About

My name is Joseph Paddenburg. I grew up in Martinsville, Virginia and graduated from Clemson University in December of '93 (220 years to the day of the Boston Tea Party). From there I began teaching in Danville City Schools at the Opportunity School and then at GW High School. in 2001, my wife and I moved to Greenville and I began teaching at Southside High School. During my 21 years there I taught all levels of social studies except Psychology and Sociology. For the past few years I have been teaching CP World, AP World, AP US, and IB History of the Americas. Since 2010, I have been a Reader for the AP World exam and I have been a College Board consultant since 2015.

My wife and I have been married for 27 years and we have 3 incredible kids. My oldest is a sophomore at Clemson and is carrying on the family tradition of marching in Tiger Band - for any alumni, I am the Greenville area rep for CUTBA. My oldest son is a senior in the MavBand, and his brother is in the front ensemble as an eighth grader. Our weekends are tied up around football games and band competitions, and we thoroughly enjoy it! We also have a rescue pup named Jigs.