CALENDAR | BIOLOGY DQs | CHEMISTRY DQs | TEAM 401

Michael Edwin Collver

• Serving as a regular salary teacher of Biology I for grades 10-12.
• Developing regular and detailed lessons around district and state curriculum objectives.
• Orchestrated long term group projects in which students developed hypotheses and conducted experiments of their own design.
• Required the use of an in-school computer lab for the production of typed reports and graphs.
• Developed an interactive web-site as a virtual extension of my classroom.

• Currently serving as the teacher of record for an elective course in Robotics for students participating in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competitions.
• Facilitate and assess skill and team-building activities that will prepare a diverse group of high school students for the design and construction of radio-controlled robot from a kit of parts distributed by the FIRST Robotics Competition .
• Attend to the scheduling and material needs of the robotics class through the entire school year.
• Maintain a safe shop environment during the six-week robot construction phase prior to the FIRST Competition.

• Currently serving as a full-time teacher of Earth and Space Science, Biology, Chemistry, Pre-Algebra, Algebra and Geometry for grades 8-12 in a reduced-size classroom setting for at-risk students.
• Regularly develop inquiry-based lesson plans focused on the Virginia Standards of Learning for math and science
• Prepare laboratory investigations and enrichment activities to facilitate learning in student groups having diverse instructional needs.
• Orchestrate long term group projects in which students developed hypotheses and conducted experiments of their own design.
• Consistently require the use of modern word processing and slide show creation software in the preparation and presentation of final drafts of student work.
• Teach an elective course in horticulture where students prepare crops of annual and perennial plants for sale during the last six weeks of school.

• Served as a teacher's aide for students ages 14 to 18, assisting the classroom teacher in meeting the needs of "at-risk" students, both regular and special education.
• Assisted with test preparation and grading.
• Mailed progress reports to parents on a weekly basis and maintained the permanent record of all students.
• Prepared and presented lessons in science and health on a daily basis in accordance with the Standard of Learning for Virginia Public Schools.
• Served as the substitute teacher during absences.

• Assumed instructional responsibilities for individual students confined to their homes or who have been hospitalized.
• Maintained communication with the student's regular teachers and guidance personnel to insure continuity with regular classroom assignments.
• Modified assignments when necessary to accommodate special student needs.

• Served as a regular salary teacher of Biology I for grades 10-12.
• Developed regular and detailed lesson plans around district and state curriculum objectives.
• Orchestrated long term group projects in which students developed hypotheses and conducted experiments of their own design.
• Aided in the development of "core curriculum objectives" for the life sciences.
• Required the use of an in-school computer lab for the production of typed reports and graphs.
• Worked after school as a computer lab coordinator in a 16 station Macintosh computer lab designed for high school science students.

• Cleared and maintained foot trails through wooded and marshy wild areas with regularly numbered stations at points of biological, geological, or historical significance.
• Developed illustrated trail guides for self-guided tours along marked nature trails.
• Lead small groups of campers on both day and night hikes pointing out examples of ecological succession and discussing the natural history of local plants and animals.

• Member of the Virginia Alternative Education Association
• Member of the Nation Science Teachers Association
• Member of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers
• Certified GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) Program Instructor
• Certified Continuous Improvement Process facilitator

• 1998. Recipient of $1,200 STAR Grant from Montgomery County Public Schools. Grant title: GLOBE: A Potential Foundation for Science Education.
• 1999. Recipient of $7000 At-Risk Grant from Montgomery County Public Schools and the Virginia Department of Education. Gant title: Science Education Rooted in Horticulture.
• 2000. Recipient of $2000 1420 Foundation Grant for the continuation of the above at-risk grant.
• 2002. Co-recipient of Technology Grant from the United Stated Department of Agriculture for the development of a GPS guided tractor with the ultimate goal of fostering interest in Agricultural Engineering.
• 2002. Participant in the ROLE Grant program through the Center for Human Computer Interaction at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

• Mr. Paul Little, Wilson Avenue School, 404 Wilson Avenue Blacksburg, VA 24060, (540) 951-5770
• Dr. Judith B. Rutherford, Montgomery County Public Schools, 200 Junkin St., Christiansburg, VA 24073, (540)381-6116
• Dr. Brenda Brand, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (540) 231-8334