Judy Robinson is currently a robotics curriculum consultant to TechBoston. She has created a highly successful multi-disciplinary pre-engineering curriculum for kindergarten to second grades now being piloted in the Boston Public Schools. (Alpha-robotics for young learners and Bee-Bot Programming activities for young learners.) She taught in the Boston Public Schools for 33 years as a science teacher, reading specialist, special education teacher, and an elementary teacher. During her tenure there, she achieved Lead Teacher status, was awarded several Pioneer grants and gave several workshops on science and technology related curriculum. Check out her website Http://alpha-robotics.com Http://multi-sensoryletterbox.com
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Outstanding Robotics Instructor Award from TechBoston (2005) Award Innovations in Education Award Winner- Mayor of Boston (2000) BPS Math Training Award (1997) Boston Public Schools Math Appreciation Award (1996) Awarded LEAD Teacher Status (1995) Washington D.C. School System “Teacher of the Year†Award for “Innovative Teaching of Reading to Kindergarten Students†(1972)
Bachelor’s Degree School of Government American University Master’s Degree in Reading Antioch University Master’s Degree Special Education Boston Teacher’s College
Areas of Expertise Robotics designer and trainer Curriculum developer Reading specialist and trainer Special Needs adaptive materials expert, developer and trainer Mentor and trainer for beginning teachers Innovative educational materials designer and problem solver Copyrighted materials Multi-Sensory Letter Box Program and Action Oriented Reading Program (1975) Alpha-Robotics (2008)
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Homeschool
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Fractions, Numbers, Science, World Languages, Spanish, Special Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Character Education, Problem Solving, Writing, Robotics, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, American Sign Language, Engineering, Phonics, Women's History Month