Savanna Starko
High School STEM Instructor at Templeton Academy
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolSavanna Starko is a STEM educator and former high-energy physics researcher with nine years of experience teaching mathematics and physics across K–12 and university settings. She earned dual BAs in Mathematics and Physics and a PhD in Physics from Vanderbilt, where she continued as a research assistant, postdoc, and Senior Lecturer teaching introductory life-sciences physics. Now thriving as a High School STEM Instructor at a project-based learning school in Nashville, she teaches Algebra I through Calculus, physics, and chemistry while bringing rigorous research habits into the classroom. Savanna pairs classroom practice with a dedication to student-centered learning and real-world problem solving, and she also channels her passion for teaching into community wellness as a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher. Her background in experimental and computational physics informs a hands-on, data-minded approach to STEM instruction that helps students connect abstract concepts to tangible projects.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Moon Area High SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and Physics at Washington and Jefferson CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at Vanderbilt University
Spanish, English
Github Skills (1)
analyzer5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BSM3G/Analyzer
Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
starkosavanna/zp_0bpVBF16_afterplotter_12.10.20
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 4 days
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