Marian is also part of CSE’s high school curriculum development team and designs professional development components. She is one of the authors of Guiding Curriculum Decisions for Middle-Grades Science and School and District-Level Support for Science Education Reform.

She has consulted with public television in the development of the Learning Science through Inquiry series funded by Annenberg/CPB. She has also co-presented strands on assessment and science and literacy at National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual conferences. She has designed and conducted professional development and technical assistance for middle and high school administrators and teacher leaders throughout the nation, including the Portland (OR), New York City, Cambridge (MA), and Fort Wayne (TX) public schools. For 20 years, she was a middle school teacher in Haverhill, Mass., where she also served as science coordinator for the district. Marian has a degree in curriculum, instruction, and administration in science education from Boston College.