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):
- 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.
- 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: 517-706-4886
Email: chapmad @ comcast.net
Course: Atmosphere, Ocean, Earth's Climate System
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