STEM Education Center, 157 West St.
Education:
BA Marine Biology University of California Santa Cruz 1993
MA Biology Boston University 1994
CAGS Educational Leadership Cambridge College 2004
A key aspect of Shari’s educational philosophy is that teaching should support students in their discovery of their interests and passions and facilitate their skill and content acquisition through engaging, collaborative courses. In her role as director of the Teacher Preparation program, she seeks to inspire, engage and prepare WPI undergraduates to bring their passion to the k-12 classroom as STEM educators. Shari brings her many years of middle and high school STEM teaching experience as she mentors and guides teacher candidates through the program and licensure process.
Email
sweaver@wpi.edu
Contact
Phone:
+1 (508) 8314888
Professional Highlights & Honors
Professional Highlights & Honors:
Building Educational Bridges Between Computer Science and Biology Through Transdisciplinary Teamwork and Modular Curriculum Design
2017
National Science Foundation
Building the Capacity for Noyce Scholars to address the urban STEM TEacher shortage with project-based trained STEM undergraduates at WPI
2020
National Science Foundation
News
Students in the TPP work with local organizations such as Girls Inc. to develop lessons that sometimes take shape as a fun community activity, like “Spooky Science,” pictured here.
January 19, 2021
From left: Carolina Ruiz, Elizabeth Ryder, Robert Gegear, and Shari Weaver
October 18, 2017