Frances Coleman, Ph.D., NBCT
Education:
1958-60 Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
1960-61 Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
1961-62 University of Mississippi, B.A.
1962-64 University of Mississippi Medical Center, M.S. (Physiology and Biophysics)
1967-70 University of Mississippi Medical Center, Ph.D. (Physiology and Biophysics)
At least 68 hours of university credit--mostly at Mississippi State University--since beginning teaching
Certified in biology, general science, physics, French, German, computer education, mathematics, English, and gifted education
Work experience:
1970-73 Title I ESEA Coordinator for Choctaw County
1977-78 Wood Junior College--teaching human anatomy and physiology part-time
1979-82 Mississippi State University--instructor in mathematics part-time
1982-2000 and 2001-2003 Choctaw County (Ackerman High School and Weir Attendance Center) teacher in computer-assisted-courses including anatomy and physiology, ecology, French, German, physics, astronomy, calculus and computer science. (Sponsor of Academic Team and Academic Decathlon Team)
1994-2003 Choctaw County Technology Coordinator as well as teaching six classes per day
2000-2001 Albert Einstein Fellow, Washington, D.C.
2000- 2010 Teacher and Course Developer for Virtual High School
2002-2004 Adjunct Faculty, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2003- 2014 Subject Area Specialist for JBHM Educational Consultants (Generation Ready)
2002-PBS TeacherLine Facilitator at State and National Level
2008 Read and evaluate proposals to NSF National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) program
Honors and Awards:
1983 Fellowship for three weeks study at Unicoi State Park, Georgia, with the Goethe Institute
1985 Fellowship for two weeks with Earthwatch in France
1987 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for high school foreign language teachers
1987 Physics Teaching Resource Agent with the American Association of Physics Teachers
1987, 1988, 1990,1991, 1994, and 1998 Star Teacher
1989 Mississippi Educational Computing Association Teacher of the Year
1990 Mississippi Teacher of the Year Runner-up
1990 Mississippi Association of Physics Outstanding High School Teacher
1990 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
1991 Tandy Technology Prize
1991 Milken Educator of the Year
1992 Chosen for NABT Neuroscience Workshop
1993 One of three teachers nationally chosen in science for Disney Teacher Awards
1993 Chosen for FermiLab workshop
1994 Inclusion in Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Education
1994 Winner of Sci-Mat Fellowship (Council for Basic Education)
1995 Inclusion in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America
1995 Access Excellence Fellow
1995 American Physiological Association Frontiers in Science Fellow
1995 Toyota TAPESTRY Grant
1996 Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics Mentor
1998 National Board Certification in Young Adult/Adolescent Science
1999 Mississippi University for Women’s Teacher Hall of Fame
2000 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (Department of Energy)
2001 National Supercomputer in Education Consortium Leadership Program
2003 Finalist for National Teacher Hall of Fame
Organizations:
American Association of Physics Teachers
Mississippi Association of Physicists
Mississippi Science Teachers
National Science Teachers Association
National Association of Biology Teachers
Mississippi Educational Computing Association--Secretary (1989-1991); President-elect (1995-1996), President (1996-1997)
American Association of French Teachers
American Association of German Teachers
Mississippi Foreign Language Teachers Association--Vice-President (1988-90), President of Secondary Section (1992-94)
Mississippi Professional Educators
Publications:
Coleman, F. et al., “A hypotonic solution for emergency blood substitution”, Surgery, v. 60, no. 2, August, 1966.
Coleman, Frances, “Learning about France Through the Use of a Database”, Computer Learning Month Lesson Plans, ed. 1, 1988, Computer Learning Month and the Software Publishers Association.
Coleman, Frances, “Home countries of Foreign Languages,” Computer Learning Month Lesson Plans: Integrating Technology into the Curriculum, Grades 9-12, 1990 Computer Learning Foundation.
“Where’s the Moon?” in Magaw, Maggie, Family Fun, Dec./Jan. ‘94, p.89.
Coleman, Frances, “Software Simulation Enhances Science Experiments,” T.H.E. Journal, v. 25, no. 2, September, 1997, pp. 56-58.
Coleman, Frances, “I Sing the Body Electronic,” Learning and Leading with Technology, v. 25, no. 8, May, 1998, pp. 18-21.
Program featured in: Using Technology to Increase Delivery of Courses to Rural Students, Bozeman, W.C., Educational Technolgy : Best Practices from America’s Schools, 2nd ed., Eye on Education, NY, pp.233-237.
Presentations:
Multiple presentations for the Mississippi Science Teachers Association, Mississippi Educational Computing Association, Mississippi Association of Teacher Educators, and the Mississippi Foreign Language Teachers Association
Multiple inservice workshops for the Choctaw County School District
Presenter at the National Educational Computing Conference in 1990
Presentation for Mississippi State Department of Education Education Conference in 1989 and panelist for conference in 1992
Member of Mississippi Faculty Academy sponsored by the Mississippi State Department of Education and the College Board in 1991
Seminar on Topics in Modern Physics at Fermilab in 1993
United States Geological Survey workshop (JEDI) on using imaging technology in teaching science in 1991
National Association of Biology Teachers and Society for Neuroscientists workshop on neuroscience in which laboratory experiences were written and a teacher and nearby neuroscientist were paired for future work--included three hours graduate credit at Wake Forest University--in 1992
NSTA Global Summit on Science and Science Education, San Francisco, CA-- Dec. 27-29, 1996
Knowledge Forum Summer Institute, Toronto, Canada, Poster Session, August, 2000
NECC, Building Knowledge across the Curriculum, Chicago, June, 2001
ASCD, Using Distance Learning Techniques in the Regular Classroom, Orlando, July, 2001
Distance Learning Experience:
The Distance Learning Workshop for your Creative Teleteaching, Thomas E. Cyrs, Ed.D., Albuquerque, NM, July 15-17, 1999.
Virtual High School Professional Development Training, 2000-2001, writing Anatomy & Physiology course and learning about online teaching.
Five years teaching physics on the Mississippi ETV Interactive Network.
Writing Course and Teaching Anatomy & Physiology online for Virtual High School, 2001-2002.
PBS TeacherLine Facilitator Training, online, 5/02
PBS TeacherLine Facilitator in Mississippi, 2002-2008
Writing Course and Teaching pre-AP Biology online for Virtual High School, 2003-4
2004--National Facilitator for PBS TeacherLine Ready to Teach Algebra and National courses
2006—ETLO Training
2006-2007—ETLO Facilitating Science Inquiry course
2008—PBS Online Facilitator Training II: Adjusting (or Dusting) your Facilitator Hat