SCHOOL:
Lebanon Community High School
CLASS:
Anatomy & Physiology, Biology I, Biology II
SCHOOL PHONE:
618-537-4423
My wife and I grew up here in Lebanon, and we are graduates of Lebanon
High School. We now reside here with our two children, and they attend
school in the district. My wife is a mathematics teacher at O'Fallon
Township High School. I'm a former collegiate basketball player at Marshall
University. I completed my collegiate basketball career with a Southern
Conference Championship, under then head coach Billy Donovan. I received my
doctoral degree from Logan College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield,
Missouri. I was in private practice for seven years, and owned and operated
an office in Mascoutah, Illinois. This provided me the opportunity to
gain a great deal of practical, professional, and real-world experience to
bring to the classroom. I earned my teaching certification and my masters
degree in education from McKendree University. During the 2008-2009 school
year, I taught 7th grade science at Whiteside Middle School in Belleville,
Illinois. I have also taught in various Sunday school programs around the
area. Currently, I am the sunday school superintendent at St. Paul United
Church of Christ in Lebanon. My wife and I also run the Lebanon Little
Dunkers basketball program in Lebanon.
I have always considered myself a life-long learner, and this has ultimately
led me to the teaching profession. I believe my role as a teacher is not
only to convey subject matter, but to be a positive role model to the young
people I come in contact with daily. I use my position, as a teacher,
to fill in the gaps and model family values which are being ever-increasingly
stripped from our culture. I believe my career in private practice has
prepared me to draw from real-world experiences and convey how those
experiences relate to subject matter in the classroom. Being a former
collegiate athlete my background is not limited to academia. I believe that
athletics, in proper context, can instill teamwork, self-disipline, and
character.