Eileen F.

I have been a middle school science teacher for 35 years and retired in June 2023. I have a Bachelor's in Education and a Master's degree in Environmental Education. Of those teaching years 12 were in 8th grade science, the other 23 years were teaching 6th grade science. Throughout the years, I've worked to adopt a more student-centric presentation and I worked with our district to incorporate the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) into our curriculum. There was a lot of emphasis on ki…