National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Featuring One of Our Own

The link below will take you to an article that Lynn Jeka from YES co-authored for the National Science Teaching Association's (NSTA) online publication, "Next GenNavigator".  The article is a glimpse into the ongoing work Y.E.S. is engaged in for the "Making Science Multilingual" project in conjunction with NSTA and WIDA. 

Lynn M. Jeka, a 2021 Nevada State Teacher of the Year Finalist, has 18 years of elementary education experience. She holds a master’s degree in STEM Education from the University of Nevada, Reno, and is currently the science specialist/STEM coach at Yerington Elementary School in Yerington, Nevada. 

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