Sharon Ryan
Biography
CURRENT TEACHING
ASSIGNMENT
Project
Director: Dream Flight Wausau 5th & 6th Grade Science Teacher,
Wausau School District - Wausau, Wisconsin
EDUCATION
B.S.
University of Wis.-Stevens Point, 1972, Elementary Education
M.S. University of Wis.-Stevens Point, 1986
RECOGNITIONS
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Awarded the
Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
- Created Dream
Flight Wausau
- Dream Flight
Wausau chosen by "Eye on Education" as one of the top
100 programs in the United States, published in "Directory
of Innovations in Elementary Schools"
- Dream Flight
Wausau chosen as one of the top 30 innovative programs in the
United States by PBS New York's "Searching for a Hero"
- Sheldon Exemplary
Equipment and Facilities Award
- Carl E. Guell
Wisconsin Education Aviation Educator of the Year Award
- Dream Flight
Wausau featured on ABC Television Network program "Good
Morning America"
- YWCA Woman
of Vision Award
- Outstanding
Administrative Leadership in Educational Technology Award, Northcentral
Technical College
- Wisconsin
Technology Education Association Award of Excellence in Elementary
Technology Integration
- Authored a
unit on "a hands-on approach to teaching science, and integrating
science across the curriculum" for Harcourt Brace Publishing
- Represented
Wisconsin in the NASA Rockets for Schools Program at the Kennedy
Space Center
- Award of Excellence,
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
- Distinguished
Science Teacher Award­ Wisconsin Elementary Science Teachers
- Wisconsin
Elementary Teacher of the Year
- Wisconsin
Space and Aviation Teacher of the Year Award
- Outstanding
National Elementary Science and Technology Award sponsored by
Science Weekly, Inc. and the National Science Teachers Association
PROFESSIONAL
INVOLVEMENT
- Board Member,
Wisconsin Aerospace Committee
- Wisconsin
Elementary Science Teachers Association
- National Science
Teachers Association
- Aerospace
Education Association
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