WVS Teacher Consultant

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Availability:

Zoom Office Hours on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm (CT). Anyone is welcome to drop in for help or questions.

I am widely available to meet on other days and times, by appointment. To set up a meeting, just email me your request.

Phone Number:

Please email me to schedule time to connect or use my appointment calendar for "Connect Time" in your online course.

Teacher Bio:

My professional background includes a BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering (University of Michigan) and a Master's in Computer Science Education (Cardinal Stritch College). The natural outcome of these interests was my developing a competitive high school (Vex) robotics team. Students work in teams to design, build, and program robots to compete in annual challenges. 

After retiring from teaching mathematics and computer science in the Wausau School District, I now keep myself busy with online education, traveling with my wife Cathy, long walks with Coco (our recent canine addition), and numerous home renovation projects. While I truly enjoy retirement, my work as a teacher and coach continues to bring me a great deal of joy and purpose.

Quite simply, I really enjoy introducing people to the beauty and joy of computing. Learning how to compose computer programs to solve real problems is a very worthwhile activity for learners of all ages and interests, and the logical deduction and reasoning skills it helps develop are useful for every academic and professional pursuit. As the world continues to evolve towards dependence on digital technologies, I firmly believe that every student should be exposed to computer programming at an early age. For some, this will lead to academic pathways that were previously unknown or inaccessible. But everyone will benefit from the development of structured, algorithmic thinking skills.

Subjects and Grade Levels taught:

Computer Science (6-12)

Wisconsin Teacher Licensure:

Mathematics (6-12)
Computer Science (6-12)