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William Crombie
Based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mr. Crombie is an educational consultant specializing in mathematics and science and working primarily with middle and high schools. He is a Master Trainer for the National Algebra Project's Train-theTrainer Program and a member of the faculty of the Princeton University Preparatory Program's summer academy. Mr. Crombie and Staffas Boussard of the University of New Orleans are the principal developers of the Polynomial Calculus Curriculum.
During the 1980s Mr. Crombie was
engaged in teaching both mathematics and physics at the
undergraduate level. He has taught mathematics at
Rutgers-Newark, Worcester Polytechnic, and UMass and
taught physics at Montclair State College. At Montclair
State, he established a thin films laser lab and directed
a number of undergraduate research projects. During this
period he was also involved in mathematics and science
curriculum development.
Since 1990 Mr. Crombie has been involved in the development and delivery of training programs for both teachers and trainers in the National Algebra Project. In collaboration with Bob Moses, the founder of the Algebra Project, Mr. Crombie has worked on the development of the Transition Curriculum Book I, short curriculum modules, and the African Drum and Ratios Curriculum. Since 1991 Mr. Crombie has worked with Dr. James Burrus of McBer and Company, a Boston-based management consulting firm, in establishing the National Algebra's Project Train-the-Trainer Program. He has worked on both the design and delivery of the Algebra Project's Train-the-Trainer Intensive Workshop, Assessment Observer Workshop, Coaching for Development Workshop, and Concept Mastery Modules. He is also the principal author of the Train-the-Trainer's Transition Curriculum Practice Units and Lecture Notes.
Mr. Crombie has worked as a site development consultant to a number of school systems and communities across the nation in their efforts to establish local algebra projects: Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Louisville, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Marlboro County, SC, Plainfield, NJ and New York City. From 1994 to 1997 he was director of the Chicago Algebra Project. In his capacity as director, Mr. Crombie managed the development of the Chicago Algebra Project site, served on the Advisory Board of the Chicago Systemic Initiative (CSI), and provided technical support to both school-based CSI Design Teams and to the City-wide Parent Community Math Science Technology Council.
Since 1996 Mr. Crombie has also worked with Interactive Teaching and Learning (ITL), a whole school improvement program associated with the Chicago Teachers' Center of Northeastern Illinois University, to assist in the development of their school support program in the areas of mathematics and science. Mr. Crombie has worked as a consultant in ITL schools and internally with ITL math and reading consultants in developing a unified approach to reading and mathematics literacy.
Mr. Crombie holds a BA in both mathematics and physics from Rutgers University and an MA in physics from the State University of New York @ Stony Brook