卡西·沃兹沃斯，科学老师
科学老师 Kassie Wadsworth has brought inquiry and discovery-based learning to Ellis students in the 上学校 for the last four years. A University of Pittsburgh alumna who originally planned to become a research scientist, Mrs. Wadsworth integrates her extensive experience from Pitt’s state-of-the-art labs into her biology and anatomy courses so students can garner a meaningful understanding of textbook lessons via active, 体验参与. 今年秋天，夫人. Wadsworth’s students will take on their most high-profile and real-world experiment yet as they join the 小世界倡议, an innovative program that crowdsources budding scientists from across the nation to address the diminishing supply of effective antibiotics.
| 在Ellis工作的时间: | 四个 |
| 标题: | 科学老师 |
| 教育: | B.S. Biological Sciences匹兹堡大学; M.A.T.匹兹堡大学 |
跟我说说你是怎么开始在澳门新葡新京官方工作的. Did you always know you wanted to be a teacher?
在皮特大学读本科的时候，我在 菲普斯学院 and actively researching in a developmental biology lab. 最初, I thought I would pursue research as a career, but I found that I loved working with students at Phipps and the educational aspect of lab work. So I chose to combine my two passions and get a Master of Arts in Teaching so I could become a biology teacher. 当澳门新葡新京官方有个职位空缺时, I was teaching bio labs at Pitt and knew this opportunity was the right fit. It was the best of both worlds—I would be doing hands-on experiments and teaching students.
What are you most excited about for the 2017-2018 school year?
澳门新葡新京官方与 小世界倡议, a program designed by Yale to crowdsource antibiotic discovery to student researchers. This new program will have students doing authentic research in the classroom that could potentially be published and used for new antibiotics. So many antibiotics on the market today are becoming more resistant and less effective, so it’s a really worthwhile and important discovery-based experiment we’ll do together throughout the year. Biology students will bring in soil samples from around Pittsburgh and we will isolate and hopefully discover promising antibiotic producing organisms.
How do you think the all-girls classroom benefits learning?
It really allows students to try new things and ask questions with confidence. My students are curious learners who always want to know more. 他们也是第一个告诉你这些的人. That’s one of the things I love about Ellis—my students are always engaged and eager to learn. At other schools I’ve been at, there hasn’t been as much excitement in the classroom. 在艾利斯, the girls want to learn and experience more so they can master and truly understand the material, 而不是仅仅记住它.
When you think of Ellis, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
家庭. 在艾利斯, we really are a big family who lean on each other, 互相帮助, and work together for the common good of supporting our wonderful students.
你怎样度过你的空闲时间?
I have a one-year-old son, Dylan, and that’s how I spend my free time! 我们喜欢和我们的狗在南方公园散步.
If you could interview anyone living or dead, who would it be and why?
罗莎琳德富兰克林. She used X-ray crystallography to take pictures of DNA for the first time. She was one of the first women in science to really push the boundaries.
How would you describe yourself in three words?
平易近人. 负责任的. 有创意的.
What have you learned about female leadership since you started at Ellis?
澳门新葡新京官方有很多坚强的女性. I think the biggest thing I’ve learned is that you just have to take the jump. To be a leader, you have to try something new and be willing to step in and say “I’ll do that!“如果你从不尝试，你将一事无成。. Ellis girls are always willing to take the plunge and say “I’d love to help with that” or “I’ll be responsible for that.”
What is the best piece of advice you have been given, and by whom?
My father always said, “try hard and do your best.” I’ve always taken that to heart—that good things come to people who work hard. If I haven’t tried my hardest at something, I’m disappointed in myself.
哪首歌是你永远不会错过的收音机?
“Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey and “Piano Man” by Billy Joel.
你最近读的一本书是什么?
As a child, what did you want to be "when you grew up"?
I wanted to be an art teacher or an astronaut. So I guess you could say I kind of found the happy medium!
你最喜欢你的工作的哪一点?
I love that I have the freedom to try new things with my students. The 小世界倡议 program we’re doing this year is a really great opportunity for students and myself and it’s been completely supported by Ellis, 不受限的.
