Sandy Guinto
Sandy connects educators with industry partners to bring authentic, career-connected STEM learning to Ohio classrooms. A veteran educator who spent more than a decade teaching in a STEM-designated school, she joined Battelle in 2022 with a focus on expanding opportunities for economically disadvantaged students. Sandy developed the Battelle Teacher Academy to help teachers collaborate directly with industry, and manages the statewide OSLN Design Challenge, which engages more than 30,000 students annually in solving real-world problems. During her teaching career, she created makerspaces, including an MIT FAB-Lab affiliate, and developed curriculum embedding hands-on learning into grade-level standards.
Where Sandy leads
- Industry/Partner classroom integration
- Industry/Partner teacher development
- Workforce development
- STEM pedagogy integration
- K-12 curriculum/industry alignment
Previous experience
- Battelle Teacher Academy in partnership with Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base; Statewide Design Challenge; Ohio STEM Designation;
Expertise
- STEM school designation
- K-12 career awareness
- Industry partnerships
- Design thinking
- Design challenge implementation
- Problem-based learning;
Education and recognition
BS University of Wisconsin; Masters from Otterbein University; Ohio State University/Royal Shakespeare Company’s Stand Up for Shakespeare program
Community leadership
Central Ohio Manufacturing Partnership- Membership Committee; Central Ohio Career Readiness Council-member