Don Deresz - Miami-Dade County Public Schools



Don Deresz

Miami-Dade County Public Schools’

Biscayne Nature Center for Environmental Education

6767 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne, FL 33149

305-361-6767 Ext. 115

deresz_d@firn.edu

 

 

EMPLOYMENT:

 

1975 to Present Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) teacher and curriculum writer. Presently assigned as a science teacher at the M-DCPS’ Biscayne Nature Center for Environmental Education.

 

CERTIFICATION:

 

State of Florida Department of Education #382661. Subject coverage: chemistry (gr. 6-12), biology (gr. 6-12), reading (gr. K-12), Exceptional Student Education (gr. K-12), Middle Grades Endorsement, ESOL META Requirement.

 

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Early Adolescence/Science (2000).

PBS TeacherLine Facilitator to interact online with a community of teachers as learners using a collaborative, professional development, technological tool (2003).

EDUCATION:

 

1998 Florida State University, Specialist Degree in Science Education emphasizing student-directed inquiry and FCAT pedagogical strategies.

1980 Florida International University, Master of Science in Reading.

1973 University of Detroit, BS, cum laude, in biology, minor in chemistry.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Designed, authored, and recorded a county park nature trail .mp3 file audio expedition for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas/Biscayne Nature Center, Inc. which can be downloaded to play at: (2008).

Co-author of engaging student at-home educational and entertaining activities in

M-DCPS’ Curriculum & Instruction “Winter Break Packet Science, Grades 9-12” (2007).

Author of “With Wongs’ Way: Modifying Student Behavior Using A Viable Systems Approach” as funded for school District distribution by The Education Fund (2006).

Co-author of “Laboratory Intensive [Summer] Courses” for M-DCPS’ middle schools (2005).

Author of “Our Ancient Fossilized Rock Reef” as funded for school District distribution by The Education Fund (2004).

Author of “Teaching To The Test With The Tools of Technology” as published in the Journal of the Florida Association of Science Teachers (v.16, n.4) (2004) and online at:

Author of “Hooked On Fishing! with the Reel Family” as funded for school District distribution by The Education Fund (2003).

 

Evaluating editor and author for “TestTools, Incorporated’s” middle school science FCAT Simulation (2003) instructional software applications.

Author of “A Case for a Forensic Geoscientist: Where did the sea turtle lay her eggs?” as funded for school District distribution by The Education Fund (2002).

 

Editor of The Dade County Science Teachers' Association newsletter, "The Gazette" at (since 2002).

 

Interactive student webpage for young scientists visiting the Biscayne Nature Center for Environmental Education in 2002-2003 at "Science CyberConnect" ().

 

Science curriculum writer for M-DCPS Instructional Technology’s online Instructional Planner (Summer, 2002) Lesson Plans for classroom teachers as published at campus..

 

Author of the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Focus article, "Teaching in the Language of the Lockup" (October, 2000) that describes the pedagogical landscape of an incarcerated learning community.

Editor of the online publication, Ask An Environmental Educator at /bncee/asktheexpert.htm.

Unpublished thesis entitled What is happening in my classroom: Enhancing Urban Environmental Education, 1998, an interpretive and qualitative work of scholastic research.

Authored the article, "Careers in Marine Biology” as published in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas/Biscayne Nature Center News, Fall, 1993.

Author of the article, "Schoolyard Scavenger Hunt," in Tropical Trails, Winter, 1990.

Editor of the southeast regional newsletter of the League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF), The ScatSheet, to 150 members.

Publication of two photos depicting "Building Multi-cultural webs thru EE" as published in the North American Association for Environmental Education's Environmental Communicator, Winter, 1989.

Principal co-author of activities as published in The Dade County Environmental Story (State of Florida, 1985). This book uses the interdisciplined content of science, social studies, and language arts (K-12).

Suggested two science/writing activities that were published in The Science Teacher, April, 1983 (p. 58).

Produced a videotape in cooperation with WLRN-TV for Dade County Public Schools entitled, The Science Fair Winners, as funded by a grant from the Dade-Monroe Counties' Teacher Education Center.

Authored a science pictograph learning activity that appeared in "Teaching Tips from Kodak," Instructor, August, 1982.

Authored the article "Graphing As A Reading Skill" as published in Reading Horizons, Winter, 1982.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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