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MAPS Education Mentoring Network

If you are starting out in the planetarium field or have recently moved to a new facility with unfamiliar equipment or curriculum, and have questions for a fellow educator, technician, or coordinator, our mentors can help.  Our field tends to be a specialty in which one often finds oneself operating single handedly without the benefit of immediate consultation with a colleague facing the same challenges.

Below is a list of Planetarium Professionals that have been in the planetarium field a minimum of 5 years and are current M.A.P.S. members.  Those listed are willing to field any calls for advice on curriculum, technology and planetarium related concerns.  There are a few key words associated with each name to give you an idea of their work specialty.

Please avail yourself of this mentor service by calling any of the mentors listed below.  We agree that the only bad question is the one not asked.  No queries will be considered too minor.  If we can't help, we will point out other resources and individuals that can.

As our organization gains new members, we feel the Education Mentor Network will serve a vital function. Unlike education mentors that are assigned, you are free to consult with any of our mentors,  We are a voluntary pool of professionals willing to assist.

Please contact us if you would like to be a mentor and added to our listing.

We are in need of some volunteer mentors from the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,  Delaware, and West Virginia.  This could prove to be an excellent opportunity for more members to get connected, communicate, and assist to raise the professional level of the entire planetarium field.

 
 

Maryland

Name Facility Specialty E- Mail Telephone
Patty Seaton H. B. Owens Planetarium 55' dome
School based Facility
ECCS & Sky Scan Hybrid
patricia.seaton@
pgcps.org
301-918-8750
 

Maine

Name Facility Specialty E- Mail Telephone
John Meader Northern Stars Planetarium

Large and Small portable planetaria

JTMeader@
verizon.net
207-453-7668
         
 
 

New Jersey

Name Facility Specialty E- Mail Telephone
Keith Johnson Edelman Planetarium
Rowan University

Planetarium Director
Spitz 1024

johnson
@rowan.edu
856-256-4389
         

 

New York

 
Name Facility Specialty E- Mail Telephone
Linda Davis Sayville Planetarium GOTO Venus davisl@
sayville.k12.ny.us
 
Megan
Dominguez
Suits-Beuche Planetarium;  Schenectady Museum Assistant Planetarium
Manager
dominguez@
schenectady
museum.org
518-382-7890
x 227
Thomas
Hamilton
H.O.S.S. Planetarium
Staten Island
Apollo I, II,
Apollo Portable
Venus, AP3, Starlab
Minolta MS-8
Tham153@
hotmail.com
718-727-1967
Paul Krupinski Rochester Museum Ancient Eyes Portable Domes, Museum Education mobiledome1993@
earthlink.net
716-681-0204
Steve Russo Suits-Beuche Planetarium;  Schenectady Museum

Museum Planetarium Director, Goto Chronos Space Simulator

russo
@schenectady
museum.org
518-382-7890
x 253
         

 

Pennsylvania

Name Facility Can assist as: E- Mail Telephone
Don Knapp H.Ray Experience Room
Centennial School District

School Planetarium Director, Spitz Sci-Dome
k-12 facility

KnapDo
@Centennial
SD.org
215-441-6000
x 1405
Dan Malerbo Carnegie Science Center, Buhl Planetarium

Education Coordinator Buhl Planetarium / JPL Solar System Educator

malerbod@
carnegiescience
center.org
412-237-1692
Mike Mountjoy The Franklin Institute Computer technician for exhibits Mikem@fi.edu 215-448-1334
Mike Smith North Museum Planetarium, The North Museum of Natural history & Science Senior Astronomy Educator / Planetarium Director Mike.Smith
@fandm.edu
717-291-4315
Ted Williams Mallon Planetarium
Methacton School District
School Planetarium Director, Spitz512ATM4
K-12 facility.
TWilliams@
methacton.org

610-489-5000
x 30208

         

 

Rhode Island

Name Facility Specialty E- Mail Telephone
Francine Jackson Univ. of Rhode Island Planetarium Astronomy Educator francine.Jackson@
brown.edu
 
 
 

Virginia

Name Facility Specialty E- Mail Telephone
Lee Ann Hennig Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

School Planetarium Director Spitz AP3

lahennig
@fcps.edu

703-750-8380

         

 

Last Updated October 31, 2007