House Plans: Staff Development For Educators

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Staff Development For Educators

Lyn Le Countryman (Cochair) teaches eleventh grade biology and mentors undergraduate education majors at the Malcolm Price Laboratory School and teaches undergraduate biology and graduate-level science classes on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. In 1994, she was one of the first teachers in the nation to gain national board certification as an early adolescent generalist. She has served as the president of the Iowa Science Teachers Section of the Iowa Academy of Science. She received the 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and the 1998 Tandy Award for outstanding teaching. She is a founding member of the National Academies Teacher Advisory Council and also is a member of the Teacher Advisory Council Museum Associates for the Marian Koshland Science Museum. She serves as a liaison from the Teacher Advisory Council to the Center for Education’s Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs in the U.S. She has a B.S. in zoology and secondary education and M.A. and PhD. degrees in science education from the University of Iowa.