MEET+THE+TEACHER

=Meet the Teacher=

EDUCATION
 * HIGH SCHOOL
 * Graduated from Catasauqua High School in 1982
 * 1st Team Colonial League safety on undefeated football team
 * Captain of undefeated track team
 * COLLEGE
 * B.A. with Honors in History, The Pennsylvania State University, 1987
 * M.A. in European History, The Pennsylvania State University, 1989
 * Teaching Certificate, Eastern Michigan University, 1992

EXPERIENCE


 * Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI 1990-92
 * adjunct faculty member in history department
 * taught US I, US II and World History
 * Yale Public Schools, Yale, MI 1992-1997
 * taught Economics, Psychology, Sociology and Current Events
 * coached football and track
 * Stroudsburg High School, Stroudsburg, PA 1997-1999
 * taught US I, US II and World History
 * coached track
 * Northampton High School, Northampton, PA 1999-present
 * currently teaching AP Macro & Micro, and Economics CT
 * taught AP European History, Honors Modern Global, Psychology and Sociology
 * coach track and football

INTERESTING FACTS
 * Lives in Parkland School District with my wife Tracy of 24 years, and our three children, Nick [20], Patrick [16], and Abigail [14].
 * Was an exchange student in Flensburg, Germany my junior year of college.
 * I enjoy traveling and have taken groups of students on trips to Europe. My last trip was in 2011.
 * I am a diehard sports fan who follows my beloved Nittany Lions, the Green Bay Packers, the Boston Celtics, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Detroit Red Wings, teams I've followed in my youth. {confession: I was a Notre Dame fan as a kid, but my first game in Beaver Stadium as a student crushed that fast}.
 * Avid reader, but as my wife exclaims, it is that boring non-fiction stuff. Last favorite book read is "Detroit: An American Autopsy" by Charlie LeDuff.
 * I am also a self proclaimed computer geek who builds his own computers.