WSST Elections · February/March 2022 RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: Kristin Michalski, Big Bend Position Statement and Vision This is my 29th year teaching science and 25th year as a WSST member. In that time, I have served as secretary on WSST’s executive board, presented at conferences, and co-chaired a conference. As the 2015 conference co-chair, I arranged our statewide conference for over 550 participants and modernized our organization by setting up online conference registration for members. In addition, I built our first conference mobile app and have done so every year since. This allowed participants to view the conference schedule digitally and receive real-time announcements. These activities positively impacted me as a learner and educator. My participation in WSST keeps me up to date on emerging technology, educational practices, and how to analyze and reflect on my teaching, increasing the equity of access for my rural students. Budgets in many districts are shrinking and WSST is one of the most valuable, little to no cost resources for teachers. I would like to bring new insights to WSST and continue to find ways to involve our members in new (low cost) tech-
nologies such as podcasts and/or webinars. Finally, students’ problem-solving skills are the forefront for tomorrow’s careers. As your president, I would support inquiry/phenomenonbased curriculum development and experiences to develop the problem solvers of tomorrow. I would be grateful for the opportunity to continue contributing to our organization as your president of the WSST organization. Background Education University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BSBroadfield Science, University of WisconsinRiver Falls, MS-Physics Teaching Present Teaching Assignment Physics and Foundations of Chemistry and Physics Teacher, East Troy High School, East Troy, WI Professional Activities WSST Conference Planning Committee; Conference App Chair 2015-present; WSST Conference Planning Committee 2015 Cochair; Presidential Award in Excellence in Science and Mathematics State Finalist, 2017 and 2021; National Board-Certified Teacher 2008-present; and Co-facilitator of Milwaukee Area Physics Share (MAPS)
WSST Voting Districts District 1 (CESA 11 & 12) District 2 (CESA 9 & 10) District 3 (CESA 7 & 8) District 4 (CESA 3 & 4) District 5 (CESA 2 & 5) District 6 (CESA 6) District 7 (CESA 1)
