Page Keeley
Senior Program Director
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Biography
Page Keeley is the Senior Program Director at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA). She works in the areas of professional development design and materials, teacher leadership, standards and research on learning, mentoring and coaching, and formative assessment. She is the primary author of 12 widely used books including the Curriculum Topic Study series, Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series, and Science and Mathematics Formative Assessment - 75 Strategies series as well as several journal articles and book chapters. She has served as PI and Project Director on three National Science Foundation grants, includingThe Northern New England Co-mentoring Network (NNECN), Curriculum Topic Study (CTS)-A Systematic Approach to Utilizing National Standards and Cognitive Research, and Phenomena and Representations for Science Instruction in Middle School (PRISMS). She consults nationally with school districts, MSP Projects, and other professional developement initiatives. Prior to coming to MMSA in 1996, Page taught middle and high school science for 15 years in Maine. During her teaching career, Page received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching in 1992, the Milken Foundation National Dishtinguished Educator award in 1993, and was the AT&T Maine Governor's Fellow for Technology in 1994. Before receiving her secondary science teaching certification in 1980, Page was a research assistant in immunology at the Jackson Laboratory. She is a Fellow of the first cohort group of the National Academy for Science Education Leadership. Page served three terms as the 63rd Predident of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in 2008-09. In 2009 the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) awarded her the Susan-Loucks Horsley Award for her contributions and leadership in science and mathematics professional developement. Page's interest in global science education led her to be invited to be the science education delegation leader for the People-to-People Citizen Ambassador Program, where she led the 2009 delegation to South Africa, the 2010 delegation to China, and will be leading the 2011 delegation to India. Page is frequently an invited speaker at state and national conferences and serves on several national advisory boards. She received her B.S. in life sciences from the University of New Hampshire and her masters in science education from the University of Maine.
