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Appoquinimink School District/ University of Delaware/ Delaware Teachers Institute

Cynthia Papettas

Conservation Leader

ACEER Member since:  2023

Professional Affiliation: Appoquinimink School District/ University of Delaware/ Delaware Teachers Institute

"Conservation means responsibly managing our environment’s finite resources to ensure their sustainably used for not just our generation to enjoy, but future ones."


Biography:

Cynthia is a Graduate Services Coordinator as well as an instructor at the University of Delaware. She has been an educator for the past five years and has worked with students K-12 as well as students in higher education. Her primary focus is on equity in education as well as environmental education that is focused on conservation efforts. Cynthia holds a B. S. in Elementary Teacher Education from the University of Delaware and an M. Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Wilmington University. She is currently pursuing her Ed. D. in Educational Leadership at the University of Delaware. For three years she was a Delaware Teachers Institute Fellow, and has written a curriculum unit titled Nature and Youth Nurturing Each Other, which focused on student interactions in nature, natural habitats, animal and plant dependence, and scientific tools K-5 students can use in the classroom. Recently, Cynthia was a Urban Youth Conservation Corps Project Leader at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum in Philadelphia, PA. She co-led a team of diverse high-school youth to work on conservation-related projects and ran environmental education and leadership development activities.


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