Meghan Moriarty Email & Phone Number

Belmont, Ma

My evaluation services can help you assess the impact of your Science Technology Engineering Arts & Math programming, in and out-of-school (OST), and monitor the outcomes including attitudes towards STEAM, interest in STEAM career fields, self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills. I can help you develop and validate quantitative and qualitative measures, collect quality data (formative and summative), interpret results, and identify best practices from the literature. I can help you develop and implement effective programs, and strengthen your research and evaluation capacity. My clients have included city government offices and programs, public schools, multinational biotechnology companies, non-profit youth programs, and major academic institutions throughout Greater Boston. Although I specialize in STEAM programming, my work applies across disciplines with a focus on optimizing educational environments for active learning. In this position, I can help you envision K-12 learning space design and redesign.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

As the external evaluator for the Cambridge STEAM Initiative, I have been able to leverage my experience as a program developer for out of school time STEM education and my passion for advancing STEM learning opportunities for all students, with particular attention to girls and persons excluded because of their ethnicity or race. In this role, I have evaluated the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MYSEP), after school and summer math programs, "Spaces of Belonging" training programs for volunteers and mentors who work with youth through the Enroot program, and the Education First GLocal Challenge at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. I have experience creating surveys to investigate middle and elementary school student's Math Mindsets at multiple schools throughout the district, analyzing complex data sets, and writing user-friendly reports for multiple stakeholders.

Massachusetts, United States

Over the last few years, I have helped STEM Learning Design optimize how it works to enhance active learning through program review, planning and prototyping of learning spaces, school and learning space redesign. Working collaboratively with the Founder, I have provided evaluation support on projects including the facilitation of educational planning and prototyping of learning spaces for potential renovation or replacement of Nashoba Regional High School and for an NSF-funded research study to understand state-wide STEM teacher retention from an ecological perspective with University of Conn., School of Education.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

In collaboration with program developers, I have developed evaluation tools for the Broad's Bio-coding Club for students in grades 6-8.

Cambridge, Ma

My primary role at TLL is as an instructor for the Kaufman Teacher Certificate Program, a series of 10 practice based workshops developed for graduate students and post docs interested in academic careers and developing skills to enhance their teaching. By participating in these workshops, participants learn evidence-based teaching techniques grounded in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Topics include designing a course, preparing a lesson plan, assessing and providing feedback to students, creating an effective and welcoming classroom climate, along with others. Participants actively practice these teaching skills through microteaching workshops, in which I provide them with individual feedback. Over the years, I have worked with many graduates of the KTCP to write Teaching Philosophy Statements and Diversity Statements, which can be submitted with their applications for teaching positions.

As an Evaluator for the WW Graduate School's competency-based model of teacher education, I provide feedback to teacher candidates in Math and Science. Using research-based, reliable rubrics, I evaluate candidates' project-based coursework, called challenges, that the candidate must complete throughout the program to show what they know and how they learn. The challenge topics range from Engaging Caretakers and Creating a Supportive Learning Environment to Practicing A Routine and Assessment.

External Evaluator for MA Clean Energy Council grant, “Clean Energy Corps: An InnovativePhysics Curriculum and Work Experience for High Schoolers”Responsibilities:• Directing formative and summative evaluation plans• Reviewing data and analyses from interviews, surveys, and students’ school records• Generating evaluation and research reports

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Similar to BU's CityLab, Biogen's Community Lab hosts students for hands-on biotech laboratory experiences during the school year and a summer camp. Having been serving the community for 10 years, Biogen hired me to conduct a year-long program evaluation. I used my experience and familiarity with the program to develop evaluation tools that were used to gather data from over 2000 students during the school year and interview protocols that I used to conduct focus groups with students during the summer camp. After completing the data analysis, I wrote reports for multiple audiences.

Developed and oversaw the implementation of programs and outreachefforts to educate high school students and teachers about science,technology, and engineering.• Created and maintained positive relations with Boston Public schools, localuniversities, and professional organizations.• Hired and trained approximately 50 full and part-time staff, interns, andvolunteers to successfully teach about topics related to science, technology,and engineering.• Identified and secured funding upwards of $500,000 over three years.

Taught high school and middle school students about science andbiotechnology related topics.• Developed and implemented teacher professional development programsrelated to biotechnology education.• Trained and oversaw 6 full time educators to teach biotechnology-basedcurriculum to middle and high school students.• Maintained positive relations with local schools, community organizations,and sister biotechnology outreach programs throughout the US andinternationally.

Performed laboratory techniques including PCR, cell culture assays,bioassays, transgenics, and cryogenics.• Coordinated all aspects of Harvard’s Transgenic Mouse Facility.

Ed.D, Curriculum & Instruction: Science Education

Dissertation: The Influence of Authentic Scientific Research Experiences on Teachers’ NOS Understandings and their Teaching Practices..

M.Ed, Science Education

B.A