Missy Holzer

Missy Holzer, PhD. Missy taught high school Earth and space, environmental science, and physical geography for more than 30 years, and currently adjuncts at different universities, and is a science education consultant specializing in standards reviews and curriculum development.  She is the secretary of National Earth Science Teachers Association (President 2012-2014), co-chair of the K-12 Working Group of the AGU Education Section. She has served on many state and national committees, and presents at local, regional, and national conferences. She has been an active participant in New Jersey state science standards projects since 2008, which most recently included the integration of climate change into all education standards.  She supports formal and non-formal educators in their transition to NGSS through numerous workshop offerings and is currently assisting teachers with the integration of the new climate standards into their units. She serves as Master Teacher for the NSF-funded Model-Evidence-Link Project, based out of the University of Maryland and Temple University. She has a BS in Environmental Planning and Design, MAT in science education, MS in geography, and PhD in science education.