Speaking & Professional Engagement
Helping educators turn ambitious ideas into everyday practice.
I speak, facilitate workshops, and coach educators on science instruction, curriculum design, and purposeful technology use. My work connects the questions teachers face in the classroom with the planning, practice, and support that make new approaches usable.
I bring more than 15 years in education, seven years of science department leadership, and experience in corporate learning and higher education. Across these settings, I focus on helping people understand complex ideas and put them to work.
Selected Speaking Engagements
NSTA National Conference · Atlanta · March 24, 2023
Spending a Semester in Space
Presented a schoolwide, interdisciplinary learning experience that culminated in a live radio contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The session explored how a shared theme can connect subjects and grade levels while giving educators a practical model for designing an immersive learning experience.
National conference presentation · 2023
AP Annual Conference
Presented on mastery-based grading in high school mathematics and science, bringing a classroom perspective to how assessment can recognize student understanding and support continued learning.
Professional Learning & Educator Development
SEM workshops · Co-facilitator
Hands-on scientific instrumentation
Co-facilitated more than six hours of hands-on scanning electron microscope workshops for dozens of science educators in Collier County. This work connected advanced scientific instrumentation with classroom investigation and student research.
Florida independent-school educators · 2021
Interactive video instruction
Led a webinar series on interactive video lessons, sharing ways to make digital instruction more active and purposeful.
Faculty workshops & reusable resources
Teacher Toolbox professional learning
Designed and delivered professional learning on NotebookLM and Blackbaud/Cougar Campus, supported by reusable examples and asynchronous resources that teachers could return to as they implemented new workflows.
K3–12 leadership & teacher preparation
Curriculum and educator coaching
Supported teachers through observation, collaborative planning, curriculum review, and instructional feedback during seven years of science department leadership. As adjunct faculty at Florida SouthWestern State College, I coach future teachers in standards-aligned lesson design, accessible materials, and purposeful technology selection.
Ongoing Professional Engagement
Technology Trendsetter & Consultant · 2025–present
Vernier Science Education
My engagement draws on classroom experience using Vernier probeware and data analysis to support measurement, graphing, and evidence-based explanations, alongside K3–12 curriculum alignment and educator development.
AP Chemistry Reader · 2025–present
College Board
Apply national scoring standards to student responses and bring that perspective back to assessment design, scientific reasoning, and instructional feedback.
Topics for Tailored Sessions
Designing science content others can use
Build clear investigations, teacher guidance, and assessments around a shared learning goal. Examine how curriculum alignment, usable instructions, and thoughtful feedback help educators adapt a resource to their own classrooms.
From data collection to scientific reasoning
Connect hands-on investigations and probeware with the thinking students need to do: choosing measurements, interpreting graphs, examining uncertainty, and using evidence to explain scientific relationships.
Professional learning beyond the workshop
Design preparation, practice, feedback, and follow-up around the skills educators need to apply. Explore how reusable resources and blended learning can support implementation across a department or program.
Purposeful AI in teaching and training
Develop practical workflows for planning, resource creation, and feedback while preserving professional judgment. Focus on source verification, accessibility, and clear expectations for responsible use.
How I Work
I start with the work participants need to do. Sessions combine clear explanations with authentic examples, time to try an approach, and feedback on how to adapt it. Depending on the engagement, that work may become a lesson, an investigation, a job aid, or an implementation plan that participants can continue developing afterward.
Conference presentations · Hands-on workshops · Live virtual sessions · Faculty coaching · Program consultation
Speaker Bio
Christiana Deeter is a science educator, instructional designer, and learning strategist with more than 15 years in education. Her experience includes K3–12 curriculum leadership, educator coaching, corporate learning through CBR Strategic Communications, and teacher preparation at Florida SouthWestern State College. She has presented at NSTA and the AP Annual Conference and serves as a Vernier Technology Trendsetter and consultant and an AP Chemistry Reader. She holds an M.A. in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from Florida Gulf Coast University and is a doctoral student in Educational Technology at the University of Florida, studying blended professional learning and skill transfer.
Let’s build a session around the work you want to improve.
Share your audience, instructional goals, and the challenge you want to address. I welcome conversations about conference presentations, professional learning, science curriculum, and technology implementation.