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Featured Web Site - New Rochelle High School Forensic Science

Forensic Science is one of the fastest growing fields in the country and one of the most important to the criminal justice system.  The thrill of forensic science for many students is driven by the media, with over 30 forensic science shows on television a week.  To meet this growing interest, high schools and colleges have started offering courses and majors in forensic science.

Forensic Futures Education Group provides an array of services to help get your forensic science program off the ground and give advanced training to your faculty.

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Services

Forensic Futures Education Group will provide the tools necessary to write a proposal to start a forensic science course in your school and "sell" it to your administration.  We will also help you locate materials, textbooks, and equipment, help with grant writing, and provide a "how to" to organize your course and teach it successfully.  We can even write the proposal for you!

Forensic Futures Education Group will provide workshops to prepare your teachers to teach both Introductory and Advanced forensic science classes.  Workshops that are topic specific will provide the tools necessary to teach one of the most current, exciting and practical disciplines around through a hands on approach.

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Seminars and Workshops

Overview of Forensic Science

A Little About Scott Rubins, President FFEG

Scott has been teaching science for fourteen years and forensic science for the last nine.  He graduated from Clark University; earned his Masters Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University is certified as a School District Administrator and is currently finishing his second Masters in Administration / Supervision.  He is an Adjunct Instructor for the College of New Rochelle graduate school as well as the Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University and teaches four satellite college forensic science courses at New Rochelle High School. 

For the last nine years, he has taught Forensic Science at New Rochelle High School where up to one hundred forty students fill five classes every year.    This innovative class constantly challenges students to think critically about what they see and do and enables them to do the work of real forensic scientists, making what they do in class authentic.  This year four of these classes will be college level for Syracuse University credit.

Scott has been the recipient of numerous grants and in 2003 was awarded a RadioShack National Teacher Award at the National Science Teachers Association, national convention in Philadelphia.  This award is only given to 110 teachers nation wide.  Scott also presented two sessions at this conference entitled, “Future Forensic Scientists, Where Do They Come From?” as well as The Court TV Forensics In The Classroom curriculum.  During Court TV’s Forensic Science Day in March, Scott taught the first ever cross-country simultaneous forensic science lesson to 600 students in 5 cities.  Scott collaborated with Court TV to create this lesson.  Scott was recently invited to Forensic Science Education Conferences at both St. Louis University and Cedar Crest College, as a guest speaker and workshop facilitator.  While there, he met with educators about teaching both advanced and introductory topics in a forensic science class.  These conferences are sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Science.      

Scott is a member of the Dental Identification Team for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, in New York City and worked for 10 months helping to identify victims of the World Trade Center Disaster and the crash of American Airlines flight 587.  He is a member of the North Eastern Association of Forensic Scientists, The National Science Teachers Association, the New York Society of Forensic Dentists and an Applicant to The American Academy of Forensic Sciences.  Scott is also a forensic science instructor and curriculum consultant for Classroom Forensics which produces and distributes professional equipment, training, and curriculum to high schools and colleges throughout the country.