Kristen began teaching in NYC in 1998 after working as an AmeriCorps volunteer in Juneau, AK. She taught 6th grade physical science and 8th grade life science at a public school in New York City. In 2004, she began working as a middle school science staff developer in Region 9 in lower Manhattan, the South Bronx and Harlem.

Kristen also works as an instructional specialist coordinating simulated space exploration programs for elementary and middle school students.

Topics
• Project Based Learning
• Levels of Inquiry (Controlled, Guided, Modeled and Free)
• Understanding by Design
• Science Literacy
• Differentiation
• Japanese Lesson Study
• Exit Projects (long term, inquiry based science projects)