Fall Road Map Series - Week 4: "As a child, I hated always having to answer other people's questions, but never being encouraged to answer my own questions." That's how Perrin Chick, Community Engagement Director at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, describes her own "why" — and it's the spirit behind the fourth and final session of our Fall Road Map Series. Too often, questioning young people flows in one direction: from adult to young person, testing what they know rather than opening space for what they're curious about. In this closing session, we'll explore why questioning is a practice of trust, curiosity, and shared discovery between educators and the young people they work with. This session will close out the series by turning our attention back to the questions young people are asking themselves—and how we can make more room for them.
Perrin Chick, Community Engagement Director, joined MMSA in March of 2016. Perrin connects out-of-school providers to STEM resources through in-person and virtual professional development. At the heart of her work is facilitating online professional learning communities. Perrin began her career as a classroom teacher. She taught math and science to middle school students first in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and then in Newbury, Massachusetts. Perrin later worked as the Education Director of the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, New Hampshire, for 14 years.
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