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  • About
    • Mission and Goals
    • STEAM Position
    • History
    • Council
    • Institutions
    • Contact
    • Staff
  • Improve Practice
    • K-12 Effective Practices
    • K-12 Innovation Fellows
    • Out-of-School-Time Effective Practices
    • STEAM Educator & Administrator Professional Development
    • Rationale
  • Virtual STEAM Summit
  • Thought Leaders
  • Newsletter
    • Spring/Summer 2025
    • Subscribe to Our Newsletter
    • Archive
  • Resources
    • Creative and Innovative Thinking Skills
    • Arts Habits of Mind
    • K-12 STEAM Lesson Template
    • K-12 Exemplar Lessons
    • Certified STEAM Lessons
    • Certified STEAM Rubrics
    • Peer-Reviewed Articles
    • Out-of-school-Time STEAM Experience Template
    • Out-of-school-time STEAM Activity
    • Out-of-school-time activity templates
  • Blog

Innovation fellows


The Collaborative’s Innovation Fellows are top STEAM teachers and administrators nationally. The first Collaborative Fellows were identified in the Collaborative’s initial round of K-12 STEAM effective practices research. Additional Fellows are added periodically, based on their excellence in teaching and administration and their abilities to move the STEAM field forward. Collaborative Fellows who were identified when they were K-12 teachers remain Fellow advisors when they move to positions in higher education.

Read the Spring 2023 Newsletter for an in-depth discussion by some of the Collaborative's Fellows of how STEAM fosters creative and innovative thinking in the K-12 classroom.

Fellows leadership team

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ANNE LUDES
Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
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ASHLEY LUPFER
P​ierre Van Courtlandt Middle School, Croton-on-Hudson, New York
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KIMBERLY OLSON
​Centre School, Hampton, New Hampshire

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Innovation fellows

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Kerry Buchman

Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California
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Melissa Collins

​John P. Freeman Optional School, Memphis, Tennessee




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AMANDA DANIELS

District Gifted and Talented Coordinator,   Melissa ISD,  Dallas, Texas





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CHARLES HAYES

Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Memphis-Shelby County Schools , Tennessee





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Juli martin

Northside Elementary, Angleton, Texas

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CARLA NEELY

Warner Girls Leadership Academy, Cleveland, Ohio


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Julie olson

Dakota Wesleyan University​

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KATHLEEN SWEET

Starmont Elementary, Arlington, Iowa
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​Kristin Taylor

Assistant Professor of Art Education, California State University, Northridge, California (CSUN)


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