Anthony Cody
3049 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, California 94705
anthony_cody@hotmail.com

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATES
2000 National Board Certified Teacher, Early Adolescence Science
1998 Masters, Science Education, San Jose State University
1997 Multiple Subject Supplementary Authorization
1994 Language Development Specialist
1993 Physical Science credential
1987 Life and General Science Credential
1986 BS, Conservation and Resource Studies, UC Berkeley

EMPLOYMENT
1987 - 2005 Math, Science and Technology teacher, grades 6 to 8, Bret Harte Middle School, Oakland, California
1995 - 1998 UC Berkeley/Lawrence Hall of Science
Contributing author, FOSS Middle School Science modules. As a "teacher on loan" I assisted in the development of new FOSS Middle School Science curriculum, using my classroom as a test site.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
2004 - 2005 Coach for National Board candidates, Oakland Unified School District National Board support group

2004 - 2005 OUSD Peer Assistance Review committee
2004 Workshop for Vallejo MS & HS teachers on Teacher Action Research

2002 - 2003 Board of Directors, Chabot Space & Science Center
2002 National Board/Apple Computer Digital Edge participant
2002 Convener, Northern California National Board Certified Teachers' Leadership Forum.
2000 - 2004 District-wide leader, Curriculum in Focus science curriculum project.
2000 - 2003 Core group member, Stanford University CAPITAL research project
Leadership team, Chabot Space and Science Center Techbridge program, promoting technology for girls
Coordinator, Bret Harte Middle School Demonstration Program grant (Calif. Dept. of Education)
Mills College National Board Support Group
1995 - 2000 Organizer, OUSD Science Teachers' Walkabouts; voluntary professional development workshops
1994 - 1997 Mentor teacher
1992 - 2000 Numerous OUSD science curriculum standards, textbook and professional development committees

PUBLICATIONS
2005 "Autonomous Investigations," Connect magazine
2003 Middle School Demonstration Program- Transforming Disadvantaged Schools into Successful Learning Communities 
1997 and 1998 FOSS Middle School Science modules: Electronics, Planetary Science, Earth History, Brain and Senses (contributing author)
1994 Teacher Research and Urban Literacy Education: Lessons and Conversations in a Feminist Key, 1994, Teachers College Press, Hollingsworth, Cody, et al.

REFERENCES

Available on request

Email: anthony_cody@hotmail.com

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