A Change

I know - one post in and he's changed the blog name already? I've let things stew in my head for a while and after thinking and thinking I've decided to change the focus of my blog onto the one topic I actually know something about. Therefore, the name change.

First - a quick review for those of you who may not know my background.

I have a B.S. degree in Economics/Management Information Systems, earned in 1982 from Southern Connecticut State College (now University). I've been teaching/working in education since the fall of 1985. My first year, I served as a teaching intern at West Haven (CT) High School while working on my masters. In June of '86, I completed my M.S. in Education from the University of Bridgeport. In February of 1987, I started teaching at St. Luke's School in New Canaan, CT. During my tenure at St. Luke's, I taught geometry, middle school computers, computer applications, desktop publishing, geography, and leadership. I was also at times the school's community service director and publications director. I left St. Luke's in the summer of '98 to go into commercial web development. After the dot com bust, just before September 11, I returned to education at an ITT Technical Institute near Philadelphia, where I served as Chairman of the Information Technologies department. I taught programming, database development, web design, operating system development and networking. In May of 2004, I moved to Florida to be the Technology Specialist at Harmony High School, near St. Cloud. It was my job to help teachers integrate technology in their classrooms. After several years, the school district eliminated the position district-wide and I was asked to return to the classroom, teaching psychology, digital design and TV production. While at Harmony High School, I taught part time at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Orlando, teaching web design and development. In August of 2011, I became the webmaster at Rye Country Day School in Rye, NY.

OK - resume mode off.

While I don't claim to be an expert in education, I do have more than 25 years of experience in the field. Many of the things I've seen and heard would make for an interesting book, but that's not the point of this (although, some may surface in the future.)

There's no question that the state of education in this country is unhealthy. I'm not looking to change the world, but I do hope that my many friends in education, will contribute to this discussion and maybe together, we can create something worthwhile.

I've worked in both public and private (independent) settings -- both have value and I think that it's important to remember that no one school can serve all possible students. More on that in another post :)

What do you think? Are you interested in talking about this? Willing to share? If we can each change one life, think of the good that will do. Walk with me.