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La Salle Academy Science Teacher Ann Kaiser Accepted for Distinguished Fulbright Award
La Salle Academy science teacher Ann Kaiser, B.S., M.I.A, has been accepted for the 2012-2013 Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program in Singapore.
“It is truly an honor to be selected for a Fulbright Award. I am particularly pleased to be accepted for the Singapore program where my focus will be developing a more active, engineering approach to science education,” said Kaiser. ”I am convinced that exposing students to more design and application driven activities will attract creative and innovative thinkers to engineering. Engineering offers our students an amazing number of ways to have a positive impact on the world on many levels. It should be part of our curriculum here at La Salle and our initial endeavors have been very well accepted. I hope to be able to expand on that and I am excited to learn firsthand how a country on the forefront of technological innovation encourages young people to pursue technical careers.”
Kaiser, who has been teaching at La Salle since 1999, teaches Advance Placement (AP) Physics B, AP Physics C and introductory Engineering. In addition, she developed and implemented curriculum for AP Physics B and C, modeled on college level physics courses.
She is currently developing and teaching curriculum for an introductory Engineering course emphasizing project based application of design principles and processes. Her previous experience includes teaching introductory Physics, Algebra 1 and Algebra 2.
La Salle Academy science teacher Ann Kaiser, B.S., M.I.A, has been accepted for the 2012-2013 Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program in Singapore.
“It is truly an honor to be selected for a Fulbright Award. I am particularly pleased to be accepted for the Singapore program where my focus will be developing a more active, engineering approach to science education,” said Kaiser. ”I am convinced that exposing students to more design and application driven activities will attract creative and innovative thinkers to engineering. Engineering offers our students an amazing number of ways to have a positive impact on the world on many levels. It should be part of our curriculum here at La Salle and our initial endeavors have been very well accepted. I hope to be able to expand on that and I am excited to learn firsthand how a country on the forefront of technological innovation encourages young people to pursue technical careers.”
Kaiser, who has been teaching at La Salle since 1999, teaches Advance Placement (AP) Physics B, AP Physics C and introductory Engineering. In addition, she developed and implemented curriculum for AP Physics B and C, modeled on college level physics courses.
She is currently developing and teaching curriculum for an introductory Engineering course emphasizing project based application of design principles and processes. Her previous experience includes teaching introductory Physics, Algebra 1 and Algebra 2.
“Ann Kaiser is the perfect candidate for the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program. Her participation in investigating and incorporating Engineering into the curriculum at the newly developed School of Science and Technology for 12 – 18 year old students using creativity, collaboration and international problem solving to move beyond mastery of the basics will be a tremendous opportunity to commit to developing versatile, well-rounded, creative engineers for the future,” said La Salle Principal Don Kavanagh. “Her proposal to move to a more active, modeling based approach in both Physics and Engineering based on her research in Singapore would be a major step forward in curriculum at La Salle Academy and especially in learning for our students.”
“It is truly an extraordinary honor for an extraordinary teacher. Ann Kaiser is a very special presence in the classroom who always goes above and beyond in challenging her students to grasp and ultimately excel in subjects that do not necessarily come easily or naturally to many,” said La Salle academy President Brother Michael Mc Kenery. “And, although she will be missed during her during her semester in Singapore, we are very proud that she has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest and most innovative science teachers.”
A graduate of Columbia University for both her bachelor’s degree in metallurgy and her master’s degree in international affairs, prior to joining La Salle Kaiser was a research assistant at Brown University in the Department of Material Science, a consulting engineer at Thielsch Engineering Associates in Rhode Island, a manager of new product engineering and a product specialist at Precision Metallurgical in Massachusetts, a metallurgical sales engineer at Pfizer’s Specialty metals Division in Connecticut and a metallurgical engineer at Airco Industrial Gases in New Jersey.
Prior to graduating from college she held internships at the Rockefeller Foundation, CF&I Steel Corporation and Ford Motor Company.
To read Ann Kaiser's Fulbright proposal click here
To read Ann Kaiser's Fulbright proposal click here
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
