Margo Murphy
Recent Professional Involvement
Board recertification - National Board of Professional Teaching Standards 2013 - 2023
NGSS State Leadership Team 2011 - present
TAC – Teacher’s Advisory Council Board Member for the National Academy of Science 2010 - present
Energy for ME – utilizing realtime energy data to improve energy efficiency 2011 - present
NAEP – establish new cut scores for high school NAEP using new science framework 2010
DOE - Rule setting committee for syllabi and program of study review in science 2008
CREST – integrating GPS/GIS, ethnography and web design into project-based
learning in my classroom and school, through Island Institute 2006 – 2010
MLR content panelist for the revisions to Maine’s state standards 2005-2006
Board member to the National Board of Science Education for the
National Academy of Sciences 2004-2006
MMSA advisory board committee member 2003 - 2008
Board Certification - National Board of Professional Teaching Standards 2003
Governor’s Academy Fellow – 1st cohort for Science Leadership 2001-2003
Awards and Honors
Lou Lambert Outstanding Science Teacher – from the Maine Science Teacher Association 2012
National Board Recertification 2012 - 2023
OEST – Outstanding Earth Science Teacher of the Northeast region from
the American Geological Society 2006
National Board Certification 2003
Governor’s Academy Fellow Cohort 1 for Science Education Leadership 2003
State of Maine High School Conservation Teacher of the Year 2002
Knox-Lincoln County Conservation Teacher of the Year 2002
Maine Environmental Educators Assoc. Environmental Educator of the Year 1996
National Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Education 1994
State Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Education 1994
Merit Teacher: Maine Math and Science Alliance 1994
Outstanding Volunteer: Knox/Lincoln/Waldo Co. Extension 1991
Other
Citizen Advisory Panel member for the decommissioning of Maine Yankee
Nuclear Power Plant 1998-2000 State of Maine, Registered Maine Guide 1983-current