of Women in Computing (NYCWIC) conference (which ended up being cancelled due to the pandemic).
Teacher Exchange, St. Margaret's School for Girls, Brisbane Australia, 2019
I participated in a three week exchange program during the summer of 2019.
National Coalition of Girls' Schools, Annual Conference, 2019
Attended the annual conference in Pasadena, CA. The theme of this conference was "Dare, Dream, Do: Girls as Makers, Inventors, Engineers, & Entrepreneurs".
Presenter, "Introduction to Processing", NYCWIC, 2019
Friday, April 12th, 2019. NY Celebration of Women in Computing, Lake George Conference Center. You can see the presentation in the portfolio section of this website.
Grace Hopper Celebration, fall 2018
I was so honored and fortunate to have received the opportunity to attend this event. An alumna of Emma Willard sent 3 teachers and 3 students. Thank you!
Reader, AP Computer Science Principles Exam, 2018
Distributed Reader (online) for the Explore Task.
Reader, AP Computer Science Principles Exam, 2017
On site reader, Kansas City; this was for the first administration of the exam. I read for the Create Task.
Design Thinking Institute, The Nueva School, June 2016
Attended this week-long institute in Hillsborough, CA.
“Starting a VEX Robotics Team," 2014
"It's easier than you think!" Presenter, NJ Association of Independent Schools, Professional Development Day, October 2014
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy, July 2013
Certified ROBOTC Online Training for VEX Cortex
AP Summer Institute, Manhattan College, AP Computer Science A, August 2013
MIT’s Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (SEPT), June 2011
This was a wonderful, week long program where HS teachers can go to MIT and 'drink from the fire hose" of knowledge.
Panelist, “Discussion about Small Learning Communities”, March 2011
Rutgers Institute for Improving Student Achievement (RIISA). I spoke about my experiences leading a STEM Academy at Lawrence HS in Lawrenceville, NJ
QUEST Scholar, Princeton University Program in Teacher Preparation, Summer 2010
During this amazing, four week summer program specifically designed for new HS teachers (teachers who are in their first or second year of teaching), I attended discussions and workshops, met Princeton faculty, met inspirational HS teachers from around NJ, and wrote a complete unit on Math Modeling that uses the inquiry learning.
Presenter, Monmouth University Literacy Symposium, Spring 2009
“Listening, Reading, and Writing strategies for the High School Mathematics Classroom”