Alison Mote
Teaching Experience
Austin Community College (2025-Present)
- Design and deliver engaging, student-centered instruction for Intro to Environmental Science courses aligned with departmental Course Learning Outcomes.
- Evaluate student academic performance through timely, constructive feedback and aligned assessment practices.
- Serve as an academic mentor, guiding students toward educational and career pathways within the Earth and Environmental Sciences.
- Cultivate an equitable, accessible, and inclusive learning environment free from bias or discrimination.
NASA GLOBE Program (2023-2026)
- Design and facilitate the GLOBE Student Experience, a summer virtual and field-based learning and research experience for select International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) and Student Research Symposium participants from GLOBE regions around the world.
University of Texas OnRamps Dual Enrollment Program (2016-2023)
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Designed, led, and implemented annual and ongoing professional learning institutes for Geoscience Instructors in collaboration with UT faculty and course staff.
Austin Independent School District (2007-2016)
- The Ann Richards School For Young Women Leaders (2012-2016): AP Environmental Science, OnRamps Dual Enrollment Geoscience, and Pre-AP Physics
- W.B. Travis High School (2007-2012): Physics, Chemistry, and Earth and Space Science
Professional Publications
2025 American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (AGU), Washington, D.C.; The GLOBE Annual Meeting Student Experience: Collaboration among a global community of students, educators, and scientists to develop an enriching summer field program
2024 Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST), Houston, TX; Workshop title: Sketching to Learn
2021 Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST), Fort Worth, TX; Workshop title: Chemistry (of) Rocks!
2021 Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, Virtual Meeting; Workshop title: Best Practices for Implementing Dual Enrollment Programs
2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) GIFT Workshop for Teachers; Workshop title: Flood Hazards in the 21st Century
Published: August 19, 2026