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I hold a Ph.D. from Stanford University in curriculum
and teacher education, with a specialty in science education.
For the past two years, I have been a postdoctoral fellow and
director of the National Board Research Project at Stanford
University, where I had also worked as an instructor and
teaching specialist since 1997. For the past six years, I have
developed and directed a regional professional development
program for practicing teachers who are pursuing National Board
Certification in the San Francisco Bay area. I was a middle
school teacher for five years in Plainsboro, NJ, and an
instructional team leader for four years at the Merck Institute
for Science Education in Rahway, NJ. I have focused my research
on teacher leadership and professional development and formative
assessment in science classrooms.
Awards
2008 Young Scholars Research Fellowship
This Knowles Science Teaching Foundation fellowship is designed
to support early career scholars engaged in research critical to
the recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring, and
retention of science and mathematics teachers in U.S. high
schools. Sato is one of only four recipients of this nationally
competitive award.
2008 Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle Rising Star
Award
The Rising Star is given to a pre-tenured female faculty member
of the College of Education and Human Development who has
demonstrated leadership and creativity in an academic area as
shown by research, teaching, and service.
2007 Kappa Delta Pi/AERA Division K Early Career Research
Award
This award, made to a researcher in the first stages of the
research career, recognizes a significant program of research on
important problems in the areas of teaching or teacher
education.
Selected publications
Atkin, J.M, J. E. Coffey, S. Moorthy, M.
Thibeault, & M. Sato. (2005). Designing everyday assessment
in the science classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.
Shulman, J.H. & M. Sato. (Eds.) (2006).
Mentoring teachers toward excellence: Supporting and developing
highly qualified teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Featured research and outreach
April 2006
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