Margaret (Peggy) Harte

Results-driven education management professional with a proven track record in developing and leading successful educational programs. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving measurable results. Extensive experience in program management, curriculum development, and educational leadership. Utilizes a collaborative approach to enhance team performance and achieve educational goals. Track record includes implementing innovative programs and improving student outcomes. Adept at managing education programs, identifying areas of growth, and coordinating events to promote educational services. Demonstrated experience in organizing departmental initiatives and collaborating with educational leaders to make data-driven decisions.

Publications

Bird, E.B., Ballard, H.L. & Harte, M. Data to decision-making: how elementary students use their Community and Citizen Science project to reimagine their school campus. Instr Sci (2023).

Bird, E.B., Harte, M. & Ballard, H.L. Birds Near and Far: Students investigate local environmental phenomena on campus and at a local pond. National Science Teachers’ Association- Science and Children (2020)

Harte, M. Shifting K-5 Science Instruction With Next Generation Science Standards Curriculum Adoption. California School Board Association: Policy and Programs Annual Review. (2019)

Harte, M. Using Environmental Literacy as the Through Line, All Standards All Students: A Focus on Equity and Access. Ten Strands (2020)

Harte, M. Using Science to Support Social and Emotional Learning Needs During Covid-19 to Engage Students and Caregivers. California Association of Science Educators: California Classroom Science. (2020)

• Nova Southwestern University, Master's of Arts, Teaching and Learning, 05/06
• Sierra Nevada College, Bachelor of Arts, Humanities, Magna Cum Laude, 05/96

• Youth Education Program Manager, UC Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science, 01/20, present
• Teacher Leader- Sacramento Area Science Project 06/14, present

• Teacher Fellow, UC Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science, 01/15, 12/20
• Consultant, Solano County Office of Education, 4/18, 6/23

• Bird, E.B., Ballard, H.L., Harte, M., Data to decision-making: how elementary students use their Community and Citizen Science project to reimagine their school campus., Instr Sci, 2023
• Bird, E.B., Harte, M., Ballard, H.L., Birds Near and Far: Students investigate local environmental phenomena on campus and at a local pond., National Science Teachers' Association- Science and Children, 2020
• Harte, M., Shifting K-5 Science Instruction With Next Generation Science Standards Curriculum Adoption., California School Board Association: Policy and Programs Annual Review, 2019
• Harte, M., Using Environmental Literacy as the Through Line, All Standards All Students: A Focus on Equity and Access., Ten Strands, 2020
• Harte, M., Using Science to Support Social and Emotional Learning Needs During Covid-19 to Engage Students and Caregivers., California Association of Science Educators: California Classroom Science, 2020

• Citizen Science Association Convention
• North American Association for Environmental Educators research symposiums and conference
• California Association of Science Educators
• Sacramento Area Science Project (summer institutes and professional development)
• Science In the River City Evening and Summer Institutes
• CREEC Statewide Environmental Literacy Conference
• California School Board Association (webinar)
• California Expanded Learning Summit

• California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

• California Single Subject Teaching Credential: Foundational Level General Science

• Cross Cultural, Language and Academic Development Certificate