I'm passionate about authentic scientific inquiry and engineering design for students, particularly in ways that relate to their immediate communities.
Education
EdD Candidate, Secondary Education with a concentration in Chemistry, Kennesaw State University (In Progress)
EdS, Curriculum and Instruction, Piedmont College, 2017
MA, Teaching, Piedmont College, 2016
BS, Chemistry, University of Toledo, 2014
BA, Physics, University of Toledo, 2014
Professional Experience
STEM Curriculum Development Lead, Georgia Tech Research Institute, 2020 - present
Instructional Coach, Gwinnett County Public Schools, 2018 - 2020
Chemistry Lead Teacher, Meadowcreek High School, Gwinnett County Public Schools 2016 - 2018
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellow, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2015 - 2016
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Ellingson Research Group, University of Toledo, 2010 - 2014
Peer Leader, Chemistry Department, University of Toledo 2011 - 2013
Volunteer and Professional Engagement
American Chemical Society, 2013 - present
Associate Member, Society Committee on Education (SOCED), 2020 - present
Served on ChemLuminary review teams
Served as a reviewer on ACS education programs, such as the ACS Bridge Fellowship
Supporting Excellence in Education K12 SubGroup Chair
American Association of Chemistry Teachers, 2016 - present
Secretary, Awards and Nominations Committee, 2020-2022
Organized summer 2020 virtual symposium, Supporting all students in the learning of chemistry
Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - present
Section Secretary, 2019 - 2021
Documented section activities, business, and outreach for quarterly and annual reports
Coordinated annual elections for section leadership
Authored quarterly section newsletters, The Filter Press
Successfully authored multiple grants to facilitate new avenues in member engagement
Served as the section's Google GSuite and MailChimp administrator
Mini Grants Committee Chair, 2018 - 2021
Publicized the section's request for proposals for our annual mini grants funding opportunity
Recruited for the annual review committee and supported the reviewal of proposals
Oversaw the funding and reporting of each awardee
Science Coaches Committee Chair, 2016 - 2019
Georgia Science Teacher's Association, 2016 - present
Presented at multiple GSTA conferences on STEM education topics
Contributed to the GSTA phenomenon resources bank
Founding Member, Building Ohio's Sustainable Energy Future, 2010 - 2014
Intern, Ottawa Hill's Citizens' Energy Task Force, 2010 - 2012
Publications and Presentations
Tyler Kinner, Sparking discovery and exploration - from home! National Science Teaching Association Engage Fall20 Conference, Virtual Conference, November 2020
Tyler Kinner, Creating equity in the digital classroom, Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship Virtual Symposium, June 2020
Tyler Kinner, Using the engineering design process for student success in chemistry, American Association of Chemistry Teachers Webinar, January 2020
Tyler Kinner, How do middle grade students interpret particulate-level animations?, C.U.R.E. - Chemistry Education Symposium, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Savanah, GA, October 2019
Tyler Kinner, Engineering in the chemistry classroom, Teacher's Program, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Savannah, GA, October 2019
Tyler Kinner, But I’m a science teacher! Leveraging the engineering embedded in the NGSS, Teacher's Day Program, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, August 2019
Tyler Kinner and Leslie Dunham, Walking in Wonder, but Using the Crosswalk, Piedmont Educator Renewal Conference, Demorest, GA, March 2019
Tyler Kinner, Incorporating the engineering design process into the core content setting, National Convening of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Newark, NJ, July 2018
Tyler Kinner, Assessment design in chemistry: A high school experience with Webb's depth of knowledge, the next generation science standards, and Item response theory, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charlotte, NC, October 2017
Tyler Kinner, Leslie Dunham, and Shelby Schuller, Constructivism on the clock, Piedmont Educator Renewal Conference, Demorest, GA, March 2017
Tyler Kinner and Leslie Dunham, Social justice and the STEM pipeline: Overcoming stereotype threat and confirmation bias in the STEM/STEAM classroom, Piedmont Educator Renewal Conference, Demorest, GA, March 2016
Tyler Kinner, Experiences, ideas, resources, and concerns with enriching your science classroom with nanoscience in a bid to expand STEM connections, Georgia Science Teachers Annual Conference, Stone Mountain, GA, February 2016
Tyler Kinner, Khagendra P. Bhandari, Ebin Bastola, Bradley M. Monahan, Neale O. Haugen, Paul J. Roland, Terry P. Bigioni and Randy J. Ellingson. "Majority Carrier Type Control of Cobalt Iron Sulfide (CoxFe1-xS2) Pyrite Nanocrystals." J. Phys. Chem. C (2016) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11204.
K. P. Bhandari, P. J. Roland, T. Kinner, Y. Cao, H. Choi, S. Jeong, and R. J. Ellingson. "Analysis and characterization of iron pyrite nanocrystals and nanocrystalline thin films derived from bromide anion synthesis." J. Mat. Chem. A 3, 6853-6861(2015). DOI: 10.1039/c4ta06320a.
K. P. Bhandari, R. R. Khanal, N. R. Paudel, P. Koirala, P. J. Roland, T. Kinner, Y. Yan, R. W. Collins, M. J. Heben, and R. J. Ellingson. "Performance of nanocrystalline iron pyrite as the back contact to CdS/CdTe solar cells." 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2293-2298 (2014).
Tyler Kinner, Brad Monahan, Khagendra Bhandari, Terry Bigioni, and Randy J. Ellingson, Towards Earth-abundant solar cells: An experimental survey of FeS2 nanocrystal synthesis for thin-film photovoltaics, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, October 2013.