Professional Development & Contributions

•  Teacher of all levels of Biology, Global Science, Physics, Environmental Science, Digital Applications, Medical Math, Medical Terminology, Dynamics of Healthcare

• Teacher of Digital Applications class.

• Volunteer Professor UMDNJ (Allied Health program)

• Budget preparation

• Proctor SAT and PSAT

• Public Address Announcer / Fall Sports

• Assistant Coach Sterling Knights Swimming

• Assistant Coach Boys Tennis

• Assistant Manager, Nexxt Level Aquatics Center

• Moderator of the National Honor Society until 2021

Professional / Community Associations:

• SHS Technology Committee ( 2009 - 2014 )

• NJEA (1994 - Present )

• Sterling Education Association (1994 - present)

  • active member (contribute to planning and organizing events)

• Camden County Autism support group

• Next Level Aquatics Lifeguard Trainer/ CPR instructor

Collaborator / Facilitator

• • SHS New Teacher Orientation

  • New Teacher mentor - Science Department

  • SHS Professional Development Workshops

    • Presented on the NJACHIEVE legislation to an inter-district meeting with surrounding middle school science teachers.

    • developed Student Growth Objectives for the Science department and helped implement them.

    • Various technology workshops for teachers:

      • Websites, polling, social networks, social link sharing, online collaboration, audio and video, Excel

  • Professional Learning Communities

    • Interdistrict curriculum discussion and collaboration

    • Topics include: NJ Achieve, CCS in science, Next Generation Science Standards

  • Technology Committee

  • 2011 FETC Virtual Conference & Expo

  • Pennsylvania Education and Technology Conference & Expo 2012

  • Instructional video made for Biology w/ Media center resources. Also created model using 3D printer for a hands on lesson in MC

  • Lifesaving certification 4/ 2013, CPR/AED certification 4/2013, first-aid certification 4/2013 to present.

  • Co-founder of the Sterling "Movember" group

    • raises funds yearly for men's health issues

  • Next Generation Science Standards - writing contributor to the New Jersey Science standards in collaboration with a group of Camden County Biology teachers at a Board of Education workshop 4/15/15 & 4/16/15

  • Senior Trip moderator 4/15

  • Junior/Senior PowderPuff Game

  • Student/Faculty basketball game

  • Reconstruction of the peer tutoring program (SHIELD) by help create and maintain a digital tutoring presence during alternate pandemic schedule 9/20. 

  • Collaborated in reformatting the Science placement test for hopeful honors level students on the LinkiT platform for the district.

Professional Development

• Inclusion workshop at Camden County College March 25, 2022

• Wrote Biology curriculum   Summer 2016, Summer 2022

• Microsoft 365 workshop - Somerdale, NJ 12/14, 3/17 and 5/17, 2017

• Office 365 online workshops    Summer 2017, Fall 2022

• Conducted a workshop on the use of OneDrive for Sterling High School    October 2017

• OneNote for Microsoft 365 workshop for coworkers    January 2018

• Strategic Planning Adult Technology Education at Sterling High School (Microsoft 365)    February 2018

• New features of One Note (J. McCullough)    April 2018

• Introduction of One Note App to Social Studies and World Language departments    May 2018

  • Collaborated with Matt Macpherson on new One Note features.

• Collaborated with science department in creating the 8th grade Honors placement test.  May 2018

Video mini lesson in origami DNA model.

Currently incorporate the following educational software and technology into my curriculum:

• Edmodo

• DropBox

• Garage Band

• Prezi

• Youtube

• Kahn Academy

• Twitter

• Kahoot

• Quizlet

• Socrative

• Crash Course

• Edpuzzle

• LinkiT

• Code.org

• Microsoft Office Suite / Microsoft Teams

Contributor:

• • Sterling Technology Group

  • Sterling Test Site

  • The Blue Line - a podcast broadcast on Sterling's Internet Radio station       

  • Sterling Athletic Blog - administrator and contributor

  • South Jersey Sports Digest- contributor

  • South Jersey Sports Digest video podcast - audio production on a weekly show

Future Plans and Goals:

• • Continue to study and implement The Next Generation Science Standards into the Biology and Science curricula.

  • Practice effective activities that emphasize inquiry lessons and develop new lessons that meet the same objectives.

  • Continue to implement remote technologies in my classroom and curricula.

  • Implement technology on a one to one basis with school implementation with school laptops.

  • Help develop electives in the science department that stimulate interests within Sterling.

• Personal: 

• Graduate St. John Neumann High School 1987

• Bachelor of Science- Biology- Widener University

• Teaching Certification Program/Graduate Courses - Drexel University

• Certified Pool Operator March 2018

• Certified Pool Manager 2020

• American Red Cross Lifeguard Trainer February 2018