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Pamela Van Scotter Pamela Van Scotter
Director of the Center for Curriculum Development

pvanscotter@bscs.org

Pamela Van Scotter is the director of the Center for Curriculum Development at BSCS, where she has worked on curriculum development and professional development projects for sixteen years. She oversees the work of all new curriculum projects and all revisions to our core programs. In addition, she is the PI on an NSF-funded materials development project, BSCS Science: An Inquiry Approach, a three-year, multidisciplinary science program for high school. She is also the PI for the development of an on-line professional development course for teachers of multidisciplinary science, Across the Sciences, in collaboration with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Previously, she was the PI for Design Studies on a Capstone Biology Course and on Multidisciplinary Science at the High School Level. Pam has been a curriculum developer for many projects, K-12, during her tenure at BSCS, including BSCS Biology: A Human Approach. She has worked extensively with elementary, middle school, and high school science teachers in many professional development settings.

Pam has a master’s degree in anthropology from Washington State University with an emphasis in physical anthropology and linguistics. She has three years of teaching experience at the college level and has worked extensively in the educational publishing industry.