David Brock is a nationally recognized leader in science education, whose work has earned him the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching as well as the SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Award. With over two dozen publications and over 65 workshops given, this recently retired department chair at an all-girls school in Baltimore has been providing professional development since 1993 on best teaching practices and how to address gender equity issues in the STEM disciplines. In addition, he has served on numerous committees for the National Science Teaching Association as well as other organizations such as the Praxis® Biology National Advisory Committee and the K-6 PAEMST National Selection Committee.
As part of his work on gender equity, David was the founder and project director for 19 years of the Environmental Science Summer Research Experience for Young Women, serving high school girls throughout the Baltimore region to promote interest in careers in research. And in 2011, he founded a “school-within-a-school,” The STEM Institute at Roland Park Country School, which is dedicated to fostering in young women the confidence, passion, and persistence to pursue careers in the STEM fields.
David was inducted into the National Teacher Hall of Fame in 2012.
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