Connect with a DataStreme Mentor Team

DataStreme courses are mentored by teams of dedicated teacher leaders and scientists across the country. Mentor teams provide personal contact and mentoring to approximately eight teacher participants each semester. Each team mentors participants on course concepts and activities, advertises the local course availability, and may arrange and hold in person or virtual field trips and enrichment opportunities beyond the core curriculum. Each team is ideally composed of an experienced K-12 teacher, a professional oceanographer, hydrologist, meteorologist or environmental scientist, and/or a faculty member.

Anyone wishing to take a DataSteme course must be paired with a Mentor Team in order to participate; this is in accordance with Step 1 of the DataStreme Enrollment Process. If you are already in touch with one of our Mentor Teams, please contact them for more information about their capacity to mentor you through your desired DataStreme course. If for any reason they cannot accept you in their cohort, please follow the below instructions to get re-paired with another team.

Being paired with a team does not guarantee your participation in DataStreme; you still need to meet both AMS and PennWest's eligibility requirements

 

To be paired with a Mentor Team, you can take one of the two below actions (Please do not do both at the same time):

  1. You can fill out this Google Form, which will share your information with our network of Mentor Teams so that you can be paired with one of them.
    • Please note that you will have to indicate which course you are most interested in taking in the upcoming semester (Atmosphere, Ocean, or Earth's Climate System), as participants may only take one DataStreme course per semester.
    • Please only complete the form once; if you believe you have made a mistake when filling it out or otherwise need to change or clarify your information, please contact AMS at the email address below this numbered section.
  2. You can reference the below list of Mentor Teams across the US and reach out to one of them to learn of their availability to accept you in their cohort.

After doing one of those options, you should be contacted by a Mentor Team with more information about participating in the upcoming semester. If you are not contacted by a team 2 weeks after taking one of these actions, please contact [email protected].

Once you are successfully paired with a DataStreme Mentor Team, instructions on how to proceed with the rest of the DataStreme Enrollment Process will be shared with you before the upcoming semester begins. We recommend that you stay in contact with your Mentor Team Leader in the meantime.

 

As mentioned above, a list of Mentor Teams (alphabetical by state) and their contact information follows.

AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO

MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY

 

AZ

  • Dana Perry
    Glendale, AZ 85302
    Voice: 623-236-9391
    Email: dperryaz @ gmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Earth's Climate System

CO

  • Kim Insana
    Windsor, CO 80550
    Email: kimberly.insana @ weldre4.org
    Course: Atmosphere, Earth's Climate System

FL

  • Christopher Mastropieri
    Englewood, FL 34223
    Voice: 941-475-2355
    Email: c.mastropieri @ comcast.net
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System
     
  • Richard Semmelmeier
    Boynton Beach, FL 33437
    Voice: 561-312-5810
    Email: richard.semmelmeier @ palmbeachschools.org
    Course: Atmosphere

IA

  • Morgan Yarker
    Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
    Voice: 319-849-5611
    Email: morgan @ yarkerconsulting.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Earth's Climate System

KS

  • Kim Ring
    Eureka, KS 67045
    Email: Kimberlyring19 @ gmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System

ME

  • Pamela Mitchel
    Gardiner, ME 04345
    Email: mitchel @ maine.edu
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System

MD

  • Hugo Jackson
    Ellicott City, MD 21043
    Voice: 410-215-3500
    Email: lighthouselions @ hotmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere
     
  • Elizabeth McCook
    Hagerstown, MD 21740
    Voice: 301-992-1419
    Email: elizabeth.mccook @ fcps.org
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System
     
  • Sallie Smith
    Hyattsville, MD 20781
    Voice: 301-927-6178
    Email: sms.work3 @ hotmail.com
    Course: Ocean, Earth's Climate System

MI

  • Dave Chapman
    East Lansing, MI 48823
    Voice: 517-599-3326
    Email: chapmad @ comcast.net
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System
     
  • Loukea Kovanis-Wilson
    Fenton, MI 48430
    Email: loukea_sea @ yahoo.com
    Course: Ocean

MN

  • Craig Croone
    Northfield, MN 55057
    Voice: 507-663-1240
    Email: ccroone @ northfieldschools.org
    Secondary Email: clcroone73 @ gmail.com
    Course: Ocean, Earth's Climate System
     
  • Craig Wolter
    Windom, MN 56101
    Voice: 507-822-1594
    Email: crwwolter @ gmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System

NJ

  • Kristen Batko
    Aberdeen, NJ 07747
    Voice: 732-266-0684
    Email: Kbat711 @ gmail.com
    Course: Ocean
     
  • Dr. Michael Passow
    Englewood, NJ 07631-1658
    Voice: 201-519-1071
    Email: mjpassow @ gmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System

NY

  • Lisa Bastiaans
    Garden City, NY 11530
    Voice: 516-572-7278 Ex26313
    Email: Lisa.Bastiaans @ ncc.edu
    Course: Atmosphere
     
  • Dr. Margaret Boorstein
    Brookville, NY 11548
    Voice: 516-299-3058
    Email: margaret.boorstein @ liu.edu
    Secondary Email: maboorst @ liu.edu
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System

NC

  • Terri Kirby-Hathaway
    Southern Shores, NC 27949
    Voice: 252-473-7211
    Email: terrikhnc @ gmail.com
    Course: Ocean
     
  • Diane Ripollone
    Garner, NC 27529
    Voice: 919-414-9861
    Email: dripollone @ cghsnc.org
    Secondary Email: rippie77 @ nc.rr.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System

PA

  • Dave Curry
    Newtown Middle School
    116 Newtown-Richboro Rd.
    Newtown, PA 18940
    Voice: 215-944-2600
    Email: dcurry @ crsd.org
    Course: Ocean, Earth's Climate System
     
  • Erica Grow
    State College, PA 16801
    Email: ericagrow @ gmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Earth's Climate System
     
  • William Licopoli
    Doylestown, PA 18901
    Email: wlicopoli @ gmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System
     
  • Daniel O'Brien
    Franklin, PA 16323
    Email: dobrien.ams @ gmail.com
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean
     
  • Steve Schulz
    Lancaster, PA 17601
    Email: schulzst @ mtwp.net
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean

SC

  • Lynn Walker
    Hilton Head, SC 29926
    Voice:  843-298-6632
    Email: lwhiltonhead @ gmail.com
    Secondary Email: lynn.walker @ beaufort.k12.sc.us
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System

VA

  • Vickey Drew
    Richmond, VA 23231
    Voice: 804-873-8539
    Email: vdrew @ richmond.k12.va.us
    Secondary Email: Vickydrew @ verizon.net
    Course: Atmosphere
     
  • Joseph Joyner
    5101 Middlebrook Ct.
    Virginia Beach, VA 23464
    Voice: 757-717-3305
    Email: joseph.joyner.jr @ verizon.net
    Course: Atmosphere, Earth's Climate System

WI

  • Jim Brey
    1225 W. Dayton St.
    Madison, WI 53706
    Voice: 920-203-2686
    Email: brey @ ametsoc.org
    Course: Atmosphere, Earth's Climate System
     
  • Brack Gillespie
    2884 School Ln.
    Green Bay, WI 54313
    Voice: 920-434-1330
    Email: bgillespie @ ashwaubenonk12.org
    Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System