Daniel P.

Carroll
4300 37th Road North
Arlington, Virginia 22207
daniel.carroll@apsva.us
703-534-5976 home
571-242-0552 cell

Education:
Ed. D. Program: Educational Technology, Boise State University, Boise, ID
M. Ed. Secondary Science Education, The George Washington University, Washington,
DC. Fairfax County Transition to Teaching Program. 1993

B.S Psychology: LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY, 1986

Non-degree
Ph.D. Candidate: George Mason University. 1998-1999

Physics Concentration: University of the District of Columbia, 1991-1992

United States Military Academy, West Point, 1982-1984

Single Courses and Online

Brandman University Online, Formative Assessment and Standards Based Grading
3 credit graduate course, 2013

Oklahoma State University Online, The Solar System, 2 credit graduate course,
2010

Trinity College of Vermont, Intro to Systems Thinking, 3 graduate credits, 1998

University of Virginia, Core Habits of Effective Teachers, 3 graduate credits, 1997

Professional Certifications or Licenses:

Certified Teacher: Commonwealth of Virginia (Physics, Psychology) 1992-present

National Board Certified Teacher: Adolescent/Young Adult Science (2004-2014, 2013-

2024). Achieved certification 2004, renewed certification 2013

Work Experience:

1998-Present: Physics Teacher, Arlington Public Schools, Yorktown High School, 5400
North Yorktown Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22207

1992-1998: Physical Science Teacher, Arlington Public Schools, Williamsburg Middle

School, 3600 N Harrison Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22207
Workshops Taught

APS Professional Development Workshop: Standards Based Grading for the Science
Classroom. Face-to-Face 1 hour workshop as part of a professional development series
of workshops, 2014

NSTA Workshops at National Conventions

2014 Boston
Claymation and Creativity in Science (1 hour workshop)

Never Be Wrong Again (1 hour workshop Experimental Design

Publications Presentations
Association for Educational Communication and Technology
2016 - Las Vegas Standards Based Grading and the Digital Student
Portfolio.

National Science Teacher Association Presentations at National Conventions

2016 - Nashville: ANOVA Visualized: Using Box Plots as Statistical Tests.

2015 Chicago: ANOVA: The Marriage of Experimental Design and Data

Analysis, 1 hour

2014 Boston: Love That Dirty Water: A Tribute to Rita Barron and the
Charles River Association, 1 hour

2013 San Antonio: Objective Based Grading That Works (1 hour assessment
methods)
EZ Rubrics (1 hour using holistic rubrics)

2011 San Francisco: Lab Notebook Confidential (Using student lab notebooks)

The iPad in the Lab and Beyond (using iPads as teaching

and assessing tools)

2009 New Orleans: The Psychology of Physics (connecting physics themes

with psychology)

Pete Seeger Savior of the Hudson (Environmental

Science)

2008 Boston 2 Presentations 1 hour each

2007 St. Louis 2 Presentations 1 hour each
Grants
YHS PTA Grants co-investigator
2008 Lab equipment $1119
2009 Lab equipment and Probe-ware $2784
2013 - Lab equipment and Probe-ware $4000
Awards and Honors:
National Board Certification (2004-2024)

NASA/NSTA Idea Grant Member (2011 2012)

Service Contributions:
Arlington Public Schools Service
Teachers Council on Instruction, High School Representative 2005 present
APS Digital Learning Committee, TCI representative, 2014 present
APS Employee HealthCare Committee 2012 present
APS CPST (Collaborative Professional Strategies Team) 2016-2018
Science Department Chair, Yorktown High School, 2011-2012
Science Lead Teacher, Yorktown High School, 2004-2008

Yorktown High School Student Service

Amnesty International Club Sponsor 2002 present
Variety Show Assistant Faculty Sponsor 2010 - present
Anime Club Sponsor 2012- present
2012 Class Sponsor 2010-2012

Williamsburg Middle School 1991-1998

Team Leader 8th Grade Wave Team: 1994-1998
Science Fair Director 1993-1998

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Capitol Hill Day. A day of
lobbying congressional leaders about educational issues. 2008
Certificate - Candidate Coaching, 2011
National Board Mentor Training 2005

Community Service Friends of the Arlington Planetarium

Executive Board Member, 2011 2014

Professional Memberships:

NSTA: National Science Teacher Association

AAPT: American Association of Physics Teachers

 AECT: Association for Educational Communication and Technology
Committees; International, School Media and Technology, Culture, Learning, and
Technology.

iNACOL: International Association for K12 Online Learning

CIRCL: Center for Innovative Research in CyberLearning

VPE: Virginia Professional Educators.

Other:

NSTA Learning Center:

I have been an active member of the Learning Center since its launch. I participated in the
NASA Idea Grant and worked with teachers in Arlington and across the county to help NSTA
and NASA develop instructional resources and an online community of learners and
professionals. In addition, I participated in the recent project of NSTA to produce ebooks for
developing teachers.

My accomplishments and contributions at the Learning Center have earned the following badges:

Indexer Platinum (7)

Aggregator Platinum (7)
Commenter Sapphire (level 5)
Disseminator Sapphire (5)
Advocator Pearl (level2)
NSTA Resource Accelerator (3) (20 NSTA resources)
Web Seminar Accelerator (3) (Attended 10 live Webinars)
SciPack Accelerator (3) (Completed 6 SciPaks, 10 hour web units)
Physical Science Ultimator (complete physical science indexer)
Life Science Ultimator
Earth Science Ultimator