Kimberly Cooke

Position: Education Coordinator
Institution: Pontchartrain Conservancy

Professional Experience:

• 20 years in formal and informal education settings
• Former National Park Service educator
• Designed and facilitated community science programs
• Created Nature’s Notebook phenology trails

Educational Philosophy:

• Provides opportunities for critical thinking
• Emphasizes problem-solving and collaboration
• Creates engaging, standards-based science curricula

Credentials:

• Certificate in Urban Environmental Education
• Certificate in Environmental Education Outcomes
• Florida teaching certificate (9 years)
• Louisiana teaching certificate (5 years)

Specialties:

• Environmental education program development
• Community science initiatives
• Standards-based curriculum design