“Successful instruction is constant, rigorous, integrated across disciplines, connected to students' lived cultures, connected to their intellectual legacies, engaging, and designed for problem solving that is useful beyond the classroom.”
― Lisa Delpit, Multiplication Is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People's Children
Experienced Professional Learning Leader
I am a proud product of the NYC public school system. With over 20 years of experience teaching and learning in a variety of settings and grade levels, there is nothing I love more than being a mentor and resource for all teachers, most especially science.
My work is concentrated in culturally responsive, place-based education, cultivating formal-informal learning partnerships, and teacher retention.
Experienced Curriculum Designer
Trained in BSCS 5E Model and Ambitious Science Teaching methodology, I’ve developed and collaborated on biology and environmental science programming and curriculum for K-12 students and the people who teach them.
Organizations with which I’ve collaborated include:
American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The New York Botanic Garden
Queens Botanical Gardens
Staten Island Zoo
Walkabout Education
“Candyce has an extensive knowledge of best practices for teaching formal and informal science. ”
—Meera J.
