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Ken Jensen

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I can answer questions related to secondary math and science. I specialize in problem based curriculum and instruction.

Experience in the area

I am a 20 year veteran Math and Science teacher. I have taught at both the middle and high school levels, and I am currently a Math Coach in the Aurora Public Schools, Aurora Colorado. As a coach, I train other math teachers in the use of research based best instructional practices. I post regularly to the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) list serve as well as to my district's standards based grading website. I was honored with the Colorado Teacher of the Year award by the Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics three years ago and have presented at their conference in past years. I particularly enjoy working with parents who question why math is taught so much differently then when they were students.

Organizations

Association Of Supervision and Curriculum and Development National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics

Publications

NCSM list serve CoMath list serve National Science Teachers Association: The Science Teacher.

Education/Credentials

Master of Arts: K-12 interdisciplinary studies. University of Northern Colorado Adminstrative certificate: Denver University

Awards and Honors

CCTM Colorado Teacher of the Year

Past/Present Clients

I currently provide professional development both directly and indirectly to 45 high school math teachers, 12 middle school math teachers, and 8 building level adminstrators.

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
priscilla	01/20/12	10	10	10	Dear Mr.Jensen, Wow, thank you for .....
Barbara	07/25/11	10	10	10
Rhea	07/25/11	10	10	10
Paola	07/18/11	10	10	10
Dahlia	12/10/10	10	10	10

Recent Answers from Ken Jensen

2012-01-18 Maintaining Respect/Authority:

Priscilla, First I want to emphasize the the strategies your partner was using are probably not the best for creating a learning environment. A strong authoritarian approach to working with students

2011-11-02 teaching as a career:

I had gone to Engineering school but wasn't happy. My wife saw they way I worked with kids and suggested I look into teaching. For some reason I expected kids to come to my room begging for the wisdom

2011-05-10 Suggestions for cirriculum structure:

Aaron, First I would like to congratulate you and your student on your efforts to take on this challenge. Your general plan to take on one content area each month is solid and will help to ensure that

2011-01-15 do i need physical science to become a vetenarian:

When I was in college I had a roommate who was a veterinary medicine major. His more difficult classes were in chemistry. Just like with a medical doctor, a veterinarian need to understand the biochemistry

2011-01-08 Chemistry:

Sunil, It has been a while since I have worked in the field of chemistry, but I can give you a few ideas about what to study. First, much of the math needed to be proficient in chemistry is based

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