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PHYLLIS R. MARCUCCIO

406 SOUTH HORNERS LANE

ROCKVILLE, MD 20850

Education

• George Washington University - MA Ed., Curriculum
  

• Bucknell University - BA, Biology and Art with minor in Education
  

• Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD, Class of ‘51
  

• Additional Studies:
  

• Western Maryland University - Science Education
  

• George Washington University - Graphic and Fine Arts, Editing
  

• Columbia University - Graphic Arts
  

• University of Maine - Human Relations Laboratory
  

Employment History

• From 1961 to 1999 NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
  1840 Wilson Boulevard,  Arlington, VA 22201-3000
  

• Associate Executive Director for Publications and Membership (1990--99)
  

• Director of Publications (1982--99)
  

• Publisher, Science and Children ((1993--99)
  

• Publisher, Dragonfly and Dragonfly Teacher’s Companion (1996--99)
  

• The Publication program includes 5 journals, a children’s magazine, several special publications, inhouse desktop publishing, an association web site, a customer information center, the U.S. Registry of Science and Mathematics teachers, and a publica¬tion marketing and sales/fulfillment operation. The Membership operation handles  all NSTA  membership and subscription accounts and services. The division also maintains the association’s Library and Archives. (Staff, 50+)
  

• Editor, Science and Children (1965-93)
  

• The journal is published 8 times a year and is directed to the needs of the elementary/middle school teacher involved in the teaching of science. Involves editing, writing, photography, illustration, layout, research, and  author and review dialogues.
  

• Director, Division of Elementary Education (1974-82)
  

• Assignments include elementary science representation to pro¬jects, programs, and associations on
  

        behalf of NSTA.

Grants and Projects

• Numerous grants and projects are supported and administered by staff within the NSTA Publications Division. Examples of materials produced in 1996-97 include The Science of HIV, supported by Abbott Laboratories (Nominated for an Emmy); a Global Environmental Change series supported by the Environmental Protection Agency; Water Matters, a series of posters on water issues supported by the U.S. Geological Survey, A Pathways series of books, and a series of energy related posters both sponsored in part by the EXXON Corporation, and Decisions, Based on Science supported by the American Petroleum Institute. Classroom activities were prepared for the television series Newton’s Apple by the marketing department. Additional projects:
  

• Project Director--Dragonfly Project, (Co-Principal Investigator with Chris Myers, Miami University) National Science Foundation,  1995-98
  

• Project Director—Publications and an NSTA/API Web Site on Energy Education, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1996-98
  

• Project Director, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching, (K-12), for The White House, National Science Foundation Contract, 1990-97.
  

• Project Director--Understanding Your Environment, Dupont, Wilmington, DE, 1994-95
  

• Project Director--Earthquake Curriculum, K-6, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC, 1987
  

• Project Director--NSTA/New York State Dissemination Informa¬tion Project, National Science Foundation grant, 1979.
  

• Project Director--NSTA/Business/Industry Conference, National Science Foundation grant, 1981.
  

Publications

• Director of Publishing Project, NSTA Pathways to the Science Standards, Elementary
  

• Level, NSTA 1996; High School Level, NSTA 1996.
  

• Author, Every Day Science: A perpetual Enrichment Calendar, NSTA, Arlington, VA 1995
  

• Editor, A Strategy for Change, NSTA, Washington, DC, 1993.
  

• Editor, NSTA Supplement of Science Education Suppliers, NSTA Washington, DC, 1982-94.
  

• Editor, Classroom Creature Culture, NSTA, 1987.
  

• Author, Every Day Science -- A Perpetual Enrichment Calendar, NSTA, 1994.
  

• Author, Several articles in Science and Children, 1965-present.
  

• Author, "Responding to an Economic Sputnik," Kappan, May 1983.
  

• Educational Consultant to Elementary School Science and How to Teach It, Sixth Edition,
  

• Blough and Schwartz, Hold Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York, NY, 1979.
  

Professional Service

• Board Member--National Assn. for Industry/Education/Co¬operation, 1978-88.
  

• Board Member--National Science Resources Center, National Academy of
  

• Science/Smithsonian Institution, 1986-90, Washington, DC, 1987-92
  

• Board Member--Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingman's Ferry, PA, 1989-95.
  

• Board Member--Hands On Science Outreach, Inc. Rockville, MD, 1988-96.
  

• President 1994-98
  

• Washington Educational Press Association, Secretary 1976, President 1979
  

• Presenter of numerous sessions at conventions and education meetings related to NSTA publications, publishing and publishing techniques, and elementary school science.
  

• Judge for numerous educational awards programs and science fairs.
  

• Teacher for Graduate Extension Courses for the University of Virginia (Science for Elementary School Teachers), George Washington University (Editing and Publishing), and George Mason University (Elementary School Science)
  

• Science Curriculum Consultant to: Fairfax County Virginia Public Schools; the Howard County Maryland Public Schools; and the Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools; the Georgetown Country Day School, Washington, DC.
  

Recognition

• Member of Phi Delta Kappa (education), Sigma Delta Chi (jour¬nalism), Phi Delta Gamma (scholarship); and honorary life member of the Ohio Council for Elementary School Science and the Council for Elementary School Science; member of the National Press Club.
  

• Awards for outstanding contributions to science education from the Council for Elementary Science International, 1972 and 1986, Awarded Honorary Life Time Membership 1988
  

• Award for Outstanding Contributions to Science Education from the Science Teaching Association of New York State, 1987.
  

• Recipient of awards for Distinguished Achievement from the Educational Press Association of America, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1081, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1995, 1997
  

• Dragonfly Magazine (PM Publisher) was recognized in 1997 with an Edpress Award and as a Parent’s Choice Award Winner in 1997
  

• Science and Children (PM Editor) was awarded the Eleanor Fishburn Award for the Washington Educational Press Association, 1978
  

• Science and Children (PM Publisher) was awarded the Edpress Golden Lamp Award, 1997 (Highest Magazine Award in the Educational Press)
  

• Who's Who in America, 1976 to present.
  

• Who's Who in American Women, 1976 to present.
  

Employment prior to NSTA

• Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, FL – Assistant Set Designer - 1955
  

• Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA – Properties Mistress - 1956
  

• Time-Life, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY – Office Trainee – 1956-57
  

• Sussileaux and Company, West 47th Street, New York, NY – Girl Friday – 1957-58
  

• Medical Economics, Oradell, NJ – Assistant Production Manger – 1958 – 1960