Adela J. Dziekanowski, currently teaching Chemistry and Principles of Chemistry, began teaching in Montville in 1977. She taught eighth grade science until 2000 when she transferred to the high school. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry from Montclair State College and an M.S. in Applied Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology and has continued to take graduate courses and take advantage of teacher institutes and other learning opportunities ever since.

She is proud to have been selected as Robert R. Lazar School’s Teacher of the Year (Governor’s Teacher Recognition Program) in 1990. While at the middle school, Mrs. Dziekanowski mentored students for state and national competitions, resulting in student recognition and awards. She also won several grants, including one that introduced telecommunications and the use of probeware to the school. She was elected a Fellow of New Jersey Science Teachers Association and was named a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellow, which gave her the opportunity to travel to Australia and participate in the International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE) World Conference. As a result of her acceptance to the NEWMAST (NASA Educators’ Workshop for Math and Science Teachers) program, she was invited to attend the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and to meet "Teacher-in-Space," Krista McAuliffe.

Mrs. Dziekanowski is active in the science education community at the local, state, and national levels. She was the founding Co-Director of the New Jersey Science Olympiad and served as President of, Trustee of, and Publications Editor for New Jersey Science Teachers Association. She has presented workshops about science activities, thinking skills, using technology, and cooperative learning for other teachers in the Montville school district, in other New Jersey districts, at New Jersey Science Conventions, and at National Conventions of the National Science Teachers Association. She was a Clean Air Challenge trainer for the Exxon Education Foundation, a Key Leader for the NSTA Building a Presence for Science program, a judge for the NSTA/Toshiba ExploraVision competition, and a Master Teacher for the New Teachers’ Institute at Rutgers University.  She is currently on the steering committee for the New Jersey Science Convention and also serves as the organization's Webmaster, and she is the Chairperson of the Awards and Presentations Committee and the Chairperson of the Maitland P. Simmons Memorial Award Committee of New Jersey Science Teachers Association.

Resume Available Upon Request: mrsdz@scienceclassroom.com

Update - Summer 2008 - Mrs. Dziekanowski will be attending a week-long ChemCom Workshop at Duquesne University

This page was updated on: 06/30/2008 01:52 AM

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