Julia Skolnik Email & Phone Number

United States

Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

I create the overarching vision for PLP, design research-based professional learning programs that transform individual practice and educational systems, oversee business operations, and cultivate long-term partnerships with innovative leaders in our network. I am also fortunate to lead our outstanding team of contributing specialists including program.

I lead the strategic visioning, design and facilitation of research-based professional learning and coaching for educators and leaders, and nurture sustained partnerships with a growing network of innovative districts across the U.S.

Strategic advising on project leadership, operations, and sustainability for Science Near Me

Direct an NSF-funded project called Science Near Me, an online platform which connects the public with STEM opportunities through museums, festivals, and more, and will also allow informal researchers to study patterns in public engagement in science.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Directed professional development team and programs for a variety of audiences including teachers, principals, superintendents, informal educators, librarians, museum staff, and corporate partners. Principal Investigator and Program Director of NSF-funded Leap into Science National Network (leap.fi.edu) and GSK Science in the Summer nationally.

Philadelphia, PA

Managed community partnership programs with libraries and afterschool programs to engage underserved communities in informal science learning, liaised with project partners locally and nationally, and developed inquiry-based science curriculum and professional development for informal science facilitators.

Developed curriculum and managed professional development trainings for NSF-funded informal science education programs for afterschool, girls, and families

Developed high school STEM curriculum and managed technology-based education research initiatives, based in the Office of STEM Education Partnerships in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Designed and led professional development courses for high school teachers across the country in teaching technology-based STEM.

Managed large-scale research studies involving pediatric healthcare issues of patient safety, food allergy, and the well-being of Illinois children on welfare.

Managed electroencephalographic (EEG) data collection and analyses in verbal memory experiments with healthy participants in laboratory setting, as well as epileptic patients being monitored for seizure activity in Philadelphia and Boston area hospitals.

Msed, Learning Sciences & Advanced Teaching

School of Education and Social Policy Coursework in cognition, learning theory, differentiated teaching, educational policy, social.

Ba, Psychology, Elementary Education (Grades 1-6 Massachusetts Teaching License)

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa