Hi! I am Blair Bedner, aka Ms. Bedner or Ms. B!

I am honored to have been named the Sugar Land Middle School’s 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year and a Finalist for District Teacher of the Year!

This is my eighth year as an educator. I am currently teaching seventh grade science and seventh and eighth grade Robotics & Engineering at Sugar Land Middle School.

I serve as cosponsor to the Coding and Robotics Club and Science Club. This past year our Coding and Robotics Club won first place in the district LEGO Mars Robotics Competition. In addition to competing in my district’s Robotics, Scratch Animation and Video Game Competitions, this year we are also competing in the SeaPearch Underwater Competition.

I manage the campus website and for the past two years, my team and I participated in  Impact Teams which encourages student ownership in learning. This year, my team implemented a protocol from the model in a PLC which was recorded and used in a summer professional development to help model and encourage strategies to conduct a successful data driven PLC.

In 2018 I participated in the Equip Academy, which provided me with 15 laptops to use in my classroom. For six of my eight years in education, I have had a 1:1 student to laptop ratio, and for the other two years, I was 2:1.

I received my Masters of Education in Digital Learning and Leading in 2017.

I previously taught 6th grade science at James H. Baker Sixth Grade Campus in La Porte, TX where I served as the robotics coach.  In 2015 my robotics partner and I were awarded a grant for $3,658 to help implement a robotics club at our campus. In 2016 we were awarded a grant for $4,000 to purchase iPads for the robotics program.

Certifications

4-8 Generalist

English as a Second Language Supplemental

Teaching Experience

Sugar Land Middle School

Fort Bend Independent School District

2017- Present

2019-2020 Teacher of the Year

Robotics & Engineering Teacher

Coding & Robotics Club Sponsor

Science Club Sponsor

Campus Webside Administrator

FBISD Leadership Cadre

STEM Professional Learning Facilitator

Jason Learning Representative

Baker 6th Grade Campus

La Porte Independent School District

2012- 2017

Science Teacher

Robotics Club Sponsor

2017- Teacher of the Year Runner Up

2016- Teacher of the Year Nominee

2013- Rookie Teacher of the Year Nominee

Friendswood Independent School District

Substitute Teacher, 2012-2013

 

Student Teaching and Internships

Mike Moses Middle School

Nacogdoches Independent School District

Grand Central Station, Educational Aide, Spring 2011

Student Teacher, Spring 2011

Internship 2, Fall 2010

Rusk Elementary School

Nacogdoches Independent School District

Instructional Aide, Spring 2010

Internship 1, Spring 2010