Bio - Tim Porter
Tim Porter, Director of New Learning Resources at Boston Children’s Museum. Porter’s primary area of interest is in developing innovative and effective methodologies for teaching science in museums, afterschools, classrooms and at home. At the museum, he is an exhibit developer, grant writer, curriculum writer and teacher trainer. In 17 years with BCM, Porter has developed several science exhibitions; authored curricula that are being used in every state in the United States and 15 countries around the world; and led hundreds of professional development workshops, reaching thousands of afterschool and in school educators in New England and across the United States. With a specialty in science and engineering, and the intersection of science with other disciplines, Mr. Porter has contributed countless conference presentations and articles to the museum field focused on science pedagogy and museum/afterschool collaborations; and has mentored peers from museums across the country on how to most effectively share their STEM expertise with afterschools in their own community. His latest work “KIDS @fterschool” was the recipient of The 2009 MetLife Foundation and Association of Children's Museums Promising Practice Award.