EXPERIENCE
1976-2008 K-5 Mathematics Resource Specialist: Broward County, Florida public schools.
2004-2007 Adjunct Professor Mathematics Education: Florida Atlantic University, Davie, Florida.
1996-2003 Adjunct Professor Mathematics Education: Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
- Broward County Mathematics Cadre Workshop Instructor.
- 1989-2007 Presented at sessions of the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conferences.
- Aug. 2005 Published: Ploger, D. & Rooney, M., (2005) Teaching Fractions: Rules and Reason. Teaching Children Mathematics. Vol. 12 Number 1, 12-17.
- March 1999 Presented at the Florida Educational Technology Convention. Presentation focused on making a school’s web interactive for students, teachers, parents, and the community.
- Feb. 1997 Published: Ploger, D., Klingler, L., & Rooney M., (1997). Spreadsheets, Patterns, and Algebraic Thinking. Teaching Children Mathematics. Vol. 3, Number 6, 330-334.
- 1988-Pres. Curriculum Development: Developed Mister Goodmath mathematics program. Program recognized as a Program of Excellence by the State of Florida in its Sharing Success Program in 1991, a Program of Excellence by the SouthEast Regional Vision for Education, a regional education improvement laboratory serving the southeast United States in 1992, and a National Program of Excellence in the U.S. Department of Education's Successful Practices Program in 1993. Periodically, new components are added to the program, the most recent being, Mister Goodmath: On the Net.
- 2002-2006 Appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- 2005-2006 Elected President of the Florida Mathematics Presidential Awardee’s Association.
AWARDS
RECOGNITION
- 2005 Broward County finalist 2006 Florida Teacher of the Year.
- 1999 Florida Finalist for the Presidential Award for Elementary Mathematics and Science Teaching.
- 1999 Florida International University, Adjunct, Excellence in Teaching Awardee
- 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2006 Included in Who’s Who of American Teachers.
- 1985 and1992 Broward County, Florida, Elementary Mathematics Teacher of the Year.
- 1991 Learning Magazine's Professional Best Awardee.
- 1990 Florida Awardee, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching Math and Science.
- 1990 Broward County finalist 1991 Florida Teacher of the Year.
- 1989 Florida District XII Mathematics Teacher of the Year.