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I love to teach! I entered this phenomenal profession in 1993 after working 18 years for an electric utility. One never knows what type of motivation I will use to catch my students' attention!
My areas of specialty are Earth Science and Advanced Placement Environmental Science. I am one of the very few teachers in New York City who have taught the APES course from its inception in 1998. I am an advocate of environmental education in the city schools and take an active part in professional organizations that attempt to infuse it into the curriculum. I am also an Earth Science Mentor for New York State representing the Queens High School Superintency. I am an available resource for teachers with questions relating to Earth Science. |
I am assistant principal for Science at Grover Cleveland High School. In this position, I am the department chair for a staff of 26 science teachers and two laboratory specialists. I also get to teach 10 periods a week -- the REAL reason I'm in this profession.
I have traveled extensively through 40 of the continental U.S.- by rail or auto. I have taken part in three Earthwatch Expeditions around North America - from Kentucky to Idaho to Churchill Manitoba.
I am an Assistant District Commissioner in Queens Council of the Boy Scouts of America. I am a vigil honor member of the Order of the Arrow and a former adviser of Suanhacky Lodge #49. |
Educationally, I hold a BS degree from York College CUNY in Geology; an MBA from Baruch College CUNY in Management; an MSEd in Earth Science Education from Queens College CUNY and have completed 24 additional credits in School Administration from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. I have also taken various courses in Environmental Technology from New York Institute of Technology, College of Staten Island and other assorted schools.
A teacher must continue to do personal staff development and I encourage all other teachers to do so as well. Personally, I have been a participant in the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship at Princeton University, the Project Atmosphere program in Kansas City MO and attended two Advanced Placement Institutes in Cooperstown NY and Austin Texas. |
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Your students can compete in an international environmental education field event. Held locally, then state level and on to international competition! |
http://www.envirothon.org/ |
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New York State has been the leader in standardized exams for over 100 years. This site will give you actual regents' exams and answers for recent years. The site also includes some really great reference tables for Earth Science. |
At the home page, go to "assessment" and then "secondary exams"
http://www.nysed.gov/ |
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Take a vacation that you will never forget while learning about the world we live in. |
http://www.earthwatch.org/ |
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New York State has a list-serve for Earth Science teachers. To get on, send an e-mail to the Mentor facilitator Jim Ebert |
mailto:jebert@snyoneva.cc.oneonta.edu |
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Do you want your students to collect real data and send it to real scientists for real environmental projects? Consider joining the GLOBE network. |
http://www.globe.gov/ |
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A teacher's source for Environmental Science is the Enviroliteracy Council. On this site you will find labs, book reviews, newspaper articles and other resources to assist you in your teaching. |
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/ |
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Advanced Placement Environmental Science (APES) is a relatively new exam from the College Board. For plenty of details, go to the web site -- and learn how to join the list-serve as well! |
At the home page, look under "Teachers" and then find the subject list.
http://www.collegeboard/ap/ |
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Queens College is in the forefront of public New York City colleges addressing the lithospheric and hydrologic portions of Environmental Science. They also have a well-planned teacher education program in the geosciences. |
There is now a 'School of Earth and Environmental Sciences'. At the Queens College site, go to 'Academic Departments' and then to the SEES.
http://www.qc.edu/ |
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Scouting has been a major part of my life since I was 8 years old. We do Scouting in a big way in New York City. |
http://www.bsa-gnyc.org/ |
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And for something different, try Unitarian Universalism. UU is a liberal religion born of Jewish and Christian faiths. We keep our minds open to the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places. |
http://www.uua.org/
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