EDUCATION

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING, 1993 Trinity University College of Education, San Antonio, Texas Secondary Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, 1992 Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, New York Biology and Society

CERTIFICATION

Texas Certificate: Secondary Composite Science

EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING

BIOLOGY TEACHER (1995-PRESENT) International School of the Americas, NEISD, San Antonio, Texas

• Belonged to a highly motivated faculty in a small, choice public school which focused on non-traditional curricula, courses, and creative ways of thinking.
• Taught heterogeneously grouped students who were chosen by a lottery system.
• Worked on design team to plan second, third and fourth years of I.S.A., including student internships with corporate partners, Valero Energy Corporation and Southwestern Bell, and foreign exchange programs.
• Led 120 students and core team of teachers in an outdoor classroom project.
• Advised, co-sponsored the Academic Decathlon Team.
• •Facilitated discussion on curriculum alignment, scope and sequence of science curriculum (6-12) to the American School in Monterrey, Mexico (our sister school).

CLINICAL FACULTY MEMBER (1995-PRESENT) Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

• Supervised and advised graduate student interns.
• Taught a one hour undergraduate practicum course, the Master Teacher.
• Provided a communication link between mentor teachers and the University.
• Mentored an M.A.T. candidate for 1995 school year.
• Facilitated workshops and retreats to improve leadership and mentoring skills.

SCIENCE TEACHER (1993-1995) Southwest Enrichment Center, SWISD, San Antonio, Texas

• Taught at-risk sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students science and elective studies, targeting self esteem, hands on learning, and improved TAAS scores.
• Co-authored successful grant for an outdoor classroom.
• Worked closely with twelve teachers to create, implement, and evaluate six to twelve week interdisciplinary expeditions throughout the school year.
• Designed, built, and maintained a 1200 gallon pond with students as an on-going, hands-on ecology project.

INTERN (1992-1993) Mark Twain Middle School, SAISD, San Antonio, Texas

• Team-taught an interdisciplinary science curriculum to inner-ciy seventh grade students heterogeneously grouped.
• Sponsored Mark Twain Earth Service Corps, YMCA Adopt-a-Grandparent Programs.
• Taught classes and camped with students at YMCA HY-LYFE program to increase student self esteem and knowledge of the outdoors.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

GRANTS AWARDED

WORKS PUBLISHED

Eric Henry, Jeff Huntley, Corinne McKamey and Laura Telle Harper. (1995). To Be a Teacher: Voices from the Classroom. Newbury Park, CA: Corwin Press.

McKamey, Corinne. (1997). "Using Real World Projects in the Classroom." Teaching and Change. Washington, DC: Corwin Press.