John Moore
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Geosciences
New Jersey – Grades 9-12, Earth Systems and Environmental Science
John Moore was faculty member at the Burlington County Institute of Technology in Medford, NJ for over 28 years. He developed the Geospatial Technologies Program, a Career Major, workforce development program, for students grades 9-12 pursuing careers in STEM related fields. John began his career at BCIT designing and teaching the Environmental Studies Program with a particular focus on the use of real time data, satellite imagery, computer visualizations and other remote sensing data sets.
The State of New Jersey named Moore the NJ Conservation Teacher of the Year in four separate years. He has also received the NJ Environmental Educator of the Year by the NJ Audubon Society, the NJ AgriScience Teacher of the Year by the NJ FFA, and the NJ Wall-Mart/Phi Delta Kappa Teacher of the Year. Recently, John was recognized by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers as the “Outstanding Earth Science Teacher of the Year” in NJ and was named the Eastern Section OEST which is comprised of seven states.
He is a contributing author for two texts on Environmental Sustainability, has pioneered and lectured around the world on topics relating to the incorporating remote sensing and use of real time data in the pre-college classroom. John is the NJ GLOBE Program Partner Director and an American Metrological Society Education Resource Agent and is also a Local Implementation Team Leader for the AMS DataStreme Online graduate pre-college teacher courses. John is also an AMS Maury Project Peer Trainer, a teacher enhancement program hosted by the US Naval Academy.
He holds undergraduate degrees in Urban Planning and Environmental Science from Stockton State College in NJ, a Master’s degree in Environmental Conservation and Education from Rowan University in NJ, and has completed requirements at Temple University in the pursuit of an Ed.D. in Science Education.
Moore spent his fellowship year at the National Science Foundation where he served in the Directorate for Geosciences.