Does your work life make you feel like a professional?

This website is about what it will take to professionalize your tasks as a science teacher, your worklife as a science teacher, your status as a science teacher.

What are we going to do?

  • We’re going to talk to you.
  • We’re going to listen to you.
  • We’re going to ask you to invite Anne Baffert to your school to learn more about you and your school culture
  • We’re going to take what we learn from the teachers, principals, and policy makers we talk to and fold it into a set of strategies aimed at professionalizing the science teacher’s work life.

This site is dedicated to exploring these issues. We want to hear from you. We want to make a difference in the working conditions of science teachers.



Discussion Topic

Join us in our Discussion of Portable Benefits

Teaching in another district or another state often means losing benefits (health and retirement) as well as accrued experience.
Has the lack of reciprocity between states and /or districts affected you? How?
Would you favor legislature that would facilitate a teacher’s mobility across districts and states?


This Week's Poll

How many hours do you work during an average school week?

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Anne Baffert and Sheila Tobias

Who are we?

Anne Baffert (left) is a chemistry teacher and chair of science at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona. She has been a high school science teacher for 15 years.

Sheila Tobias (right) is an author of books intended to demystify mathematics and science for students, teachers, policy makers.

Research Corporation, our sponsor, is America’s first foundation for science advancement, founded in 1912. It’s located in Tucson Arizona.