about: MR. VARGHESE
Mission Statement: to empower a generation of young people to become thoughtful, educated citizens, who fight a world of terror and fear with compassion and reason!
SCHOOL ADDRESS: David W. Butler High School, 1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Road, Matthews, NC 28105
CLASSROOM: 957
TWITTER: @MrRVarghese
WEBSITES (OnSite): David W. Butler High School & Butler Bulldogs Soccer
WEBSITES (OffSite): Vizion Church & C4 Charlotte
MARRIED TO: Mrs. Rachel L. Varghese: World History Teacher @ David W. Butler High School
FATHER TO: Theodore Marlon Varghese: born 02/19/2015 and Fiona Leisel Varghese: born 10/06/2016!
EMAIL ADDRESSES: Roshan.Varghese@cms.k12.nc.us & Roshan@C4Charlotte.com
PERSONAL WikiSite: RoshanVarghese
PHONE NUMBER: 980-343-6300 x4002060
FAX ADDRESS: 980-343-6315
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday-Wednesday & Friday: 700 AM-710 AM (Thursday mornings 630-715 AM: Butler TFC)
Monday, Tuesday & Friday: 215 PM-300 PM (Wednesday afternoons: Butler faculty & staff/Social Studies Department/AHII PLC meetings; Thursday afternoons: Charlotte Teachers' Institute)
*ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, DUE TO PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL CONFLICTS*
Always please inform prior to attending. Walk-ins discouraged…
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
July 2008-Present DAVID W. BUTLER HIGH Instructor: American History I & II/United States History (Honors/Standard/Inclusion), World History (Honors/Standard/Inclusion), Sociology & Psychology David W. Butler High School
April 2012-January 2013 VIZION CHURCH Director of Ministerial Operations Vizion Church: Uptown Charlotte
June 2009-December 2012 C4 CHARLOTTE Director of Operations (& Finance) C4 Charlotte: University of NC-Charlotte
July 2008-June 2012 DAVID W. BUTLER HIGH Head Coach: Men's Varsity Soccer; Assistant Coach: Men's Junior Varsity Soccer Butler Bulldogs Soccer
July 2005-July 2008 HARDING UNIVERSITY HIGH Instructor: United States History (Advanced Placement/Honors/Advanced/Standard), Civics & Economics (IBMYP/Honors/Advanced/Standard, NC History (Inclusion), Law-Related Studies (Inclusion) etc. Harding University High School
July 2005-July 2008 HARDING UNIVERSITY HIGH Head Coach: Men's & Women's Varsity Soccer; Assistant Coach: Men's & Women's Junior Varsity Soccer Harding Rams Soccer
YALE UNIVERSITY: Post-Graduate Studies for Charlotte Teachers' Institute (March 2013-Present: Charlotte, NC)
collaboration b/w Yale University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte & Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
2013 Seminar Fellow: Charlotte as a New South City, Using the Collections at the Levine Museum of the New South (Dr. Shepherd McKinley: Dept. of History, UNC-Charlotte)
2014 Seminar Coordinator: Heroes, Rebels & Rock Stars: Cultural Icons in Modern Europe (Dr. Heather Perry: Dept. of History, UNC-Charlotte)
2015 Seminar Fellow: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War (Dr. Rick Gay, Dept. of Educational Studies, Davidson College)
2016 Seminar Fellow: The Many Faces of Capitalism (Dr. Jurgen Buchenau, Chair: Dept. of History, UNC-Charlotte)
2017 Seminar Fellow: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies Around the World (Dr. Shelley Rigger, Dept. of Political Science, Davidson College)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE: Graduate Studies towards Master of Arts in Teaching (January 2004-May 2007: Charlotte, NC)
UNIVERSITY OF MAASTRICHT:Schools & Culture in Europe (June-July 2006: Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Comparative Analysis of Education in the United States v. Western Europe at the Middle & Secondary Level
The Integration of Primary Source Documents into the Teaching of Social Studies at the Secondary School Level
The Examination of Social Studies Assessments: Formal & Informal (Social Studies Curriculum & No Child Left Behind Act)
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: Undergraduate Studies towards Bachelor of Arts in History & Religion (August 1999-December 2002: Winston-Salem, NC)
WAKE FOREST RECREATION SPORTS & INTRAMURALS: Internship (January 2003-May 2003) & Supervisor of IMs (January 2001-May 2003)
American Involvement in World War II (European Theater: Military Strategies)
Sacred Scripture of Abrahamic Traditions (the Bible v. the Koran v. the Torah)
Just War Theory: Christianity v. Islam v. Judaism (i.e.-St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine of Hippo)
HARDING UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL (August 1994-June 1999: Charlotte, NC)
GYMNASIUM: G.A.P.P.: German-American Partnership Program (June-July 1997: Rostock, Germany)