Constance K. Barsky
Dr. Barsky received her B.S. in Chemistry from Denison University and her Ph.D. in Geochemistry from Washington University, St. Louis. She taught electron microprobe analysis and conducted research at the University of Missouri before joining the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technical Center, where she managed scientists and engineers conducting research and development for the fiberglass industry. She later became the Administrative Manager of the Chemistry Department at The Ohio State University, and subsequently was appointed Host Site Coordinator, and later Statewide Administrator, for Project Discovery, the Statewide Systemic Initiative in Mathematics and Science Education supported by the National Science Foundation and the State of Ohio.
From 2007 to 2011 at the Ohio Department of Education Dr. Barsky implemented innovative programs based on her research in science education and education reform. She spearheaded changes in the requirements for professional development models in science and mathematics, utilized international benchmarking for science standards, and initiated new concepts for integrating multiple science, technology, engineering, humanities, and fine arts disciplines with 21st century skills using Ohio’s standards “Eye of Integration” model. She also collaborated with the International Center for Education Research and Innovation of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Dr. Barsky and Physics Professor and Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson founded Learning by Redesign in 1997. As a research organization developing novel ideas on education reform they focus on stability and change in institutions by integrating education, productivity, economic and sociotechnological systems. Their research examines processes of change in education, compares international reforms with current US efforts, and integrates the work of the late management expert Peter Drucker into education reform concepts.
Currently Dr. Barsky serves as Vice President of the Denison University Research Foundation and was elected to her third term as a Village Council member in Granville, OH, serving as Vice Mayor.
From 2007 to 2011 at the Ohio Department of Education Dr. Barsky implemented innovative programs based on her research in science education and education reform. She spearheaded changes in the requirements for professional development models in science and mathematics, utilized international benchmarking for science standards, and initiated new concepts for integrating multiple science, technology, engineering, humanities, and fine arts disciplines with 21st century skills using Ohio’s standards “Eye of Integration” model. She also collaborated with the International Center for Education Research and Innovation of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Dr. Barsky and Physics Professor and Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson founded Learning by Redesign in 1997. As a research organization developing novel ideas on education reform they focus on stability and change in institutions by integrating education, productivity, economic and sociotechnological systems. Their research examines processes of change in education, compares international reforms with current US efforts, and integrates the work of the late management expert Peter Drucker into education reform concepts.
Currently Dr. Barsky serves as Vice President of the Denison University Research Foundation and was elected to her third term as a Village Council member in Granville, OH, serving as Vice Mayor.
Gregory D. Foley, Past Chair |
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Greg Foley received BA and MA degrees in mathematics and a PhD in mathematics education from the University of Texas at Austin. He is the Robert L. Morton Professor of Mathematics Education at Ohio University.
Foley has taught elementary arithmetic through graduate-level mathematics, as well as undergraduate- and graduate-level mathematics education classes. He has held full-time faculty positions at North Harris County College, Austin Community College, Ohio State University, Sam Houston State University, and Appalachian State University, and served as Director of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy and as Senior Scientist for Secondary School Mathematics Improvement for the Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas. Dr. Foley has presented over 300 lectures, workshops, and institutes throughout the United States and internationally, has directed or codirected more than 50 funded projects totaling some $5 million, and has published over 50 scholarly works. In 1998, he received the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Award for Mathematics Excellence; in 2005, the Teachers Teaching with Technology Leadership Award; and in 2015, the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Kenneth Cummins Award for exemplary mathematics teaching at the university level.
Much of Dr. Foley’s scholarship has focused on teacher and faculty professional development and textbook curriculum development to enhance the transition from the secondary to the postsecondary level for both STEM students (Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, and Algebraic) and non-STEM students (Advanced Quantitative Reasoning: Mathematics for the World Around Us).
He currently serves as past chair of OMSC.
Foley has taught elementary arithmetic through graduate-level mathematics, as well as undergraduate- and graduate-level mathematics education classes. He has held full-time faculty positions at North Harris County College, Austin Community College, Ohio State University, Sam Houston State University, and Appalachian State University, and served as Director of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy and as Senior Scientist for Secondary School Mathematics Improvement for the Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas. Dr. Foley has presented over 300 lectures, workshops, and institutes throughout the United States and internationally, has directed or codirected more than 50 funded projects totaling some $5 million, and has published over 50 scholarly works. In 1998, he received the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Award for Mathematics Excellence; in 2005, the Teachers Teaching with Technology Leadership Award; and in 2015, the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Kenneth Cummins Award for exemplary mathematics teaching at the university level.
Much of Dr. Foley’s scholarship has focused on teacher and faculty professional development and textbook curriculum development to enhance the transition from the secondary to the postsecondary level for both STEM students (Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, and Algebraic) and non-STEM students (Advanced Quantitative Reasoning: Mathematics for the World Around Us).
He currently serves as past chair of OMSC.
Michael Huler, Chair Elect
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Michael Huler earned two bachelor degrees, one bachelor of arts and one bachelor of science, at The Ohio State University and Masters degrees at the University of Kentucky and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He began teaching as a middle school teacher before moving on to teach high school. After 11 years in Columbus City School he moved to Westerville City Schools where his children were beginning their education. After 27 years in the classroom Mr. Huler transitioned in 2015 to his present position as the Secondary Mathematics Curriculum Specialist for Westerville City Schools.
Mr. Huler has worked for the State of Ohio on multiple standards revisions and on the model curriculum for grades 6 - 8. He also worked with the National Board of Teaching Standards to design the process for National Board Certified Teachers to renew their certification. Mr. Huler was a NBCT in Adolescence and Young Adult Mathematics. He earned his certification with the initial group of mathematics teachers to receive certification. Mr. Huler renewed his certification in 2007. Mr. Huler is a member of National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Ohio Council for Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM). He currently serves as chair-elect of OMSC. |
Margaret Kasten, Executive Director
Dr. Kasten presently serves as the Executive Director of OMSC and has more than 45 years experience in mathematics education and related areas. Her academic work was done at the University of Missouri, where she received both her baccalaureate and master’s degrees. She received her Ph.D. in mathematics education from The Ohio State University in 1981. She began her professional work as a high mathematics teacher, additionally she worked as an intervention specialist in the middle grades, an elementary mathematics consultant in a school district, a faculty member at Ohio State University, a consultant and assistant director at the Ohio Department of Education, and retired from the position of Director of the Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science and Reading. Presently she is working part time as a program director for a project in the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University.
She has held a variety of elected and appointed positions in state and national mathematics organizations and is the recipient of the Christopherson-Fawcett Lifetime Achievement Award for Mathematics Education in Ohio and Ohio Pioneer in Education Award.
She has held a variety of elected and appointed positions in state and national mathematics organizations and is the recipient of the Christopherson-Fawcett Lifetime Achievement Award for Mathematics Education in Ohio and Ohio Pioneer in Education Award.
Rodney Null
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Rodney Null is a professor emeritus of mathematics at Rhodes State College with 30+ years of teaching
experience, ranging from middle school through university. He is a recipient of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges’ Teaching Excellence Award and former president of the Ohio Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges. He was a steering committee member for the Ohio Mathematics Initiative. Rod has participated in several NSF sponsored projects, including PI for Mathematics Transitions in STEM Education project and currently as a Co-PI for the Needed Math project. He has been a program developer and instructor for numerous initiatives focusing on professional development programs for teachers and improving mathematics instruction. |
Paul Post
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Paul E. Post is an Assistant Professor Emeritus in STEM Education in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. He earned a BS in Industrial Arts Education at the Pennsylvania State University, and both a MS of Industrial Education and a PhD in Industrial Technology at Purdue University. He is concerned with increasing the technological literacy and design skills of all students. Dr. Post has worked with the State of Ohio on multiple standards revisions and on the model curriculum for technology. He is the executive director of the Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association. He is also active with the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, the American Society of Engineering Educators, and has chaired committees of the Council of Technology and Engineering Teacher Education.
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Nancy Sattler, Chair
Dr. Sattler received her Bachelor of Science Degree in mathematics, her M.Ed. in post-secondary mathematics and her Ph.D. in higher education with minors in research and measurement and educational technology from the University of Toledo.
She has worked for Terra Community College since 1982. She began as an adjunct mathematics instruction and was hired as a full-time instruction in 1988. In 1989, she became head of the Mathematics and Science Department. She has held various positions at the college and now served as Dean of Arts & Sciences and Business at Terra. She became Dean Emerita in 2012 and continues to teach mathematics online as an adjunct faculty member. She also teaches math education classes online for Walden University in their masters program. She serves on the Assessment Committee at Walden.
Dr. Sattler is a member of AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges) and has served as chair of the Placement & Assessment Committee and the Distance Learning Committee. She is a past president of AMATYC and co-chaired the steering committee to create the document IMPACT: Improving Mathematical Prowess And College Teaching. She has also served on the Mathematical Sciences Education Board. She is past-president of the Ohio Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges and presently serves as its historian. Dr. Sattler is a past chair of the Ohio Mathematics and Science Coalition and has served on its executive board since 1998. She is a founding member of the TPSE Math (Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics) Advisory Group (MAG) and Co-Chair of their Teaching Strategies and Practices Subcommittee. She is a member of the Joint Committee for Women in Mathematical Sciences (JCW), the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM). She currently serves as chair of OMSC.
Leslie Silbernagel
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Leslie Silbernagel is currently the Exectuive Director of the Science Education Council of Ohio, as well as the STEM Outreach Director for CINSAM at the Northern Kentucky University. Leslie has worked as a Supervisor of Innovation and Instructional Technology, Curriculum Supervisor, Science Curriculum Specialist and High School Science Teacher for Northwest Local School District in Cincinnati Ohio. Leslie is the past-president of the Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO) and was the Local Committee Chair for the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) Cincinnati Regional Conference in 2019. Leslie has presented at the state and national levels with ISTE, NSTA, SECO and High Schools That Work. In 2017, Mrs. Silbernagel was awarded, C-STEM Administrator of the Year, by the C-STEM Center at the University of California, Davis. Leslie has a BS in Botany from Miami University, a MAT in Secondary Science Education from Northern Kentucky University and earned her administrative license after attending the University of Cincinnati.
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Kelli Shrewsberry, Treasurer
Kelli Shrewsberry earned her Masters of Arts in Teaching (Biological Sciences) from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and her Bachelors of Science with Elementary Education (1-8) certification from Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. Shrewsberry began her career as an elementary classroom teacher in South-Western City Schools before taking a Professional Development Coordinator position at the Science & Mathematics Network as a Teacher on Special Assignment. After five years on Special Assignment, she returned to South Western City Schools and worked as a Staff Development Coordinator and elementary classroom teacher.
In 2006, the Science & Mathematics Network changed their name to the Teaching & Learning Collaborative and remained focused on the same mission: developing and facilitating innovative professional development programs in mathematics, science, and computer science for preK-12 educators. Shrewsberry returned to TLC as the Executive Director (2009) to continue to focus on the development and expansion of innovative mathematics, science, and computer science professional development programs for preK-12 educators.
Shrewsberry has coordinated several state, federal, and corporate foundation grants and with over 25 years experience in education, Shrewsberry continues to work to increase access to professional development programs through strategic partnerships at both a state and national level. She is a member of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Ohio Council for Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM), and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA). She currently serves as Treasurer of OMSC.
In 2006, the Science & Mathematics Network changed their name to the Teaching & Learning Collaborative and remained focused on the same mission: developing and facilitating innovative professional development programs in mathematics, science, and computer science for preK-12 educators. Shrewsberry returned to TLC as the Executive Director (2009) to continue to focus on the development and expansion of innovative mathematics, science, and computer science professional development programs for preK-12 educators.
Shrewsberry has coordinated several state, federal, and corporate foundation grants and with over 25 years experience in education, Shrewsberry continues to work to increase access to professional development programs through strategic partnerships at both a state and national level. She is a member of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Ohio Council for Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM), and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA). She currently serves as Treasurer of OMSC.
William G. Steenken
William G. Steenken (Bill) retired from GE Aviation after 35 years of working on inlet-engine compatibility, and engine-operability technology and development issues for turbojet-powered aircraft. He still consults on a regular basis and is chairman of a national standards committee – Turbine Engine Inlet Flow Distortion. Bill has twenty-two years of elected school board service, is an active member of the Ohio Mathematics and Science Coalition and has served on its Executive Board since 1997, is a member of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) and serves on its Foundation Board, has served on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC), served a three-year appointment to the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the National Research Council, and has served or is serving on other policy boards or councils concerned with improving mathematics and science education in Ohio. Bill holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Michelle Walker-Glenn, Secretary
Dr. Walker-Glenn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. She completed her Masters of Education in educational leadership at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Her doctorate was earned at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in educational leadership. Her doctoral research combined her work in mathematics education and school leadership to focus on ways in which school leaders promote quantitative literacy.
She has worked as a high school mathematics teacher in both the public and private setting. She began her teaching career at St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, and continued her teaching career in the Lakota Local School District. She has also worked as a 7-12 building administrator, serving first as an assistant principal, and then as building principal, for Deer Park Jr./Sr. High School. She has taught undergraduate courses at Miami University for the department of Educational Leadership in the area of teacher leadership.
She currently works as an educational consultant serving approximately thirty-five schools in Southwest, Ohio through her affiliation with High Schools That Work (HSTW) and Making Middle Grades (MMGW) Work. In this role, she works as a school improvement consultant—assisting schools with strategic planning, data analysis, teacher teaming, curriculum alignment, and best practices in instruction. She also serves as a leader for school Site Review Process (SRP) visits for schools in the HSTW and MMGW network across the state of Ohio. She assists with the development and coordination of HSTW and MMGW principals’ networks for Butler, Warren, and Hamilton County, as well as the HSTW/MMGW Site Coordinators network and helps plan professional developoment offerings for HSTM SW Ohio.
Dr. Walker-Glenn has co-authored a grant-sponsored publication entitled: Strategies for Numeracy Across the Curriculum. She has provided professional development for teachers across the state to support the development of quantitative literacy, in mathematics classrooms and non-mathematics classroom alike.
She currently provides services as a mathematics consultant for schools and educational service centers including: Butler County Educational Service Center and Curriculum Engineers, Inc.
She is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). She holds licenses as a 7-12 mathematics teacher, a 7-12 principal, and a superintendent.
She currently serves as secretary of OMSC.
She has worked as a high school mathematics teacher in both the public and private setting. She began her teaching career at St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, and continued her teaching career in the Lakota Local School District. She has also worked as a 7-12 building administrator, serving first as an assistant principal, and then as building principal, for Deer Park Jr./Sr. High School. She has taught undergraduate courses at Miami University for the department of Educational Leadership in the area of teacher leadership.
She currently works as an educational consultant serving approximately thirty-five schools in Southwest, Ohio through her affiliation with High Schools That Work (HSTW) and Making Middle Grades (MMGW) Work. In this role, she works as a school improvement consultant—assisting schools with strategic planning, data analysis, teacher teaming, curriculum alignment, and best practices in instruction. She also serves as a leader for school Site Review Process (SRP) visits for schools in the HSTW and MMGW network across the state of Ohio. She assists with the development and coordination of HSTW and MMGW principals’ networks for Butler, Warren, and Hamilton County, as well as the HSTW/MMGW Site Coordinators network and helps plan professional developoment offerings for HSTM SW Ohio.
Dr. Walker-Glenn has co-authored a grant-sponsored publication entitled: Strategies for Numeracy Across the Curriculum. She has provided professional development for teachers across the state to support the development of quantitative literacy, in mathematics classrooms and non-mathematics classroom alike.
She currently provides services as a mathematics consultant for schools and educational service centers including: Butler County Educational Service Center and Curriculum Engineers, Inc.
She is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). She holds licenses as a 7-12 mathematics teacher, a 7-12 principal, and a superintendent.
She currently serves as secretary of OMSC.