SOLAR SYSTEM AMBASSADOR:
Mari Westerhausen
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Ms Westerhausen is currently the Gifted Specialist at Legacy Traditional School's Queen Creek Campus (Go, Patriots!). For Junior High, she teaches RISE (Gifted Program) & Robotics. On the side, Mari is an Instructional Coach for ITA (International Teachers Alliance).
With advanced degree in Educational Leadership, Masters degree in School Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Education with Math as area of concentration in the Philippines, she has been an educator for over 30 years. Her certification areas include Math Education, Gifted Education, and Administration. For many years, she has been a NASA Solar System Ambassador, and NASA Heliophysics Education Ambassador for Arizona. As such, she coordinates and facilitates workshops at many Astronomy events in schools and communities. Mari was ADE’s Assessment Developer for Middle School Math in the past years, and has been part of the AZ Educational Technology Committee. She has also part-taken in reviewing National Geographic JASON Project Curriculum for both Tectonic Fury & Terminal Velocity courses. She was an online facilitator for the AZ Teach 21 Course with ASSET-IDEAL based in ASU. In the past, she had presented at major national and local professional conferences: NSTA, AATM & NCTM, AAGT, and AzTEA, among others. She loves spending time with her wonderful family. Together they like to go on road trips, hiking, biking, camping, and stargazing. |
