Participant+Biographies

Mark Bethune (Workshop Leader)
I am now completing my second year as Head of Mathematics at Sinarmas World Academy in Jakarta. The previous 5 years I spent in Hanoi at the United Nations International School. I have taught IB Diploma mathematics at both Higher and Standard levels since 1995 in four different schools. Presently, I am a Deputy Chief Examiner for Mathematics SL and have been a Deputy Principle Moderator for Internal Assessment responsible for task design and ensuring that a common marking standard is applied across all tasks. I have been involved as an Examiner for the IB Organisation since 2000. As an experienced workshop leader, I have trained IB teachers in many countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia. I have a particular interest in how the use of technology can enhance the learning of mathematics and in particular how we can make use of the numerous Web 2.0 tools that are readily and freely available to teachers and to students. I have a wife and two children (boys) who are all licensed scuba divers so most holidays are spent under the sea. I enjoy playing a tenor saxophone particularly as part of a student run band in school productions or concerts. Twitter: @markbethune Website: @http://blogs.swa-jkt.com/swa/markbethune/

**Deanne Florindi**
I am now completing my second year at Gar-Field SHS in Woodbridge, Virginia. This year I taught MYP Geometry and regular education Algebra II. I also observed and worked closely with the current Mathematics SL teacher. Next year will be my first year teaching IB Diploma Mathematics SL. I am looking forward to this new endeavor and all the challenges and joys that it will be bring. Before teaching at Gar-Field, I taught for four years in Washington, DC public schools. I graduated from The College of the Holy Cross with a Bachelors degree in both Mathematics and Religious Studies and from American University with a Masters in the Art of Teaching. I will be getting married on July 14. I enjoy reading, cooking, visiting wineries, exercising and am a huge New York Giants and New York Yankees fan!

Jessica Yen
I am now completing my first year teaching at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia. This year I taught four sections of Geometry and one section of IB Math SL - Year 1. I have also taught English as a Foreign Language in Yilan, Taiwan on a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship. I received my Bachelor's Degree in Biology and Secondary Education (with a minor in Math) and my Master of Arts in Learning and Instruction (with a focus on Mathematics Secondary Education) from Vanderbilt University. My interest lies in developing curriculum that is both rigorous. culturally-relevant, and applicable to students. Outside of the classroom, I enjoy cooking, hip-hop dancing, and playing basketball.

This is my 27th year of teaching. I currently teach at Westchester Academy for Int'l Studies in Houston, Texas. This is the only public charter school in my district and student come from all schools within the district by lottery. So we get an very interesting mix of students.We have a unique campus that have grades 6 through 12 at enrollment set a 120 students per grade level. I came to the US in 1992 and taught in south Texas for 12 years before moving to Houston. My major in college was Physics and a minor in mathematics. I currently teach SL Math, Pre-Cal Pre-AP and AP Calculus. I'm also department chair for the upper school. Next year in addition to my current assignment I'll be teaching a geometry support class. Our school has just applied for MYP so we're all excited about this. I'm also the Activboard Trainer for our campus. On my free time I enjoy travelling and cooking.
 * Anthony Carandang**

**Bob Irby**
I have been teaching AP Calculus AP Statistics at Woodrow Wilson HS in Dallas, TX for the past 21 years. This is the second year of our IB program. I taught one class of Math Studies this year and my assignment for next year is in flux. I will probably continue with the 5 Studies students from this year but may also be assigned to work with 5 second year SL students. My bachelor degree is in Music Education and my masters is an MS in Cognitive Science. Along with my IB teaching assignments I will also continue to teach AP Cal and Stat plus sections of preIB Algebra 2.


 * Debbie Baker**

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 * I** have been teaching SL Math at South Eugene High School in Eugene Oregon for about 7 years. I have taught for 25 years and am quite excited by this curriculum. I am concerned about the change in assessment and that is why I am attending this workshop. I am interested in increasing my knowledge of technology and want to incorporate my smart board and clickers in new ways. And of course, I am always interested to know what other people are doing with their TI's. Our school currently incorporates a 7 period (50 min) day where we meet our kids all year, but will be changing to 5 period (70 min) day where we meet our kids 2 trimesters. I am interested in meeting anyone who has this challenge (benefit?) and how it works for the IB curriculum. I am interested in walking and look forward to doing a little hiking while at the workshop.=====

This year will be my 17th year of teaching in Missouri. Next year will be my second year teaching at Camdenton high school but my first year teaching IB Math SL. My other 15 years of teaching include 8 years at Dixon High School and 7 years at School of the Osage, both in Missouri. My bachelors degree is in Math Education and is a functional major from the University of Central Missouri (which at that time was called Central Missouri State University). I have a masters degree in secondary administration from Lindenwood University. I have also taught dual credit College Algebra with State Fair Community College for 3 years and last year started working for them as an adjunct instructor teaching Intermediate Algebra and College Algebra. I also serve as a color guard instructor for my school.
 * Chris Garstang**

I have only taught for two years. Both years Accelerated Algebra 3-4 and Statistics. I have spent 30 years in the EDA and Semiconductor industry as an engineer and then many years directing software development. The school I teach at is Lincoln High School in Portland which has a strong IB program. My interests are technology, math, computers and pretty much all the sciences. Next year I'll be teaching Algebra again along with some technology classes. I'm fairly familiar with the IB program having attended a training a year ago and sitting through countless lunches with my colleagues discussing this.
 * Rick Tinling**

I am currently teaching at Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado. I am starting my 13th year teaching and have taught 7th to 12th grade students. As a school, we are in our 2nd years as an IB school and are adding SL mathematics for our students in the fall. I am interested in learning about changes in assessments and use of technology to enhance student learning.
 * Bill Tadlock**

I have just completed my 5th year of teaching at Mount Rainier High School, Des Moines, WA, where I've taught Geometry and Algebra 2. I am looking forward to teaching IB Math SL! I would like to learn more about how to incorporate technology into my lessons to enhance student learning. I have a three year old son whose "best friend all day long" is his mommy. Don't let this fool you; he's very bossy and egocentric. ;)
 * Tammy Domingo**

I have been teaching at berkely High School for the last 13 years. The last three has been part of Berkeley International High School, wihch is a small school inside the larger school. During this time I have taught SL1 and SL2. I also have tought classes from algebra to Calculus AB. I look forward to see what others our doing with the internal assesments.
 * Dave Goodrich**

This will be my 5th year teaching at Shawnee Mission North High School. I am getting married July 28th and we just bought our first home in Overland Park, KS. I currently teach Geometry, Honors Precalculus (also for college credit), and Calculus AB (also for college credit and AP). Last year, I went to category 1 training. Our school was in theapproval process and next year will be our first year being an IB school. I look forward to absorbing as much information as possible in the week of training.
 * Julie Fitzgerald**

This will be my first year teaching since graduating from The College of New Jersey in May with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Mathematics Secondary Education. I will be teaching my alma mater, Morris Knolls High School in Rockaway, New Jersey and am very eager to become involved in the IB program. I am looking forward to learning more about the program and all it has to offer. In addition to teaching IB Math SL – Year 1 next year, I will also be teaching Statistics and Probability. Outside the classroom I enjoy reading, cooking and exercising.
 * Marissa Maiello**

I have just finished my 6th year of teaching IB Math SL (the second part). We divide the course into halves at Clarke County High School. I teach mainly the vectors, probability and statistics, and calculus sections with a review section going over all 7 topics before testing in early May. I am from Winchester, Virginia and also teach Algebra I and Algebra II courses at the high school I work at. I am also our schools cheerleading coach and SCA sponsor!
 * Melissa Astin**

I have been teaching the first year of IB Math SL since 2003 while Melissa Astin teaches the second half of the curriculum at Clarke County High School. I cover the sequences and series, trigonometry, functions, and logarithms. I also teach Algebra II and just finished my 25th year of teaching. I also coach the varsity softball team.
 * Susan Grubbs**

Next year will be my 15th year teaching and 10th at Pueblo West High. I had taught AP Calulus for a decade. Last year I switched to Math SL. I'm looking forward to meeting lots of people and getting ideas of how to teach better but mainly I'm looking forward to climbing some stairs.
 * Andrew Halvorson**

After four years of teaching in a public school in Indiana, my husband and I made the move to Wisconsin, where I was fortunate enough to secure a teaching job at Notre Dame de la Baie Academy in Green Bay. For the past four and a half years, I have been teaching all levels of algebra I and II. I currently hold a Bachelor's Degree in mathematics and have completed nearly half of my Master's in Educational Administration. When Notre Dame offered me the chance to attend IB training this summer after only a semester of teaching at the academy, I jumped at the opportunity. I am continually looking for methods to deepen my lesson plans through critical thinking skills, and I know that the IB program will provide me that opportunity. Though I will not be teaching an IB course next school year, I do plan on jumping on that ship the following school year. In the meantime I look forward to learning as much about this program as possible and observing my colleagues who will be teaching these classes.
 * Jordan VanDeHey**