About me
Tara Holaday- STEM Educator
CTE building room # 106
Working hours: 8:00am-3:30pm M-Th, 8:00am-2:30pm F.
Office hours: 12:30-1:00pm daily
Welcome!
I teach two exciting courses, Robotics I and Forensic Science. Robotics I is offered to students to learn the introduction/basis concepts of Robotics. The students will be exposed to the important knowledge and use their critical technical thinking skills in general coding, drones, underwater search devices, and 3-D printing to advance their skills in Robotics II, III, and IV throughout their high school career. The students may be potentially involved in different community-based competitions which will strengthen their resumes and quicker determine what they would like to do upon high school graduation.
The second course offered is our unique Forensic Science course, which is collaborated with RIT/NTID for the dual credit program. It is strongly offered to the college-bound seniors to receive high school and college forensic science credits at the same time. In Forensic Science, we learn the general concepts on the Ethical Standards, Criminal Justice, Fingerprinting, Blood Typing, Hair, Odontology, Anthropology, DNA, Footprint Impressions, and many more!
In addition to learning the concepts, we participate in mock crimes to solve mysterious cases and attend intensive field trips. Some of the field trips include Austin Crime Lab, Body Farm, Correctional Complex, Courthouse, & etc etc. The most exciting field trip we attended last year was witnessing some of the live testimonies at the trial. For any parents and guardians that are interested to volunteer on the field trips, please contact me at my email address above. I am excited to have anyone on board!
At the end of the year, the students participate in the CTE showcase for the audience as well as participating in a rigorous mock court that have been assigned to serve as specific roles such as Judge, Bailiff, Juror, Prosector, Plaintiff, Defendant, etc in a case.
While I serve my fun role as a teacher, I also do coordinations and coaching. Currently, I am also a coordinator and a coach of TSD STEM Tech Girls club and Aerial Drone/underwater ROV club. My goal as an educator this year is to help students realize their potential and engage them into the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) field. Being involved in the STEM field will allow the students to gain perspectives of the science process, use logical reasonings and evidence, and to solve real world problems.
Education at Rochester Institute of Technology
- MS in Secondary Deaf Education
- BS in Biomedical Sciences
Work Experience
- Texas School for the Deaf
- Sequoia School for the Secondary Ed.
Certifications
- Deaf and HOH K-12
- Bilingual Education
- Spec. Ed.
Let's have a great year together. Please stop by our classroom anytime! We would love to have you check out our school work. Please do email me with questions that you may have!
"The Science of today is the technology of tomorrow." - Edward Teller
