Professional Development

Twana Young is a former classroom teacher, district curriculum specialist, and district curriculum director for Math, Science and Instructional Technology with over 20 years of experience in education.

She’s led school improvement efforts; developed and implemented curriculum, assessments, coaching programs, STEM learning pathways and professional development trainings for teachers.

Throughout her career Twana has been a leader at the local, state and national levels focused on developing innovative programs and resources to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics

Marti Klingshirn taught elementary students in a large urban school district. She achieved National Board Certification as a Middle Childhood Generalist.

During her final 8 years in the district, she worked as an Elementary Math Curriculum Coordinator. Marti has conducted trainings and worked on standards and assessment projects at the local, state and national level.

Marti came to work at MIND because of her commitment to math education and her belief that ST Math could make a significant difference for students.

Vivian Cullen is an accomplished educational leader with an infectious enthusiasm for the future of mathematics instruction. Her mission is to foster a powerful ‘we can’ attitude for teaching and learning mathematics by designing and delivering innovative instructional content that promotes a new generation of students who love math and are capable of solving the world’s most challenging problems.

She advocates for focusing on critical thinking, motivating students through blended and brain-based learning strategies, and promoting effective questioning strategies to increase student achievement.

Carl Robison is a former teacher with a BA degree in Elementary Education from University of Central Florida. He spent 13 years teaching elementary and middle school math and 10 years as a GED adult educator.

Carl also spent 5 years as the owner and operator of FCAT Blast, an edutainment company aimed at increasing scores on the Florida state exam. He also spent 5 years as an education consultant/on-air host at Educational Management Group.

He has been with MIND Research Institute for 8 years as an education consultant and a curriculum developer.

Lynn Nordstrom, PhD, has been a curriculum developer at MIND for over 4 years. Before receiving a doctorate in Instructional Design for Online Learning, she taught PK through 8th grade and graduate courses in math for teachers.

She was the Principal Investigator on several large math and science grants. Lynn lives over a mile high in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she does, in fact, put green chile on everything.

Will Miller has been a distance learning developer at MIND for the past 4 years and has 11 years experience in education. While earning his MS in Education he worked as a curriculum designer and adult instructor of ESL.

After graduating, Will served for 3 years as an Instructional Designer building online learning, in-person training, and certificate program materials for educational technology companies.

For the past 6 years, he has been a distance learning web developer building HTML5 course and manual frameworks, various web applications, and a central learning hub for adult learners.