Dr. Gary Holliday

Gary M. Holliday Ph.D.

Assistant Director; Associate Professor Curricular & Instructional Studies
LeBron James Family Foundation School of Education (Middle Level and AYA Science)

Consulting

  • Instructor and Supervisor, Supervision of program instructors, effective teaching and lesson plan seminars for instructors of the High Institute for Elastomer Industries, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, 2014-15
  • Co-Instructor, Taiwan Academic Cultural Exchange for students of the Mingdao High School in Taipei, Taiwan at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL (Summer), 2013-15
  • Co-Instructor, Institute for the Advancement of Inquiry Based Science Teaching at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL (Summer). Sponsored by INTEL Education Initiative, China. 2013-15
  • Science Editorial Reviewer, National Geographic Science: Teachers Editions, Science Inquiry and Writing Books (3-5th Grade Life Science, Earth Science, and Physical Science), by Randy Bell, Judith Lederman, Malcolm Butler, Kathy Cabe Trundle, and David Moore. National Geographic School Publishing, Hampton-Brown: Washington DC, 2010.
  • Science Trainer, Zula International, Burbank, CA, 2006-2011
  • Responsible for conducting workshops for pre-K through 2nd grade teachers about using public television programming and associated materials to enhance science, mathematics, and reading literacy in the curriculum.
    • WTTW PBS Television Studio, Chicago, IL (November, 2006)
    • Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL (December, 2006)
    • WTTW PBS Television Studio, Chicago, IL (October, 2007)
    • Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL (April 24 & 25, 2009)
    • Headstart, New Orleans, LA (November, 2009)
    • Headstart, Washington, DC (January 14 & 15, 2010)
    • Department of Education, Queens, NY (June 10, 2010)
    • Summer Institute: Focus on Inquiry, Washington, DC (June 24 & 25, 2010)
    • Headstart, Alexandria, VA (August 31, 2010)
    • NYC Education Department, Manhattan, NY (March 30, 2011)
  • Illustrator and Designer, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, 2004
  • Large format storyboards for PreK-3 education programs:
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: The birthday feast
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: The right move
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: Elly Jelly’s surprise
    • Happy Hermit
    • Can you do it?
  • Science Editorial Reviewer, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, 2003.
  • K-3 marine science curriculum (readers, teacher guides, and workbooks):
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: Elly Jelly’s surprise.
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: Big Wilma.
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: The right move.
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: The color changer.
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: The best defense.
    • Elly Jelly looks at marine animals: The birthday feast.
  • Science Editorial Reviewer, Penguin Putnam Publishers, New York, 2002.
  • All Aboard Science Reader: Whales (Grades 1 - 3), by Graham Faiella.

Museum Exhibit Productions

  • Designed, produced exhibit features, and installed Joint Ventures, an exhibition
    produced for the Museum of Natural History, Providence, RI, 1998
  • Designed and installed Circle of the Sea, an exhibition for the Museum of Natural
    History, Providence, RI, 2000