Dora Kastel on Clubhouse

Bio

Science Curriculum Developer & Professional Learning Manager. Supporting teachers & leaders, working in urban science education for 15+ years.

🗣 Co-moderator for “Making Science Education Meaningful” | Wednesdays @ 8:30pm EST

♣️ Follow our “Science Education” club for all things related to Science Teaching and Learning! (First club listed below!)

💬 Talk to me about:
- OER
- adoption of a common set of HQIM across a network of schools or district as a mechanism for promoting equity, ed reform, and scalable change
- models for curriculum-based PL
- developing expertise as a science PL provider
- routines for equitable discourse and epistemic agency
- informal / formal science ed partnerships and intiatives

📚 Currently reading: Caste

Prior to my current role at New Visions for Public Schools, I was at the American Museum for Natural History. I was also a NYC public school teacher in East Harlem.

My identity, experiences, interests and beliefs impact how I engage in my work in education:
🔭 K-12 Science & STEM Education
🪨 Geologist
🤱🏽 New Mom of a beautiful IVF baby
✡️ Rabbi’s Wife
🗽 New Yorker
🎸 Xennial
🎓 UPenn Alum
🧐 PhD candidate at TC (Columbia)
🧠 Bipolar II
🧬 BRCA2 +

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