Welcome to my professional portfolio. I hope that it provides you with a good sense of my experiences and my understandings. My professional experiences have centered on teaching and learning, school reform, and ecology. In this portfolio I have provided my thoughts in each of those areas, as well as samples of my work in each of those areas. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or to pursue deeper conversations on those topics. Thank you for visiting.
| Professional BackgroundThis section provides information on my academic and professional experiences. It includes a pdf version of my resume and of my curriculum vitae. Please click here to go to my professional background section. |
Teaching & Learning Teaching & learning introduces you to my philosophy in this area. It includes sample teaching syllabi from my university work and sample units from my work in integrated curriculum. Please click here to go to my teaching & learning section. |
| School Change My most recent work has been in school change. This section contains the theory of action I developed for work I did with the Indiana Essential Schools Network. It also includes various pieces that explain how I view the process of school change. Please click here to go to the section on school change. |
Ecology My background is in ecology and natural resources. That has influenced my approach to all my work, including my teaching and the school change work. This section provides information on how I see it influencing that work. Deep ecology's influence on my thinking is also discussed. Please click here to go to the section on ecology. |
| Professional Papers This section showcases my written work. Pieces include a published article of a presentation that was given an honorable mention at the 2004 Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference and an AERA 2006 presentation from my dissertation work. Please click here to read my professional papers. |
Professional Links This section lists those resources and organizations that I find useful in my work. While not a showcase of me in a traditional sense, these links do indicate what influences my work and thinking. Additionally I included them as a resource for those with whom I work. Please click here to go to my resource links. |
