Area High School Teachers Attending IMPACTSEED Program

Area high school teachers of chemistry and physics are meeting at Jacksonville State University through June 16 to train in the annual IMPACTSEED program while their students enjoy the summer sun. Dr. Nouredine Zettili, a physics professor at JSU who runs the program, said the training consists of an intensive, two-week long professional development program offered to in-service and pre-service  teachers. The training consists of a series of lectures and hands-on-activities dealing with the basic concepts of  chemistry and physics, class demonstrations, and a number of essential experiments as outlined in the Physics and Chemistry Core sections of the Alabama Course of  Study.

Instructors of this year's IMPACTSEED program are, from left to right, Dr. James Conely, Title II Staff Assistant, Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning, Alabama Commission on Higher Education; Dr. Alfred Nichols who teaches chemistry; Dr. Laura Weinkauf, physics; and Dr. Nouredine Zettili, physics. Area high school teachers of chemistry and physics attending the IMPACTSEED Program this year are pictured here in a group photo. A list of their names and high schools follows. NAME High SCHOOL NAME Kenna Allen Minor HS, Birmingham Dawn Alves Pres service Annette Blythe St. Clair County HS H. Rick Brown Woodland High School William Chandler White Plains High School Jason Cole Ranburne High School Rita Collier Gadsden City HS Eugene Dallas, III Handley Middle School Jennifer Dasinger Cleburne County High School Donnie DiValentin Pre Service Barbara Brittain Dorsett Westbrook Christian Cindee East Lineville High School Tara Gautney Pre Service John E. Haynes Pell City High School Douglas Hickman Carver High School (Atlanta Public Schools) NAME SCHOOL NAME Gwendolyn Hill Munford High School Hilarie Howard Spring Garden School Kevin Horton Etowah High School Amanda Lee Pre Service Joe Nance Roanoke City Schools Laura Norris Pre service Katherine Kirkwood Ray Alexandria HS Marcus Snead West End High School Robin Spoon Weaver HS Kyle Stephens Pre Service Hollie Terry Pre Service David Umphrey Southside HS Marrion Allen Woodley Pre service Leslie Wright Munford  HS     For further information, please see related article "IMPACTSEED Summer Institute in Progress - June 5-16" and visit IMPACTSEED's website: http://www.jsu.edu/depart/pes/physics/impactseed/. Submit items for news releases by using the request form at www.jsu.edu/newswire/request.