NAME:
Mr. Esparza
SCHOOL:
Cupertino Middle School
CLASS:
7th and 8th grade science; room 8
SCHOOL PHONE:
408.245.0303 x208
Education and Training:
• San Jose State University, San Jose, CA: Multiple Subject Credential Middle
Level Emphasis. July 2008
• San Jose State University, San Jose, CA: Bachelor of Science Degree,
Chemistry, 1979
• University California Santa Cruz Extension, Software Engineering and
Management Certification
• Six Sigma Training (60 hours, ‘Green Belt’ program)
• People and project management training
Classroom Teaching Experience:
Sept. 2007-Present: Student teacher at Cupertino Middle School, Cupertino CA.
• Physical science for eighth grade
• Life Science for 7th grade
Other Professional Experience:
1980-2007: Twenty-seven year technology career in Silicon Valley with
companies such as Agilent Technologies and Seagate. I filled positions in
research and development, process engineering and software systems development
in the disk drive and life sciences industries as a manager and individual
contributor.
Technology and Software Skills:
• MS Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Project)
• MS Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
• SQL
• Toad
• Dreamweaver
• Crystal Reports
• Windows/Server OS
Patents and Inventions:
“Methods and compositions for electroless plating of magnetic recording
media.” European PO # 0 322 895 A2 and Japan PO # 1205081.
See: http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=EP0322895&F=0&QPN=EP0322895
Work with Childrens Organizations:
• Boy Scouts of America Troop 494, Outing and Merit Badge volunteer
• Little League Baseball, Serra Little League volunteer
Family and interests:
• Married 23 years and father to three sons
• Cycling and other sports
We are citizens in a society dominated by technology. More and more we become
dependent on technology to solve our problems. In some cases we solve more
problems than we make and other times the opposite occurs. Much good and great
evil has been done with the power of science and technology. It is imperative
to teach the science behind all technologies. That way, we learn to develop
and use promising technologies but also become able to judge our use of
science and technology as
beneficial to our society or not. The goal of this course is to transform
students into better people;
free, scientifically literate and able to think on their own.
