Author
Joel Villegas
Joel Villegas is a STEM education specialist and coauthor of STEM Lesson Guideposts: Creating STEM Lessons for Your Curriculum, published by Heinemann alongside Jo Anne Vasquez and Michael Comer. In this work, the authors introduce the W.H.E.R.E. planning model and provide practical templates and examples to help educators design integrated, interdisciplinary STEM units across elementary and middle school grade levels.
According to Heinemann’s author materials, Villegas has over 18 years of experience in education, with a professional focus on STEM integration and teacher professional development, and is noted as a dynamic presenter who frequently speaks at local and national conferences on STEM education.
