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The CTE course that I teach is a PBL course.  While the curriculum was created by an outside group, Project Lead the Way (PLTW), I do embrace the lessons and use them as they were intended.  The course is entirely based upon the mysterious death of a woman, Anna Garcia.  Each unit of study is about the various illnesses that may have caused her death.  At the end of the course the students are finally presented with the outcome of the case.

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Most of my learning memories come from graduate school, when I took some upper level courses in Biological Science.  I attended a small Jesuit university, and class sizes were small relative to my enormous classes at Purdue University.  I got to know the professors, and the learning was really personal as a result.  One of my strongest memories was a weekend day spent dredging the waters at a freshwater lake for the Aquatic Biology class I was taking.

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5) What worked & didn't work for me in school...

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5) What worked & didn't work for me in school...

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Unlike my students, I was pretty good at studying & didn’t really have issues knowing HOW to learn.  I took detailed & structured notes that I reviewed regularly in advance of our assessments.  I was highly motivated to earn good grades, and was diligent about work completion and meeting quality standards.

However, I would say that while I earned good grades and did well on tests, retention of content was not good.  To this day I can tell you very little about American history, and what I do recall is generally wrong.  I cared very little for the subject in school, but still managed to memorize for an exam and forget it all the next day.

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I have never worked in the Medical Industry, although I've done some work as a Program Director for Personal Fitness & Nutritional Consultation.

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If I am being perfectly honest, I agreed to teach my course well before anyone knew it would be considered a CTE course and would require a special credential.  The course, Biomedical Science, is one that would interest most any Life Science teacher.  I have always been interested in Medicine, and at one point thought I might study to become a Nurse Practitioner, but alas, that did not happen.

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I teach 9th grade Biology and an introductory course entitled, “Principles of Biomedical Science” (which is my CTE course)

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I have recently taken up Spinning at the Gym. It kicks my butt, but is helping me to regain my shape after my twin pregnancy. I am hoping to continue a 5:30am class once school is back in session.

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In my free time (what free time?) I chase after my twins, hike with my family, read a good book, binge watch a TV show on Netflix, or take a Spinning class at the gym.

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