My Profile

Crystal

DeMoura

cfd3096@gmail.com

3372806872

Teacher

3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Engineering, Math, Science, Technology

My teaching philosophy:

I believe in a problem-based or project-based learning environment, where students are given the content and skills necessary to solve a problem or create an artifact that (project-based) solves the problem given. This philosophy is based on research and relevant to what they would encounter in a college classroom or work-based environment. Ideally, students would find a real-world problem to solve and create an artifact to solve it.

I firmly advocate for providing computer science education to all students, because it gives them the skills necessary to thrive in the future they will live in and contribute to professionally. If possible, the integration of computer science principles should be taught alongside their core subjects, supported by grade-specific standards to effectively guide educators. Above all, I am a firm believer in empowering every student to leverage the potential of computers to innovate, problem-solve, and design solutions across the various domains and disciplines that interest them.

Robotics photos


My NISE National Certificates

National Certificate: National Certificate for STEM Teaching

Status: Earned


Issue Date: 10/29/2019

Issuer: National Institute for STEM Education

Recipient: Crystal DeMoura

The National Certificate for STEM Teaching (NCST) requires successful completion of a coach-evaluated digital portfolio demonstrating the learner's understanding of 15 evidence-based STEM Teacher Actions. NCST graduates have: 
  • Collected evidence of 38 instructional Indicators embedded within the 15 STEM Teacher Actions, 
  • Analyzed the collected evidence against a rubric to determine the level of STEM instruction observed, 
  • Described the specific Teacher Actions that support higher levels of STEM instruction.
My Professional Learning
Summer 2024- Served on the K-12 Computer Science Standards Committee
La Dept of Education
Serving as a middle school teacher contributor to help create a K-12 framework of computer science standards for teaching Louisiana students not only computer literacy, but how to create, innovate, and design artifacts by leveraging the power of computing in their education.
QSM Grant 2022-23
Earned a $2000 Quality Science and Mathematics grant
I bought and replaced old robotics equipment so that our students could learn robotics in the classroom.
Serving on the LaDOE Science Standards Setting Committee
July 8 - 12, 2019
7th and 8th grade Science, Worked with 13 educators from around the state on setting the cut scores for each achievement level for the LEAP 2025 science assessment.
Google Level 1 Certification
April 2019
I have taken and passed the Level 1 Certification Exam for using Google Workspace in the classroom.
Professional Training in Open Sci Ed Tier 1 Curriculum
October 2018
Baton Rouge, La. Presented by the Cain Center at LSU.
Learned all the routines and resources available to teach using this curriculum
www.openscied.org