Lehi High School
In 2012 I was hired to work part time, while still an undergraduate in college, for Lehi High School in the Alpine School District as a computer science teacher. I taught 2 classes of Computer Science every other day with Java as the language. At the end of the year I was offered a position to stay on as a full time teacher, but with the completion of my Bachelors degree, my family and I decided that we wanted to move back to Oregon instead.
ORVA
In Oregon I obtained a teaching position working for ORVA (Oregon Virtual Academy) as the computer technology educator at the high school level. I taught computer literacy, digital arts, image design and editing, computer science, and a homeroom course. Because it’s an online school, I worked from home teaching 200-300 students each semester through Blackboard Collaborate (a virtual classroom that allows for me to teach in real time using slides, a whiteboard, and desktop sharing, and allows for students and I to use video, audio, and chat to communicate) and a course website. I loved the teaching atmosphere and enjoyed the staff-relationships that I built. I was there from September of 2012 through January of 2015 and would have stayed longer except that a teaching opportunity presented itself that I couldn’t pass up.
South Salem High School
In January of 2014 I was hired on by South Salem High School to teach Computer Science and Web Development full time. I’m still there and hope to remain there for a long time. My Courses include:
- Web I (HTML/CSS)
- Web II (Javascript/PHP and Content Management Systems)
- Intro to Computer Science (GameMaker)
- Computer Science I (Java Fundamentals)
- Computer Science II (Java Advanced Concepts)
Subjects
The above image shows the endorsements I have and the levels I’m authorized to teach.
The courses/subjects I specialize in typically focus on using a computer. Numbers following text represent the Oregon ID for the subject. They include:
- Computer Programming/Science (10152)
- Introduction to Computer Science (10152)
- Java (10152)
- Advanced Java (10152)
- C++ (10152)
- C# (10152)
- And other languages (10152)
- Game Development (10204)
- Adobe Flash (10204)
- GameMaker (10204)
- Java (10152)
- Scratch (10204)
- Web Development (10201)
- HTML/CSS (10201)
- CMS (Content Management Systems) (10201)
- Blogging (10201)
- Robotics (21009)
- Lego Robotics (21009)
- Arduino (21009)
- Graphic Design (05162)
- Inkscape/Illustrator (Vector Images) (10204)
- Gimp/Photoshop (Raster Images)(10204)
- Media Literacy (Understanding the impact of the media on society) (10204)
- Advertising/Package Design (Printmaking/Graphics – 05160)
- Photography
- 3D Modeling/Animation (Computer Graphics – 10202)
- Google Sketchup (No animation) (Computer Graphics – 10202)
- Maya (Computer Graphics – 10202)
- Blender (Computer Graphics – 10202)
- Computer Literacy (10049)
- Keyboarding (12005)
- Introduction to computers (10001)
- Word Processing (12006)
- Spreadsheets
- Presentations
- Online Citizenship (Safety & Responsibility)
- Technology Literacy (21051)
- Emerging Technology (21053)
- Innovation and Assessment (21054)
- Math
- Business Math with Algebra (02155)
- Consumer Math (02157)
- General Applied Math (02151)
- Occupational Applied Math (02152)
- Technical Math (02153)
- Personal Finance
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