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McRee Educational ConsultingProfessional Learning Consultant: K-12 Science Education
May. 2025I support K–12 educators to elevate student success through professional learning, curriculum design, and instructional coaching that supports NGSS-aligned science instruction and PLC collaboration so that student learning is deeper, more creative, and centered in equity. With decades of experience as a science teacher, instructional coach, and curriculum specialist, I partner with schools and leaders to build truly engaging learning environments. Whether you're rethinking your curriculum, leading professional learning, or transforming school culture into a thriving PLC, I'm here to help.
School SpecialtyScience Curriculum Developer and Professional Learning Facilitator
May. 2025Enhancing OpenSciEd units to strengthen equity and support sensemaking for all learners. This includes embedding scaffolds for diverse and multilingual learners (MLLs), aligning learning intentions and success criteria to standards, and integrating language development supports and daily formative assessment opportunities to promote coherence and access for every student. Actively designing and facilitating professional learning experiences for educators across the country to support high-quality, equitable science instruction.
National Science Teaching AssociationNational Science Teaching Association: EQuIP Rubric Reviewer and Sensemaking Tool Reviewer
May. 2025Selected by NSTA to evaluate PreK–12 instructional materials for alignment with the Framework for K–12 Science Education. Apply the NSTA Sensemaking Tool to assess how well lessons support phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional learning, including engagement in science practices, development of disciplinary core ideas, and opportunities for student sensemaking. Provide feedback to both internal teams and external organizations to ensure instructional materials promote equitable, standards-aligned science education. Additionally, serve as an EQuIP Rubric Reviewer, using the Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuIP) Rubric to analyze science lessons and units for their alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This process involves evaluating the coherence between disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts, as well as examining how materials promote student sensemaking, support teacher implementation, and advance equity and access in science learning.
National Science Teaching AssociationNational Science Teaching Association: Sensemaking Tool Reviewer
May. 2025Selected by NSTA to evaluate PreK–12 instructional materials for alignment with the Framework for K–12 Science Education. Apply the NSTA Sensemaking Tool to assess how well lessons support phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional learning, including engagement in science practices, development of disciplinary core ideas, and opportunities for student sensemaking. Provide feedback to both internal teams and external organizations to ensure instructional materials promote equitable, standards-aligned science education.
PearsonISA (Illinois Science Assessment) Item Writer for Middle Level
Sep. 2024
Kildeer Countryside School District 96Science, STEM, & Wellness Curriculum Specialist (Grades EC-8)
Aug. 2022 - Jun. 2025
Kildeer Countryside School District 96Science, STEM, & Wellness Instructional Coach (Grades 6-8)
Aug. 2018 - Aug. 2022
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence (Kent State University)Faculty for Peer Professionals
Jan. 2017 - May. 2024Class Offerings: - Argument-Based Inquiry: Supporting Claims with Evidence, Reasoning, and Critique
- Designing Classroom Assessments to Address the NGSS Performance Expectations
- Relational Representatives: Using Models to Construct Meaning of Science Phenomena
- Abstract Concepts for Concrete Minds: Designing Lessons to Engage Middle School Students and Provide a Valuable Purpose for Learning
CCSD 46Middle School Science Teacher
Aug. 2005 - Aug. 2018
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