Teacher (Physical Education) at Hook Junior High School, Victorville California, 1985 and 1986

Teacher (Physical Education) at Cheldelin Middle School, Corvallis Oregon, 1987 to present

Coaching:

• High school football 7 years ---1985 to 1992, Victor Valley and Crescent Valley High Schools
• Middle school basketball ---1994 to present
• High School track at Crescent Valley High School --- 1985 to present
• Coaching everything conceivable for my daughters teams, and now T-Ball for my son!

Mentor teacher for Oregon State University's Master of Arts in Teaching Program for future physical education teachers last 14 years

Mentor teacher for Oregon State University's pre-Master of Arts in Teaching Program for future physical education teachers last 14 years

Presenter for Oregon Alliance for Health, Physical  Education, Recreation and Dance 1993

• Cooperative Learning in Physical Education

Presenter for the Northwest Conference on Children's Physical Education. 1997 and 1998

• Cooperative Learning in Physical Education

Article published in the Oregon Alliance for Health, Physical  Education, Recreation and Dance Journal in the Fall 1999 issue dealing with Cooperative Learning.

Recreation Director for the Northwest Band Camp from 1988-1996

Camp Director for the Northwest Band Camp 1997 to present

Nominated by a student to Disney's Teacher of the Year Award, 2000.

Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award for Oregon 2001-2002 by Oregon Alliance of Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance

Adjunct Instructor for Western Oregon University, 2003,  Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Physical Education, ED 569M

Nominated by a previous student to the Who's Who Among America's (Premier) Teachers, 2004, 8th Edition.

In-service Presenter for Cascade Middle School dealing with Curriculum Mapping, April 9th, 2004

Teacher Team Leader for curriculum development towards the Oregon Standards for Corvallis middle schools 2003 - present.

Current Hobbies:

Scuba diving  since 1972 - Wreck diving, deep diving, cave diving, night diving, rescue diving and hunting (I have an impressive spear gun collection)  Salt water 72 gallon aquarium City league basketball (If the knees will hang together) HO model trains (Brandi and I make all of our own materials for our lay-out and scenery) Making Christmas and Halloween decorations Playing piano since 1969 (enjoy ragtime, jazz and rock and roll) Basketball and baseball card collecting going from 1963 to present Coaching Collecting vintage toys - 1964-66 Gi Joes Home improvement projects I'm also the camp Director of the Northwest Band Camps Inc.  during the summers

Family:

Wonderful wife Judy, Lacey - Just graduated from Oregon State and is a Corporate Executive for Keiser's Target Store,  Brandi - Just finished her Paramedic Program at Chemeketa College and is running an ambulance as a licensed Paramedic out of Woodburn, and son Mitchell age 13 - now in the 8th grade!

Pets:

Our cats Murphy (15 years) and K.C. (5 years - died when hit by car on 3/24/03), and a 72 gallon salt water Bow Front aquarium.

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