About Me
Education Southwestern College - Winfield, KS Central Missouri State University Indiana University - South Bend, IN Miami University - Oxford, OH University of Kansas Saint Mary of the Plains College Wichita State University Selected Teaching Positions 1989- Present - Wichita Collegiate School; 5th grade; 8th grade Ancient History 1984-1989 - Skyline School, Pratt, KS; 4th-6th grades 1981-1983 - Mishawaka, IN; Gifted Elementary Program 1978-1981 - Appanoose Elementary, Ottawa, KS; Reading Specialist 1977-1978 - Knob Noster, MO; Elementary Special Education Awards 2020 - Culture of Excellence Award 2015 - Outstanding Achievement Award - "Eighth Grade Team Building" 2014 - Pathfinder Award - "Digital Textbook Project" 2012 - Calliope Award - Lifetime Achievement - American Classical League 2012 - Pathfinder Award - "Team Technology" 2011 - Pathfinder Award - "Populus Romanus Facebook Research Project" 2010 - Pathfinder Award - "Comparative Religions Video Project" 2008 - Pathfinder Award - "Trial of Socrates Project" 2005 - Outstanding Achievement Award - "Student International Trips" 2003 - Outstanding Achievement Award - "Excellence Through Classics Program" 2002 - Pathfinder Award - "The Global Village Project" 1988 - Outstanding Educator Award - Pratt County Jaycees Professional Work 2013-Alan November Technology Workshops, Boston, MA 2010 NEH Institute Fellow - "Houses of Mortals and Gods" Summer study in Italy 2008-2017-Member Sedgwick County Historical Society Education Board 1991-2018 - Writer/editor - National Mythology Exam Committee 1991-2009 - Member Excellence Through Classics Executive Board 2003-2009 Chair, National Mythology Exam Committee 1998 - Summer Fellow National Gallery of Art - "Myth, Legends, and Art"
1989-1992 Reader/Evaluator NEH Grant Committee 1991 Presenter ISAS Regional Conference 1991 NEH Institute Fellow - "The Epic Hero" 1990 Presentation for NEH Executive Committee, Washington, D.C. 1989 NEH Institute Fellow - "Ovid and Classical Myth" 1989-2009 Numerous presentations at Regional and National American Classical League Conferences Organizer/leader of over 20 student and adult tours of Italy and Greece - 1993 - Present Special Training Traveled to Israel as participant of Israel Collaborative Contact Group National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes American Classical League Institute Workshops Gifted and Talented Association Workshops Leadership Training Workshops "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" Leadership "The First Days of School" - Harry Wong Effective Learning Environment Workshop SEED - Diversity Training Learning Differences Workshop Building Learning Communities 2013 - Alan November Technology Conference Philosophy Possibilities are limitless. Personal Information Married to former WCS Upper School History Teacher Two children - both WCS graduates, one grandson Love to read, garden, build, watch movies, read, play with my dog, and travel Favorite Quote "It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do." (Garfield to Odie, who is sitting in a tree.) |
