Abby Bond

Abby Bond STEM Program Coordinator abby.bond@valpo.edu 219.464.5207 Wesemann Hall 209

Education

B.A. in Elementary Education from Olivet Nazarene University with Middle School Endorsements in Science, Social Science and Language Arts (2010)

Biography

Abby Bond is the coordinator of Valparaiso University’s “Engineering the Teacher’s of the Future” STEM certification program. She works to recruit, prepare and retain highly qualified STEM teachers for Indiana at both the elementary and secondary levels. This mission extends to both inservice and pre-service level educators.

Prior to joining Valparaiso University, Abby worked as an educator in Illinois for eleven years, teaching elementary and middle school levels. Along with classroom instruction she worked to develop standard based STEM curriculum which she instructed and delivered to middle school students. Her professional interests include developing integrated storyline curriculum units and professional trainings within the realm of STEM education.