Few state level subject matter specialists existed prior the enactment
of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in 1958, that act provided
funding for the employment of mathematics, science, foreign language,
and eventually reading and social studies supervisors in most of the
fifty states. After meeting for a few years, to discuss state and national
level concerns, during or prior to the National Science Teachers Association's
National Convention, these new state science specialists formed the Council
of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) on March 28, 1963 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. A constitution was approved and Franklin Kizer (Virginia)
was elected the organization's first President.
| ? Dick Clark |
? Dick Peterson |
? Ken Dowling |
? Larry McKinney |
? Sigmond Abeles |
1975 Bud Edgar |
1975-76 Ray Theiss |
1976-77 Doug Reynolds |
1980 Lonnie Love |
| 1982-83 Joe Huckstein |
1984-85 Joe Exline |
1986-87 Jack Gerlovich |
1988-89 David Kennedy |
1990-91 Romona Anshutz |
1992-93 Bill Spooner |
1994 Mike Lang |
1995-97 Tom Keller |
1998-99 Mary Gromko |
| 2000-01 Steve Weinberg |
2002-03 Jim Woodland |
2003-04 Brett Moulding |
2004-05 Bill Tucci |
2005-06 Richard Vineyard |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 Jan McLaughlin |
2009-10 Stephen Pruitt |
CSSS Logos
The first CSSS Logo was blue and white and contained the Sun, a DNA Double Helix, and just below that two children looking at the night's sky. In the upper right hand corner was a rocket orbiting the Earth. C. J. Evans designed the new Logo in the 1900's.
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In its early years, CSSS existed as a unincorporated organization and could not receive direct grants to hold meetings for its own members professional development. Neither could it be awarded contracts to perform services, for which it was uniquely qualified, for federal and national agencies. Therefore, it often formed partnerships with universities, among them were the University of Texas, the University of Virginia, and Portland State, which served as CSSS's agent in obtaining such grants. In the late 60's, CSSS recognize the need to apply directly for its grants and negotiate its own terms. This led to CSSS incorporating as a nonprofit entity in the state of Virginia. The current registered agent of the corporation is Linda Jordan, CSSS Executive Secretary.
In the late 1970's, the corporation contracted with the National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health to cooperatively develop a training manual on "Safety in the School Science Laboratory" in 1979. This publication was followed by a "Manual of Safety and Health Hazards in the School Science Laboratory" in 1980. The identification of some hazard chemicals in these publications led to the need to develop standards for identifying chemicals that were indeed hazardous when used in the school environment. As a result the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission joined the Council in developing the 1984 publication, "School Science Laboratories: A Guide to Some Substances." These publications have served as the foundation documents for most of the school laboratory safety manuals, and associated training efforts, of the states over the last 15 years. CSSS is working to develop a laboratory safety manual to be distributed free to all high schools.
The Council's long standing relationship with IBM lead to the development of PSInet, the first nationwide computer network for science supervisors. However, with most states connected to the Internet it was time for the Council to move onto a CSSS Home Page and Listserver for communication.
CSSS works in collaboration with all science education organizations. Its members have served on AAAS's Project 2061 and NSTA Scope, Sequence, and Coordination Project to mention a few.
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching is a program of the National Science Foundation. Each year, this activity identifies outstanding K-12 teachers of science and mathematics from the 50 states and four U.S. jurisdictions. The program seeks to enhance the status and visibility of the teaching profession and to demonstrate the importance of good teaching.
The Council has administrated the state programs for the Presidential Awards in Science Teaching from the beginning in 1983. The Council members are the key contact for the program in each state.
Professional development training for science supervisors has long been a goal of organization. The Council is presently providing professional development for all our members and is joining with other science organizations to present professional development for others.
The Council of State Science Supervisors (CS3) and the Education Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), are producing useful Internet products in a project called NLIST for more effective science education program implementation. This project will operationally define Science as Inquiry and use this definition to develop procedures for the alignment of instruction resources
