Jill Johnson is a STEM education professional from Orlando, Florida with a passion for inspiring innovation and STEM confidence among young learners. She earned her master’s degree in instructional design and educational technology from the University of Central Florida. Jill is a certified Elementary Education K-6 Teacher, with an endorsement in Reading and English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
With over 10 years of classroom experience, Jill also worked to initiate new community partnerships and STEM engagement opportunities in a number of ways. She designed and established a dedicated Makerspace and school-site STEM Lab for K-5; including 3D printing, LEGO Education coding solutions, and the establishment of a local Girls Who Code club, participating in district-wide K-12 STEM competitions and hosting annual community engagement events focused on STEM engagement. She was named Curriculum Associates Extraordinary Educator 2022, and most recently a LEGO Education Ambassador.
Jillian has participated in numerous global webinars, expert panels, and educational podcasts focused on STEM Education with companies such as Tech & Learning, Symbaloo, LEGO Education, and Curriculum Associates. She has also co-authored a peer-reviewed journal article published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and presented at the STEM Education Conference at Purdue University. Jill will be presenting at the Space Educators Conference in Kennedy Space Center and ISTE Live 24 in Denver, CO the summer of 2024.
Learn more about Jill Johnson's projects and work here.
Sessions in which Jillian Johnson participates
Friday 28 June, 2024
Learn how to empower students in STEM with interactive hands-on explorations focused on building earth, space and science vocabulary aligned with NGSS. Participants will explore engineering with a variety of supplies that will complement classroom lessons and give teachers the confidence to lead students through creative, curriculum based STEAM projects about space. Building models of space vocabulary will b...
Sessions in which Jillian Johnson attends
Wednesday 26 June, 2024
Begin SPACE Conference at our Welcome Ceremony with an inspiring message from Barbara Morgan. Barbara Morgan is a NASA astronaut (retired) and educator. She trained with the Challenger crew as the backup for Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe. Later, after teaching public school for 24 years i...
Astronaut Fred Haise is an American legend. He will join us virtually during the lunch hour on day one of SPACE 2024. What an amazing treat for our educators! He will tell his story of Apollo 13 and answer questions live with our conference participants via Zoom.
How often do we look up at the night sky and wonder what we are seeing? What star or constellation is that? Is that a star or a planet? What do we say if a child or student asks these questions of us? Please join us as we will present some basic night sky viewing information and ideas for the elementary and middle school classroom. You do not need to be an expert astronomer to be able to take your students o...
Tired of the same old plant growth lessons? Help spark student interest in agriculture using Space as the hook. When humans go to settle the Moon and Mars, they will have to eat. While some food may be flown in, we will have to learn to cultivate food on other worlds. Help students look at growing crops a whole new way as they use the experimental design process to plan and carry out investigations to cultiv...
Thursday 27 June, 2024
Friday 28 June, 2024
Pick up lunch at The Center for Space Education and enjoy time at the KSC Visitor Complex. Picnic tables and indoor dining locations are available for seating. The Center for Space Education will be closed from 12:00-1:15 p.m.
RSVP to attend the Galactic Gala on Friday, June 28. The Galactic Gala Reception begins at 6:30 p.m with the Galactic Gala beginning at 7:00 p.m. Join us for a night of dinner, dancing and a celebration of the educators at SPACE with special guest Winston Scott. Attire for the Galactic Gala is formal. All attendees must RSVP yes to attend the Galactic Gala. This RSVP is only for educator attendees to SPACE. If you wish to bring a guest to the Galactic Gala a Galactic G...
