Your best outlet for communicating with me is email. My email can be found directly above. Friday afternoons I will hold a tutoring/office hour from 2:35-3:35 in room 05-106. Please feel free to stop in during this time for extra help, or if you need to ask any questions.
Hello and welcome to my teacher connection page!
I was born and raised in the small town of Inverness, right here in Central Florida. I am in my 15th year teaching, and 9th year at VHS. My wife and I have two young boys Grayden and Tilden. I enjoy hunting, fishing, and everything outdoors.
We start the year with HBI Core Curriculum, which focuses on tool and equipment safety. During the first few weeks, students will earn the OSHA 10 Certification. Next we move on to hand, power tools, and basic construction math. The next chapters will include blueprint reading, communication, and employability skills and we'll finish up the year with material handling. There are written exams and practical testing with each chapter. Providing the students complete the course they will achieve an HBI certification.
Construction Management 2/3 starts with a quick review of basic safety and then we're off to the jobsite. We are building our 8th & 9th house for Habitat for Humanity/Lake Sumter in Bushnell, Florida.
In addition to our Habitat home builds, this year we will partner with Building Homes for Heros to build a home for a veteran.
On each building project students will work side by side with skilled craftsmen such as masons, carpenters, electricians, and plumbers.
The students will complete about 80% of the house using skills learned in Construction 1. We'll also start HBI Carpentry which will give the students the basics on wall and floor systems, as well as ceiling and roof framing. They will be introduced to building envelope systems and simple stair layout. Providing the students complete the course they will achieve an HBI Carpentry certification.
-Earn HBI Core Industry Certification
-Earn HBI/NOCTE Carpentry Industry Certification
-Hold the OSHA 10 Certification
-Meet attendance requirements