New Perspectives in Science Education

Joseph Isaac is ten-year veteran of science education in the District of Columbia, spending the last eight of those years as teacher and department chair of Biotechnology at McKinley Technology High School, the public school system's STEM focused academy. During his teaching career he taught Biotechnology, Molecular Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Forensic Science and Advanced Placement Biology among others. Joe also served as adjunct faculty at Fortis College in Maryland, where he taught General and Protein Biotechnology. Joe served as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow from 2012-2014, at the National Science Foundation's divisions of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Education and Human Resources, during which, he was able to present at several conferences, both domestically and internationally on STEM education in urban school settings and international collaboration in STEM subjects. Isaac completed his undergraduate studies at Howard University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. After starting his career in education, Isaac earned his Master's in Teaching in Secondary Science at Trinity University. In addition to currently being a STEM Education consultant, Joe is also pursuing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University's Global PRiSE (Pragmatic Research in Science Education) program.