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is a full time high school chemistry teacher and is working with the other teachers in her school district in Southern California, ushering in the Next Generation Science Standards! She also teaches pre-service teachers as a part-time instructor with a Los Angeles University. What is she most proud of? Lots of things! It has been a pleasure to raise two great kids - Nicholas & Jenavieve! Also, working with hundreds of spectacular, promising students in the 20+ years of her career in science education has also been extremely fulfilling. Meeting so many amazing kids and their families and knowing that you've positively effected their attitude towards science is a thrill that is hard to replicate in any other professional endeavor. However, after spending all day teaching challenging chemistry concepts, she is grateful for the creative opportunities that ShopGibberish provides her!
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Where did it all begin?
Science Educator at the Omaha Children's Museum
Julie performed "science shows" for large crowds, helped supervise a legion of volunteers, taught seasonal workshops, scout workshops, overnights, helped with summer camps and r & d of new programs to get/keep the kids of Omaha learning and loving science!
Julie performed "science shows" for large crowds, helped supervise a legion of volunteers, taught seasonal workshops, scout workshops, overnights, helped with summer camps and r & d of new programs to get/keep the kids of Omaha learning and loving science!
Camp Director at the University of Nebraska's Aim for the Stars Summer Camp
The Physics Department at UNO (where Julie was a full-time student) had received a large grant from the U.S. Army to conduct a summer program and Julie was hired to help them get the program in place. She was given a space in the department and the
task of helping to create a multi-week, several hundred student summer camp program
called Aim for the Stars. It was crazy, and a whirlwind of planning, but it was ruled a huge success!
Student Teaching at King Science Center
Julie completed her student teaching at the Martin Luther King Science Magnet School in Omaha, NE. She tutored algebra at lunch and started a Girls in Science Program with help from the Banneker Partnership!
Student Teaching at King Science Center
Julie completed her student teaching at the Martin Luther King Science Magnet School in Omaha, NE. She tutored algebra at lunch and started a Girls in Science Program with help from the Banneker Partnership!
Education and Science Director, Mad Science of Omaha and Los Angeles
After graduating from college, Julie was invited to set up Mad Science of Omaha and the opportunity to continue teaching science (while being loud, crazy, and having tons of fun!) was too appealing, so she decided to put off classroom teaching for a wee bit, to help launch this super fun science program! Conducting large interactive science shows, workshops, birthday parties and summer camps was another great opportunity to help students fall in love with science!
Education and Science Director, Mad Science of Omaha and Los Angeles
After graduating from college, Julie was invited to set up Mad Science of Omaha and the opportunity to continue teaching science (while being loud, crazy, and having tons of fun!) was too appealing, so she decided to put off classroom teaching for a wee bit, to help launch this super fun science program! Conducting large interactive science shows, workshops, birthday parties and summer camps was another great opportunity to help students fall in love with science!
The University of LaVerne
Julie has taught as a part-time instructor for the last several years! She teaches a class that is designed to help elementary
teachers learn to teach science in their classrooms. She loves the curriculum and the chance to work with pre-service teachers
again! They are energetic, enthusiastic, and ready to get into the classrooms!
The University of LaVerne
Julie has taught as a part-time instructor for the last several years! She teaches a class that is designed to help elementary
teachers learn to teach science in their classrooms. She loves the curriculum and the chance to work with pre-service teachers
again! They are energetic, enthusiastic, and ready to get into the classrooms!
Sierra Vista Junior High School and Golden Valley High School
For the last 14 years, Julie has taught science in the William S. Hart UHSD in Santa Clarita, Ca. First, teaching 8th grade
science at Sierra Vista Junior High School and, for the last almost 6 years, teaching chemistry at Golden Valley High School.
She was awarded the honor of Sierra Vista Teacher of the Year in 2007/2008!
Julie Huffman Named Hart School District Teacher of the Year
SANTA CLARITA, Calif - The William S. Hart Union School District has announced Golden Valley chemistry teacher Julie Huffman as the 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year. Huffman, who was the teacher of the year at Sierra Vista in 2007, has been teaching for 19 years, the last 13 with the Hart School District. She is co-chair of the highly collaborative science department at Golden Valley, helps run an at-risk program at the school, and created a family resource program at Sierra Vista Junior High.
"Julie is recognized as an exceptional teacher by her peers," said Mike Kuhlman, Assistant Superintendent, Education Services for the Hart School District. "She's incredibly creative in her lesson planning and her classes, as I've observed them, are rigorous, creative and fun. There is an excitement in what's happening in Miss Huffman's class."
Huffman points to the teacher-driven "Next Generation Science Standards" that has increased collaboration throughout all of the science departments in the district as one of the more rewarding accomplishments of the last two years. But her "good days," of which there are many, always revolve around her students.
"Good days are filled with learning, plain and simple," Huffman wrote. "And often times it is just heard in the silent smile or straightened spine of the student that just heard me exclaim loudly, ‘You, my friend, are brilliant!' followed with, ‘Now, can you help your friend here?'"
Julie Huffman Named Hart School District Teacher of the Year
SANTA CLARITA, Calif - The William S. Hart Union School District has announced Golden Valley chemistry teacher Julie Huffman as the 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year. Huffman, who was the teacher of the year at Sierra Vista in 2007, has been teaching for 19 years, the last 13 with the Hart School District. She is co-chair of the highly collaborative science department at Golden Valley, helps run an at-risk program at the school, and created a family resource program at Sierra Vista Junior High.
"Julie is recognized as an exceptional teacher by her peers," said Mike Kuhlman, Assistant Superintendent, Education Services for the Hart School District. "She's incredibly creative in her lesson planning and her classes, as I've observed them, are rigorous, creative and fun. There is an excitement in what's happening in Miss Huffman's class."
Huffman points to the teacher-driven "Next Generation Science Standards" that has increased collaboration throughout all of the science departments in the district as one of the more rewarding accomplishments of the last two years. But her "good days," of which there are many, always revolve around her students.
"Good days are filled with learning, plain and simple," Huffman wrote. "And often times it is just heard in the silent smile or straightened spine of the student that just heard me exclaim loudly, ‘You, my friend, are brilliant!' followed with, ‘Now, can you help your friend here?'"
Julie was chosen as a Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year!
At a ceremony on September 18, 2015, Julie was honored as one of 16 Los Angeles County Teacher's of the Year. There are over 70,000 teachers in the county, so it was pretty awesome!
What is the best part?
Being able to take the honor back to her kids and fellow teachers at Golden Valley High School. GVHS is a school filled with amazing students from a diverse range of backgrounds, all with a great work ethic, and a super bright future. To be able to represent all of the talented teachers at her school and in the district was a dream come true!