About The Teacher

NAME: Mr. Petersen

SCHOOL: Southwood Middle School

CLASS: Comprehensive Science I, Advanced

SCHOOL PHONE: 305, 251-5361

About The Teacher

Mr. Petersen graduated from the University of Miami, and received a Masters 
degree from Barry University.  After working in Dade County Public Schools 
for 17 years, Mr. Petersen was appointed to the State Department of 
Education, as the National Science Foundation Regional Coordinator for the 
Statewide Systemic Initiative to improve the teaching and learning of 
Mathematics and Science in Elementary schools.  Missing the interaction with 
the students, he was appointed to Beckford-Richmond Elementary's new Zoo 
Magnet school, as the Lead Teacher.  After two years at this position, he 
was again missing the interaction he receives from the students he teaches 
and applied for a Science position at Southwood Middle.  He currently 
teaches sixth grade.  He was elected "Teacher 
of the Year" for Southwood, and was a finalist for Teacher of the Year 
2006, Region Center Five of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Mission For The Class

My mission for Sixth Graders, at Southwood, is to become confident with the 
skills of solving problems.  I want my students to leave this classroom with 
a knowledge of the world around them, an inquiring mind that is not afraid 
to question and systematically resolve solutions to their questions, and a 
desire to continue their education so that they may become life-long 
learners and contributing members of a global society.