Professional
Biography
Joan
Schumaker Chadde has been the Education Program Coordinator
for the Center for Science and Environmental Outreach
at Michigan Technological University since 1995, and
is the Education Program Coordinator for the Western
Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and
Environmental Education since 2001. The Western U.P.
Center is a partnership of Copper Country & Gogebic-Ontonagon
Intermediate School Districts and Michigan Technological
University, to enhance the teaching and learning of
mathematics and science in the 19 school districts and
communities of Houghton, Baraga, Gogebic, Ontonagon
and Keweenaw Counties. Joan designs and implements a
variety of educational outreach programs for K-12 students
and teachers.
Joan teaches ED 3510 & 3511 Communicating Science
to guide MTU students in the development and presentation
of lessons at the twenty family science nights conducted
by the Center each year. Joan also conducts many professional
development workshops and institutes for both in-service
and pre-service teachers on a range of topics ranging
from ecological monitoring, stream monitoring, ecology
of the Great Lakes, and more.
Joan has a BS in Natural Resources from the University
of Michigan (1977) and an MS in
Water Resources from the University of Wyoming (1984).
Her masters research on developing a regression model
for estimating evapotranspiration rates for alfalfa
hay crops in the high mountain meadows of Wyoming was
supported by a graduate fellowship from the Wyoming
State Legislature. Joan completed her secondary science
teaching certification (major: biology; minor: general
science) at Michigan Technological University (1998). Previously,
Joan worked for 8 years as a water quality program specialist
for the Montana Department of Natural Resources (1987-1995);
and as an environmental educator at the National Outdoor
Leadership School in Wyoming, Yosemite Institute, Wyoming
Outdoor Council, and at Innisfree at Sleeping Bear National
Lakeshore (1978-1987).
Professional Affiliations
Board Member, Michigan Nature Association (2004-present)
Past Board Member, Isle Royale Natural History Association
(2003-2005)
Member, National Science Teachers Association (since
1997)
Member, Michigan Science Teachers Association (since
1999)
Member, Michigan Alliance of Environmental and Outdoor
Educators (since 1997)
Member, North American Association of Environmental
Education (since 2000)
Conference Presentations
Copper Country Intermediate School District Professional
Development Conference (2001, 2003)
Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District Professional
Development Conference (2000)
Groundwater Foundation Educators Conference (1996)
International Association of Great Lakes Research (2001,
2003, 2006)
Metropolitan Detroit Science Teachers Association Annual
Conference (2001)
Michigan Science Teachers Association Annual Conference
(2003 - 2007)
North American Association of Environmental Educators
Annual Conference (2001, 2002, 2007)
National Science Teachers Association Annual Conference
(1999-2004, 2006)
Northern Michigan University Seaborg Center Annual Conference
for Math & Science Teachers (1997-1999, 2003-2004)
National Association of Biology Teachers Annual Conference
(2004)
State of the Lakes Conference on Lake Superior (2002)
Contact
Joan
Chadde, Education Program Coordinator
Western U.P. Center for Science,
Mathematics and Environmental Education
105 Dillman Hall
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Tel: 906-487-3341
Fax: 906-487-1620
Email: Joan Chadde
Last Update: 03/03/2007
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