Andrew Lantos

Engineering and Computer Science High School Teacher @Baltimore County Public Schools

Baltimore, MD, US

Courses taught:*Foundations of Engineering (Engineering by Design curriculum)*Introduction to Engineering Design (Project Lead the Way curriculum)*Civil Engineering and Architecture (Project Lead the Way curriculum)*Engineering Design and Development (Project Lead the Way curriculum)*Principles of Engineering (Project Lead the Way curriculum)*Foundations of Computer Science (Code.org CSD);*AP CSP (Code.org);*AP Computer Science A (Code.org, CS Awesome)Project Based Learning =Projects in which students applied knowledge to solve a “design challenge”Engineering:*Design and Build a Puzzle Cube*Autodesk Inventor certification *Design and build an Automata*Habitat for Humanity design project*Architectural style model project*Build a Complex Machine (think Rube Goldberg)*Build a Solar Powered, Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered vehicle Computer Science projects and languages learned:*Website design (HTML & CSS)*Choose your own adventure Halloween project (HTML & CSS)*Circuit playground coding projects*Design and code an interactive E-greeting card (Javascript)*Design and code a video game (Javascript) Trainings completed:*ESOL/ SIOP training (April 2024)*AVID teacher certification*CIA (Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment) with respect to Danielson Framework (2016)*Attended 4 USNaval Academy STEM educator trainings (Saturdays)Honors and Achievements:*Named “Top 20 feeder school” into A. James Clark school of Engineering (University of Maryland)*Winner BCPS countywide Engineering Capstone symposium (“Shark Tank-like design competition”)*2018 First Place STEM Innovation challenge (Northrop Grumman)*2019 Second Place STEM Innovation challenge (Northrop Grumman)*Bike Build event (2019) Northrop Grumman Personal Acclaims:*Student-voted \"Teacher of the Month\" April 2021*Earning \"highly-effective\" teacher rating (highest rating for 3 consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019)