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Renee O. Pope – Renee has served as Science Curriculum Coordinator for Arlington ISD from September 2004 to the present. She is responsible for the development, training and implementation of the science curriculum in grades K-12. She works with principals, teachers and other team members to plan, implement and monitor new instructional programs and evaluate existing programs. Renee provides leadership for the implementation of INSPIRE elementary engineering, working to ensure that instruction is aligned with core science standards. She facilitates district support for instruction in the participating schools.
Priscilla Promise – Priscilla spent 24 years with Arlington ISD, first as an elementary school teacher, then as a Science Instructional Specialist. Upon retirement in 2008 she continued working with Purdue University, serving as a science projects liaison to coordinate a National Science Foundation funded research partnership between Arlington ISD to implement engineering instruction in selected schools in grades two, three, and four. Engineering training includes attending Purdue’s INSPIRE Summer Academy in 2007 and trainer staff development with the Boston Museum of Science in Engineering Is Elementary, groundbreaking and award winning curriculum that engages students in the engineering design process to introduce engineering fields in age appropriate tasks.
Penny Beisch and Tammy Harkrider – Penny and Tammy have been teaching in Arlington ISD at West Elementary for seven and ten years respectively. They were trained in engineering instruction at the INSPIRE Summer Academy conducted by Purdue University in Arlington in 2008. Since that time they have actively engaged in engineering instruction with their third and fourth grade classes and have completed trainer staff development at the Boston Museum of Science in Engineering Is Elementary. They are now part of a team that is taking on training Arlington teachers in engineering for elementary students.
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