Contract Prices and Options

• Personal Consultant (12 month or 6 month period) - Starting at $1500 (1-yr) or $900 (6 months or multi-year contract 2-yrs $2750, 3-yrs-$4000) see below(1)

• District workshop (per day) - Starting at $600*, see below(2)

• School site workshop (per day) - Starting at $300*, see below(2)

• Class guest speaker (per day) - Starting at $300*, see below(3)

• Science video clips (per program) - Starting at $150*, see below(4)

• Lab assistant (per day) - Starting at $100*

• Research & Development (per request) - TBD*, see below(5)

• Field trip chaperone (per day) - Starting at $75*

• Science Fair Mentor (TBD) - TBD*

(1) includes all of the options below

(2) e.g., meet w/ participating science instructors to demonstrate, model an activity, etc.

(3) present a science topic e.g., forensic analysis of the JFK assassination

(4) science video clips along with student questions/teacher answer key

(5) modifying or developing a science activity, constructing manipulatives, etc.

(*) all prices subject to change depending on mileage to/from school site, COLA (cost of living adjustments), inflation, etc.

Professional Background and Credentials

Education

• University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA) BA Biology (major)/Chemistry (minor)
• San José State University (San José, CA) MA Biology

Awards/Positions

• East Side Union High School District Biology & Biotechnology Mentor
• Outstanding Science Teacher Award (Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Engineering Fair)
• East Side Union High School District Innovative Teaching Award (Forensic Science)
• Santa Clara County Teacher of the Year (East Side Union High School District, San José, CA)
• Educational patent “Secrets of the Rain Forest” (protein isolation) – now marketed by BioRad
• National Biotechnology Education Conference (NBEC)-Biotech Educator Award
  

Course taught (HS/Community College)

• (Silver Creek High School-San Jose, Ca.) Chemistry, Integrated Science, Biotechnology, Biology, AP Biology, Forensic Science
• (Evergreen Valley College-San Jose, Ca.) Botany, Human Heredity, General Biology, Forensic Biology
  

References of former and/or current teachers, non-profit organizations, & companies with whom I have worked with. Please feel free to contact these individuals.

• Carol Piccolotti - Mercy HS, Burlingame, CA
  
• Riccardo Magni - Pioneer Valley HS, Santa Maria, CA
  
• Wendy Jordan - Evergreen Valley HS, San Jose, CA
  
• Huong Tran - Silver Creek HS, San Jose, CA
  
• Christina Dely - Oak Grove HS, San Jose, CA
  
• Maggie Connolly and/or Becky Collins - Granada HS, Livermore, CA
  
• Debra Dimas - Santa Teresa HS, San Jose, CA
  
• Grace Gould - Oak Grove HS, San Jose, CA
  
• Kara Marshall - Westmoor HS, Daly City, CA
  
• Ron Mardigian - BioRad, Hercules, CA
  
• Gary Robinson - Synopsys, Mtn. View, CA
  
• Katy Korsmeyer, Ph.D.,BABEC President (San Mateo, CA), SCCBEP Program Coordinator (San Jose, CA)
  
• Richard Farnsworth - Lawrence Livermore Lab, Livermore, CA
  
• Paul Kilkenny - East Side Union High School District, San Jose, CA
  
• Robert Ibarra - East Side Union High School District, San Jose, CA
  
• Jennifer Rilea - Fremont HS, Sunnyvale, CA
  
• David Menshew - Enoch's HS, Modesto, CA
• Frank Stephenson, Ph.D., -Senior Program Manager Technical Trainer Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA.
• Patricia Graham-Campus Director-Brandman University Santa Maria Valley Campus, Santa Maria, Ca.
• Dr. Megan Brown-University Prep Academy, San Jose, Ca.
• West Valley Community College (Saratoga, Ca.), Cheryl Brewer, Coordinator Summer College for Kids
• Biotech Partners (Berkeley, Ca.), Deborah Bellush, executive director
  

Contact Information

Mark Okuda

BioScience Ed. & Research (EIN # 20-8843356)

408-353-3303 (hm)

408-768-8394 (cell)

mokuda@me.com

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