Professional Social Studies Department Chair
Edmond North High School Teacher of Government, Honors
and Advanced Placement (AP) Government.
Increased by over ten times the number of students participating in
the AP Government program over the last nine years. Out of a senior class of 420, 84 students (twenty percent of
the senior class) received a three or better in US Government and 36 students
received a score of three or better in Comparative Government Received over $72,000 in grant
monies for AP courses at North High School since 97-98 school year Served on Oklahoma Department
of Education committees that wrote item specifications, edited test items and
selected test items for the Oklahoma Eleventh Grade History and Government
Criterion Referenced Test Served on Oklahoma Commission
for Teacher Preparation Committee that evaluated and approved the content
knowledge test for entry year teachers Served on Oklahoma Department
of Education committees that reviewed AP grant requests Served as a mentor for entry
year teacher under Resident Teacher Program Established after-school study
group for students wishing to sit for AP World History Exam Assisted in the development of
proficiency testing for existing courses Summer school teacher
(Government and US History) for eight years Co-Curricular Head
Academic Team Coach. Qualified for and
attended State Championship Tournament ten of the last eleven years. State Champion for 2004 and 2000. One
second place and four previous third place finishes Assistant
Boys and Girls Tennis Coach. Three
time state champion, Four time runner-up Oklahoma
Class B Commercial Driver's License, Passenger Endorsement, School Bus
Driver's Certificate Technology Member
of site technology committee, which develops and implements site technology
plan. Also responsible for evaluation
and approval of individual technology requests Assistant
Win School Sys-op (school information management program) Responsible
for routine maintenance and upgrades on classroom computers
Table
Leader (grader\supervisor) for the AP US Government and Politics National Exam National
presenter of content and pedagogical information on AP Government at one and
two day seminars Presenter
of summer institutes at University of Arkansas, University of Texas-Pan
American, University of Texas - Dallas and University of Oklahoma National
presenter for the College Boards Interdisciplinary Strategies for Pre AP
English and Social Studies (Formerly Building Success) National
Presenter for the College Boards Topics for Pre AP Social Studies
Graded
candidates' responses to assessment center prompts relating to social studies
subject matter Teacher of the Year
Edmond North High School 2002-03 National Board
Certified Teacher Adolescence\Young Adult Social Studies-History #230110820 Who's Who in
American Education Who's Who Among
America's Teachers Phi Theta Kappa, Honor
Society Pi Lambda Theta,
Education Honor Society Former students have
attended institutions such as Georgetown School of Foreign Service and
Harvard Department of Social Studies
Political Science
Major
Certificate
#173813 L Government, American
History, Oklahoma History World
History, Economics, Geography
Political
Science Major History Minor National Education
Association National Council for
the Social Studies
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