I’m Rachel Chagnon, teaching in Somerville Massachusetts. I have an engineering degree, but I’ve been teaching various levels of high school math for 11 years, and have taught AP Computer Science during 3 of those years. I’m excited about having a more approachable computer science offering at my school.
My wacky hobbies are juggling and Scottish Country Dancing. Do any of you do either?
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My name is Marcellus Clement and I have been teaching Physical Education and Health in Maryland for 7 years. I have also been coaching girls Varsity Basketball for the last four years. However, this year I am teaching at an International High School that is just opening up in which we want to add coding. I want to use coding to not only strengthen students skills in technology, but also see how this can be used in the educational process almond staff to enhance programs such as edmodo or other advanced ways to reduce paper. I am excited to learn of how I can bring this back to my school!
The course should be very interesting due to the eclectic group of attendees. My name is William Wolfe and this is a second or third career for me. I was educated as an electrical engineer and a physiologist but became an entrepreneur in many fields. Hobbies are soccer, triathlons and hiking.
My name is Heather Brooks. I have been a Physical Science teacher for 13 years. I am in charge of teaching Physical Science at my new High School in Calistoga and they have asked me to teach Exploring Computer Science this year. I have never taught Computer Science before and I am a little nervous about teaching a subject that I don’t really know. I am hoping that this professional development will help me to teach this new class.
I like to be outdoors and I enjoy focusing on applying the Physical Science classes that I teach to the Environment. I started a CTE Physics of Alternative Energy class from scratch 5 years ago and the students really enjoy it and I spend a lot of time developing the curriculum. I want to expand this class into a CTE Chemistry of Alternative Energy class as well.
I additionally have 3 little kids so that is where the rest of my time goes. I have an 8 year old son, 6 year old son and a 2 year old girl. They are all fun, but keep me busy!
Hello all! Yvette here. I’ve been a public school educator for 15 years after 3 years in private school. I have taught AP Comp Sci, C++, Visual Basic, Web Page Design, several technology courses, and several other business courses. Before I was “called” to teaching, I was in the military, worked for a defense contractor, worked in retail and finance management.
I enjoy reading, doing a little Salsa dancing, traveling and spending time with my god-children and other nieces/nephew (including grands and greats - about 33 and one on the way).
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I am a veteran CTE teacher of 24 years. I have an affinity for the learning community and surrounding community. While my students are often challenging, they are also inspiring. The majority of my teaching years have involved some form of computing. I an excited about this new instructional approach.
Hey All! My name is Mark Sidarous, and this is my 2nd year teaching ECS. I’ve taught Biology and Chemistry for 10 years at Spry Community Links High School in Little Village, Chicago, and excited to introduce computational thinking to my students for a myriad of reasons.
I love to read, solve puzzles, play bass guitar and french horn. I’m a husband and a father, with 3 daughters under 4 years old!
Hello. I am a new teacher. My subjects are mainly math and science. My hobbies are SCUBA and home improvement projects. I look forward to learning about code.org.
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My name is Sue Coupland. This will be my 20th year teaching at Lompoc High in CA. I was an accountant before beginning my teaching career. I have taught Algebra, PE and Computer Repair along with a variety of Business courses. Currently I am the lead teacher for our Business academy. This will be my first year teaching ECS. I am looking forward to the training and teaching the course this year. I had my 9th and 10th grade students participate in the Hour of Code last December, and had enough interest to fill two sections of ECS for this new year.
I enjoy playing card and board games, traveling, and listening to books on tape and Christian worship music.
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My name is Billy Shulman. I am entering my 11th year teaching in Prince George’s County, MD. I am beginning my first year working at the two new Internationals Schools we are opening this fall. I am a certified social studies and ESOL teacher who has a passion for technology. I am excited to learn about coding and the resources CODE.org will provide.
Hello, my name is Jermaine Davis, I’ve been in education for over 5 years. I’m a Technology teacher and freelance designer. I have a BS in Computer Science, Masters in Design, and Masters in Teaching. I’ve worked for think tanks in Washington DC in the past where I was a web developer and graphic designer. My hobbies are reading, activism, and art.Hi, I am Lawson. I have been a high school teacher for 11 years. I am certified in Math, Technology Education, and Computer Science. I am currently teaching a Tech Ed. course, Foundations of Technology, and Intro to Comp. Sci. I used the ECS curriculum last year and found it very productive for my Intro to Comp. Sci. classes.
In my free time I enjoy writing code, reading, and following Politics.
My name is David Sandefur and I have been teaching business and computer applications for 16 years in a public school district. I currently teach in a school that is an IB school that is a school of choice for my students. I have also coached football for the last 10 years of my teaching career. I came from industry in the Finance and Real Estate industry.
My hobbies are working in my wood shop creating items from salvaged lumber and other salvaged materials.
This will be my first year of teaching exploring computer science.
My name is Joe Laubie and I am a Business Teacher at Katella High School in Anaheim. I have been teaching business courses for 23 years. I spent one year at Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, and the rest have all been at Katella. I became a teacher because I wanted to be a coach. Growing up I was a very good tennis player, and played college tennis at UC Riverside where I received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. After college, I continued my education by attending the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama from where I received a Master’s Degree in Sports Management. At the time I wanted to work in the sports industry, and while in the Master’s Program worked a one-year internship at CSUF in the Athletics Business Office. During this time I also began my coaching career at Katella coaching the Boys Varsity Tennis Team. These two experiences had a great impact on the direction my future would take. Because I enjoyed coaching so much I decided to go back to school and get a teaching credential so that I could continue to coach and maybe someday become an Athletic Director. I earned my teaching credential from CSUF and did my student teaching at Katella while continuing to coach. After completing my credential I took the teaching position at Leuzinger. At the end of that school year I received a call from the Katella AD at that time stating that my master teacher was retiring and that he would like me to come and interview for the position, and I have been at Katella ever since. I became the boy’s and girl’s Varsity Tennis Coach - a position I kept for thirteen years, and I taught Keyboarding and Computer Applications.
Over the years, I have taught probably every business course offered at Katella and was more than willing to teach Computer Science and Web Design when they were first offered, even though my programming knowledge at the time was limited at best. I have learned much in the area of Computer Science, and enjoy teaching the subject. I am not, nor will I ever be, a programming expert, but I think I have become pretty good at teaching the basic foundations of programming. I am excited to learn more through this training and am hopeful that Exploring Computer Science Course will help us build our Computer Science Pathway at Katella.
My name is Emily Frazier and I am a business teacher in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Currently I am teaching Foundations of Technology and Entrepreneurship. In the past I have taught other business courses, but my favorite is Entrepreneurship. My educational background includes degrees in Secretarial Science, Business Education, Adult Education, and Counseling.
I like crafting and writing (just published my first book) in my spare time.
I have a special interest in personality traits, building self-esteem, and encouraging and empowering my students, re-entry citizens, and homeless individuals.
I look forward to learning more about Computer Science.
Hi Stephanie,
You and I have had similar paths. I attended college in Ocala, Tampa, and Sarasota, Florida; however, I moved to Maryland in the early 80’s. My second year of teaching was at a community college with the Farm Workers of America program. I began working with the Prince George’s Public School System in 1995. I am a Business Educator as well. Maybe we will cross paths face-to-face in the near future.
Hello, my name is Gilbert Trent and I teach Art, Computer Graphics and Foundation of Technology at Community bBased Classroom in Bladensburg, Maryland. I am going into my third year and will be teaching ECS instead of Foundation of Technology. I previously taught Art and Digital Art at an alternative school for severely emotionally disturbed students since 1990.
I am a painter and exhibit my work throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area. I also enjoy traveling, the theater, movies and a variety of different ethnic cuisine.
I am also a former Peace Corps Volunteers and taught in Ghana, West Africa.
I am looking forward to meeting you and learning more about the international schools. Actually one will be housed in same school as my program. Community Based Classroom and Annapolis Road Acadeny share the same building.
See you Monday, Have a good weekend.
Gilbert Trent
My name Nahashon Mutiga. I have taught Computer Science and Digital Graphic Design at Our Lady of Good Counsel High school for the last ten years.
I am originally from Nairobi Kenya where I taught mechanical drawing and Machine shop technologies in what would be considered a community college in the us.
I do not have any experience teaching the ECS curriculum but I believe I have touched on some components of the curriculum in the course of my teaching Computer Science.
I enjoy armature photography during my scarce spare time…
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My name is Natasha and this is my first year teaching CS. I used to dabble in programming and coding many years ago and am excited about this new challenge.