Ken Bergwerff

Completed BA in Elementary Education at Calvin College, 1978
Taught in Redlands, California from 1978 to 1983
Moved back to Grand Rapids to teach at Sylvan Christian Middle School, 1983 to 2001
Earned his MAT in Science Education at Grand Valley State University, 1988

Was adjunct for the Education department 1999–2001
Joined the GEO Department in fall 2001
Developed both an introductory biology course and and Earth science course specifically for elementary education majors
For the past several years, has been active with providing in service training to middle school teachers in the US and Canada.
From 2006 through the present he has done professional development work and curriculum development with area middle and high school teachers funded by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
A trip to Liberia, summer of 2008 (funded by the Kuyers Institute), provided the opportunity to train science teachers in schools in the Christian Schools Network as well as conduct seminars for the University of Liberia in inquiry-based teaching.

Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Was adjunct for the Education department 1999–2001
Joined the GEO Department in fall 2001
Developed both an introductory biology course and and Earth science course specifically for elementary education majors
For the past several years, has been active with providing in service training to middle school teachers in the US and Canada
From 2006 through the present he has done professional development work and curriculum development with area middle and high school teachers funded by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
A trip to Liberia, summer of 2008 (funded by the Kuyers Institute), provided the opportunity to train science teachers in schools in the Christian Schools Network as well as conduct seminars for the University of Liberia in inquiry-based teaching.