Haddonfield High School Teacher, RCBC Professor Named Teacher Of The Month By National Science Association

Haddonfield, NJ -- A Haddonfield Memorial High School teacher who is also an adjunct professor at Rowan College at Burlington County has been named teacher of the month by he American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Griffin Kidd teaches algebra-based physics, AP Physics C: Classical Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism, Forensic Science, and Intro to Engineering, at Haddonfield Memorial High School. He also teaches physics at Rowan College at Burlington County.

“I am glad to have Griffin as one of our adjuncts at RCBC. It’s nice to see an educator getting students interested in these programs at such an early age,” Rowan College at Burlington County President Paul Drayton said in a release issued by the college Tuesday morning. “The link between Rowan College at Burlington County and Rowan University’s renowned engineering programs gives students the ability to earn an in-demand degree at an affordable price and high-quality educators such as Professor Kidd make that possible.”

While conducting research at Drexel University for his Masters thesis in environmental engineering, Kidd shares his research with his students. He also assigns them projects where they are required to read science journals.

“After I started teaching, I realized many high school students do not know about the numerous career opportunities within engineering,” Kidd said. “With the encouragement of the administration at Haddonfield Memorial High School, I developed a project-based course to introduce students to engineering.”

Kidd said he is inspired by his students’ thoughtful questions and their approaches to problem-solving. He often develops class projects and new lessons based on the creative approaches by his students.

“Professor Kidd is an excellent example of the type of high-quality educators that make Rowan College at Burlington County one of the best community colleges in the nation,” Burlington County Freeholder Mary Ann O’Brien said. “Burlington County has many tremendous educators and it’s great when one earns recognition for their outstanding contributions.”

The attached image of Griffin Kidd was provided by Rowan College at Burlington County