Experience

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  Naperville central high school

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2001

  Teacher

  -Lead teaching for freshman Conceptual Physics curriculum and teaching two sections of senior level Honors Physics curriculum. -Extensive grant writing and development for integrating multimedia technologies and computer / calculator based probes into classrooms and department. Grants include site licenses for physics simulation and digital audio / video analysis software, digital cameras, camcorders, scanners, video capture cards, scan converters, CD-recorders, media projectors, laptops, and lab probe interfaces.-Building and developing best-of-class digital classroom resources. Continued experimentation with effective interactive use of popular film and media for classroom scientific analysis.-Chess Team / Ultimate Frisbee Sponsor Show less

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  North central college

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2001

  Instructor

  -Taught evening physics course for non-physics majors.

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  Hinsdale township high school district 86

  Jan 2001 - now

  Teacher / instructional innovation coach

  -PTO Make A Difference Award 2021, 2023-JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society) / TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Math, and Science) Coach-Member of the 2020 Rapid Response Support Team for the AALAS (Academy of Active Learning Arts and Sciences) Rapid Transition to Online Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic-HHSTA Professional Excellence Award (2019)-Flipped Learning Global Initiative Top 100 K-12 Educators-Instructional Innovation Coach (2016-2019+) / www.SkunkworksLearning.info-Developed & deployed integrated D86 Secure Exam Chromebook App across school district for secure exams & quizzing using open source tools as a complete end-to-end solution for reassessment & mastery learning-iFLY STEM Workshop, DuPage Countywide Institute Day, 2015-Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST) Nominee (2012, 2013)-Keynote Speaker at the Midwest MoodleMoot in partnership with eClass4Learning, Madison, WI (2012)-Presenter at FlipCon12 at the Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy (2012)-Technology and Instruction Coordinator (2002-2003, 2007-2009)-Technology Leadership Team (2003-2012)-ARISE Project, Fermi National Laboratory (2006-2007) -Mentor teacher to 4 student teachers (2004 – 2008)-GK12 Project Graduate Teaching Fellows 2003-2004-Science Olympiad Coach (1st place at Regionals) (2001-2004)-Taught Chem/Phys, Themed Physics, Traditional Physics, Freshman Physics, Honors Physics, AP Physics 1, AP Physics C-M Show less

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  Packer foundation (non-profit education group under packer engineering)

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Lead teacher, packer wings aviation camp

  Home of the first successful 100th anniversary recreation of the 1903 Wright Flyer built by the Wright Redux Association on display at the Museum of Science and Industry.Students came for a week of discovery and flight, learning the history, science, and art of aviation culminating in a test flight logged with the EAA Young Eagles program in a private Cessna aircraft at Hangar #3. Was tasked to help plan curriculum, lab activities, and cool field trips for this amazing experience! Show less

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  Packer foundation

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Instructor, imsp (illinois mathematics and science partnership program) workshops

  Helped plan and lead STEM workshops for Chicagoland area elementary, junior high, and high school math and science teachers as well as college math and science professors using aviation as vehicle to capture student's imaginations and interest in partnership with the Packer Foundation and the Illinois Aviation Museum.

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  Eclass4learning

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

  Keynote presenter -midwest wi moodle moot

  What is a Moodle Moot? A Moodle Moot is a grass-roots user conference dedicated to users, developers and administrators of the very popular open-source Learning Management System called Moodle. Met a wide-range of users including professors, K-12 teachers, firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement officers, and hospital administrators leveraging open source technology to improve training, literally save lives (how cool is that?), and all while reducing costs in an era of tight budgets. Was honored to be invited to speak as the keynote presenter and meet such a wide-range of talented, dedicated, and passionate professionals transforming teaching and learning in the 21st century. Show less

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  Illinois institute of technology

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2021

  Instructor / nxtgen learning lab project developer

  In partnership with the School of Applied Technology, helped plan and lead nxtGEN Tech Workshops for Chicagoland area instructors as well as serving as administrator running 3 production / R&D servers in an unique partnership with the phenomenal staff and faculty of IIT to serve schools using emerging tools to transform the classroom of the 21st century.-Server optimization & experimentation with lightweight webservers including Lightppd and Nginx-Database optimization with Percona DB and MariaDB-Server migrations, virtualization, and automation via scripting / Packer / Vagrant-rapid plugin deployment for Moodle development, and innovative pedagogical implementation in collaboration with developersWe currently have 3 production systems supporting over 10,000 students and teachers across Chicagoland, Chicago Public Schools, as well as in Colorado and Massachusetts to support innovative instruction and pedagogy while providing a rich platform for technical research on server optimization and implementation. Show less