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Amanda Francois

As an elementary educator, Amanda has experience in the Kindergarten to 5th grade classroom, prioritizes teaching science and providing students with the opportunity to solve real world problems that relate to the NGSS standards. She has worked with her district’s technology team and led professional development on bringing robotics into the classroom as well as piloting a new district learning management system.

Amanda realized early on that the career options for her current students will look different in the future and that propelled her to develop opportunities in the classroom for students to develop important skills and think critically about the world around them. She always wants students to leave her classroom loving science and bursting with ideas of ways they can make a difference in the way current systems operate.