Professional Experience

·        
Science Teacher, 1993 - Current  Waterloo Junior
High School   Waterloo, IL

 

·        
Team Leader.
Eighth grade middle school team Blizzard, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011.
2011-2012

 

·        
Mentor. Followed WCUSD5 Mentoring Program in accordance
with ISBE guidelines to mentor new teachers, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008.

 

·        
Chair, K-12 Science Fundamental Learning Area Committee.
Waterloo Community Unit School District No. 5. 1993-2001, 2005-2007.

 

·        
Project
Citizen Advisor. Coached students
through radon policy development and proposal to local government officials.
Resolutions adopted at the City, County, and State levels of government.  2003-2007.

 

·        
LITES Teacher, Leaders in Technology Enhanced Schools. Fall
2000-2004.

 

·        
District
Science Fair Sponsor. Facilitate
K-12 science fair in accordance with the Illinois Junior Academy of Science.
1992-2010.

 

·        
Attending
Adult-In-Charge, Intel
International Science & Engineering Fair for Southern Illinois University
at Edwardsville. Fort Worth 1998, Philadelphia 1999, Detroit 2000. Students
qualified for Intel ISEF 1998-2006, 2009-2010.

 

 

·        
Chief
Negotiator, Waterloo Classroom
Teachers’ Association. IEA/NEA. 1999 - 2006. Negotiating team 2010 – current.

 

Additional professional
activities

 

 

Consultant/Independent
Contractor:

 

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL.

Provided science fair expertise to teachers/sponsors in the Illinois
Junior Academy of Science Region 12 area. 2010-2011

 

Speaking Engagements in
Person:

 

  • Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville,
    IJAS Region 12 Science Fair, Judges Training. Edwardsville, IL. March
    2011
  • Kentucky Department of Public Health, Radon
    Coalition Meeting. Lexington, KY. March 21, 2006
  • Illinois State University Radon Networking
    Conference, Bloomington, IL. January 18, 2006
  • Radon Resistant New Home Construction
    Conference, NEHA & US EPA. Washington, DC. February 28 – March 2,
    2006
  • Illinois Telecommunications Conference,
    Springfield, IL. November 17, 2005
  • Asthma Triggers Indoor Air Quality Training,
    NEHA & US EPA, Washington, DC. October 11-13, 2005
  • National Environmental Health Association
    (NEHA) Conference, Providence, Rhode Island. June, 2005

 

Speaking Engagements via
the Access Grid:

 

  • National Science Teachers Association
    Convention (Chicago, IL), November 10, 2005
  • Supercomputing Global (Seattle, WA), November
    16, 2005

 

NSF Funded Revitalise, Participating Teacher

National
Center for Supercomputing   Applications,
Urbana-Champaign. Rural educators using visualization to inspire teacher
advancement and learning to improve science and mathematics education. Fall
2002-Summer 2004

 

2002 ISBE Reading Kit
Development Team, Science (6-8)

Illinois
State Board of Education. Spring 2002

 

Consultant/Author, McREL

Mid-Continent
Regional Education Laboratory, Denver, CO. Compiled, revised and edited
165-page Eggs Prize Curriculum available: www.xprize.org
Summer 2001

 

Presenter, NSTA &
NCELA

National
Science Teachers Association and National Science Education Leadership
Association Conventions. St. Louis, MO. Eggs Prize Curriculum Sessions.
Spring 2001

 

 

Professional memberships

 

 

National Education
Association/ Illinois Education Association

National Science Teachers
Association

 

 

Awards

 

2009 American Association of Radon Scientists & Technologists (AARST)
Presented in Chicago, Illinois May 2009.

 

2005 Individual
Achievement Award in Radon Risk Reduction from the National
Environmental Health Association and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency. Presented in Providence, Rhode Island June 2005.

 

2001 Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education, Illinois State Finalist,
Secondary Science. Presented in Springfield, Illinois.