WENDY VIDOR – CURRICULUM VITAE

Phone: (386) 569-1055 164 Rolling Sands Drive

vidorw@hotmail.com Palm Coast, FL 32164

Experienced science educator with 17 years’ experience in teaching and leadership. Expert in STEM
curriculum writing, project development, and teacher professional development training in horticulture
science and plant biotechnology.

EDUCATION PhD University of Florida, Horticultural Sciences, December 2017

Dissertation: “A Model to Implement a STEM Curriculum in Plant
Biotechnology at the Secondary School Level”
Committee: Michael Kane, Ph.D., Mary Jo Koroly, Ph.D., Grady Roberts,
Ph.D., Charles Guy, Ph.D., Carrie Adams, Ph.D.

MS University of Florida, Agriculture Education, May 2008

Masters Project: Curriculum in Horticulture: Teachhort.com”
Advisor: Shannon Washburn, Ph.D.

BS Northern Illinois University, Education, December 1983

Bachelor of Science in Education
Minored in Health Education

HONORS AND Blue Water Grant, St. John’s Water Management District, 2017
AWARDS Classroom STEM grant to teach students about conserving water utilizing a drip
irrigation system for horticulture crops.

Nutrients for Life Grant, Nutrients for Life.org, 2014

Student STEM project developing educational teaching programs for elementary
schools on best management practices for fertilizer.

Mosaic Biotechnology Scholarship, 2013

Teacher Training Scholarship for agriculture biotechnology.

Aquatic Plant Tissue Culture in the Classroom,2010

Flagler Education Association. Developed plant biotechnology curriculum.

Teach Hort.com, 2008

Teacher training modules in horticulture developed with the Florida Nursery
Growers and Landscape Association for high school agriculture education teachers.

Athletic Scholarship, Northern Illinois University, 1980-1983

Women’s Gymnastics Scholarship

TEACHING Matanzas High School, Palm Coast, Florida

EXPERIENCE CTE Department Head/Science Teacher, 2006-Present
● Taught Agriscience Biotechnology/Horticulture, a secondary course
averaging 130 students per semester, covering the following topics: botany,
DNA applications, genetics, environmental science, genetic engineering,
soil fertility, water quality.

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 ● Developed STEM project-based curriculum modules, exams, and laboratory
exercises.
● Developed training programs for industry certifications in agriculture
biotechnology and FCHP horticulture professional certifications.
● Coordinated training in environmental horticulture projects with community
and industry stakeholders with job shadowing and internships.
● Successfully mentored students and increased industry exam pass rate in
agriculture biotechnology and horticulture to 88% pass rate.
● Capably developed and mentored students in the FFA in leadership skills,
career development, and career success.

Florida Gateway College, Lake City, Florida

Adjunct Professor, 2015-Present
● Taught Landscape Plants Course, an undergraduate course in landscape
plant identification and design.
● Developed curriculum and designed course assignments using Canvas
learning management system.
● Graded and taught asynchronous course.

Campbell Middle School, Daytona Beach, Florida

Agriscience Technology Teacher, 2003-2006
● Taught Agritechnology Computer-based course to 125 middle school
PROFESSIONAL students using computerized laboratory modules.
EXPERIENCE ● Developed schools first FFA agriculture leadership program for inner city
students.

Greenhouse Owner and Operator, Messenger Gardens, Lockport, IL, 1996 -

2001.
● Managed, grew, sold specialty annuals to local garden centers and
landscape contractors.

Outside Nursery Sales Representative, Midwest Groundcovers, St. Charles, IL,

1993-1996.
● Sold groundcover plants and maintained commercial landscape accounts in
three state regions of Midwest.

Floral Sales/Research Assistant, Abbot Laboratories, North Chicago, IL.

1991- 1993.
● Research and marketing of a floral growth preservative.

PUBLICATIONS/ Workshop,” The Effect of Flipping Instruction on Plant Biotechnology Content

PRESENTATIONS Knowledge”, University of Florida Micropropagation Teaching Laboratory,
AND INVITED November 2016.
LECTURED
Workshop, “Teacher Plant Biotechnology Workshop”, University of Florida
Micropropagation Teaching Laboratory, November 2015.

Workshop, University of Florida CPET, Bench to Bedside, Action Research

Proposal: “The Effect of Applying Flipping Methods in a Plant Biotechnology
Module to Increase Content Understanding of Viruses”, June 2015.

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 Workshop, “Plant Biotechnology and Common Core Integration,” NAAE
Convention, Vision, December 2013.

Sea Oats Restoration Project, University of Florida, Sea Grant, 2012-2013. Worked
with micropropagation laboratory research team, and Sea Grant to grow out sea oats
in school greenhouse and planted as a restoration beach project.

PROFESSIONAL Seminar or Workshop

TRAINING CASE for Agriculture Biotechnology, Maryland, 2013
Description: Agriculture Biotechnology Training in Wet Lab Techniques.

CPET, Summer Research Experience, Teacher Fellowship, 2016. Research Lab:

Dr. Matias Kirst, Forest Genomics.

PROFESSIONAL FCHP Horticulture Professional Certification, Florida Nursery Growers and

CERTIFICATIONS Landscape Association, 2014

Agricultural Biotechnology Certification, Florida Farm Bureau, 2015

Professional Educators Certificate, Florida Department of Education, 2003 to

Present.

COMPUTER Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

SKILLS Learning Management Systems: Schoology, Canvas
IBM SPSS Statistical Software Applications

REFERENCES Dr. Michael Kane, Professor

Environmental Horticultural
University of Florida
PO Box 110675
Gainesville, FL. 32611
Phone:352-273-4500
Email: micropro@ufl.edu

Dr. Maryjo Koroly, Research Associate Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology College of Medicine
University of Florida
PO Box 112010,
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: (352) 392-7685
Email: korolymj@cpet.ufl.edu

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