Dr. Norman G. Lederman

Norman G. Lederman is chair and professor of mathematics and science education at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He has taught a full range of graduate courses in secondary science education, supervised teaching interns as well as taught high school biology for ten years. Dr. Lederman is internationally known for his research and scholarship on the development of students' and teachers' conceptions of nature of science and scientific inquiry. He has also studied preservice and inservice teachers' knowledge structures of subject matter and pedagogy, pedagogical content knowledge, and teachers' concerns and beliefs. Dr. Lederman has been author or editor of eight books. He has written 17 book chapters and published over 150 articles in professional refereed journals. In addition, Dr. Lederman has made over 400 presentations at professional conferences and meetings around the world. Dr. Lederman is past-president of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) and the Association of Science Teacher Educators (ASTE), and former Director of Teacher Education for the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). He was Editor of the journal School Science and Mathematics for 10 years and co-editor of the newly published Handbook of Research on Science Education.

Dr. Judith Sweeney Lederman

Judith S. Lederman is the Director of Teacher Education in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Previously, she was the Curator of Education at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Providence, Rhode Island, the science director of a science and mathematics resource center where she supervised K-8 science education for 10 Rhode Island school districts and taught science teachers for 20 years. She has over 600 presentations/publications on the teaching and learning of science in both formal and informal settings and is co-author of an elementary science methods text. She is the past president of the Council for Elementary Science International (CESI).

Dr. Douglas Llewellyn

Douglas Llewellyn teaches educational leadership courses and co-directs the Teacher Leader Quality Partnership program at St. John Fisher College. Previously, he was the K-12 director of science at the Rochester City School District, a junior high school principal, and a middle school science teacher. He is the co-author and presenter of the College Board's Creating a Learner-Centered Classroom and the author of Inquire Within: Implementing Inquiry-Based Science Standards in Grades 3-8, and Teaching High School Science Through Inquiry published by Corwin Press.

Richard Ognibene

Richard Ognibene is the 2008 New York State Teacher of the Year. Mr. Ognibene has taught chemistry and physics at Fairport High School for 15 years. He has also mentored new science teachers, taught chemistry at Monroe Community College and led a district-wide program that teaches civility, respect and tolerance to students.

Michael Meise

Michael Meise has taught mathematics at Wilson Magnet High School, (ranked as one of Newsweek's Top 100 High Schools in America in 2006) for 7 years. He has been actively involved in developing resources for physics teachers through the Computational Math Science & Technology project at SUNY Brockport. As a participant in the NSF-sponsored Scollarcity program, Mike has developed a wealth of ideas for effective teaching of mathematics. Mike's use of Math and Science modeling software in his classroom has resulted in consistently high achievement levels in his students.

Dr. Diane Barrett

Diane Barrett is the Director of Graduate Program in Mathematics, Science & Technology Education in the Department of Mathematics and Computing Science at St. John Fisher College. She has nine year of experience teaching high school mathematics, with seven of those as Department Chairperson, as well as thirteen years in higher education where she has focused on teaching teachers of mathematics and science. Dr. Barrett has presented at both local and national conferences on topics that include the importance of teacher collaboration, using a constructivist approach to learning, and how teachers can provide students with content courses that are both rigorous and relevant.

Wilhelmina Glover

Wilhelmina Glover has been an elementary school principal in the Rochester City School district for nearly 20 years. She has served as principal of Nathaniel Rochester Community School (K-8) from 1989-1996 and at Dr. Freddie Thomas School from1996-2000. As principal, Wilhelmina brings a wealth of knowledge about planning and implementing partnerships. She is currently Principal at Lincoln Park School No. 44, where she is partnering with academics and professionals in the region to implement a school-wide initiative to promote effective teaching and learning of science.

Steve Whitman

Steve Whitman is a recently retired Science Coordinator and physics teacher at Brighton High School. Mr. Whitman taught high school physics for 20 years. He has been actively involved in developing resources for physics teachers through the Computational Math Science & Technology project at SUNY Brockport. He also created RAPTOR (Rochester Area Physics Teacher's Out-Reach) which is a consortium of area high school physics teachers. The RAPTOR website provides resources which can be shared. Over 90% of all Brighton students take at least one year of physics and approximately one third are enrolled in AP Physics. In spite of the fact that physics is an elective, it has become part of the culture at Brighton and can and must be infused into the culture of all U.S. high schools.