Justin McFadden is a science education faculty member who has worked with pre-service and in-service science teachers within Jefferson County Public Schools and across the state of Kentucky for several years. His scholarship investigates: (1) how various supports for teachers can be leveraged to enact appropriate and necessary instructional change, and (2) the influx of STEM-integrated learning experiences in science education. He is an elected board member with the state’s science teacher association as well as the Kentucky Academy of Science. He frequents classrooms locally given a previously funded National Science Foundation project that ends in 2023. He has expertise in teacher learning and NGSS-aligned instruction/curriculum development.