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    TEACHING HISTORY 
    This is my 23rd year in the TUHSD and I now teach in the Pathways Program, and I'm the advisor for the yearbook class. I taught as a core teacher for Tamiscal's independent study and the AP Composition class for eight years. From 2010-2012 I worked at Archie Williams High School, where I taught both Advanced Placement Language and Literature and AP Composition. I also taught in a small learning community for freshmen called Tech Lit.
     
    I taught for eight and a half years in The Team Program, here at Tamiscal. Before Team I taught English for three years at Redwood HS and a year and a half at Foothill High School in Pleasanton. I taught summer school in the TUHSD for five summers. At Redwood, I co-created the RHS mountain bike team and coached student racers for six years. I was an assistant coach for the state champion Archie Williams team for two years. 
     
    Here at Tamiscal I have taught seniors, juniors, and freshmen, in both English and social studies. I have teaching credentials in both English and all of the social sciences. 
     
    TRAVEL AND PERSONAL INTERESTS 
    I have traveled to five continents and over 30 countries. In 1996 I co-led a two-year bicycle expedition, following a clockwise route along the Pacific Rim. Prior to teaching, I worked in several Bay Area restaurants, was a show producer and news reporter for KFRC radio in San Francisco, was a retail supervisor for REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) in New York, and led mountain bike rides for Trips for Kids in San Rafael. My wife Nikole teaches Special Education at the high school formerly known as Drake and we own a home in Fairfax. Our daughter Amelia is a student at Manor School in Fairfax. 
    In the past 40-plus years, I have backpacked extensively in the Sierra, trekked in India and Nepal, mountaineered in Ecuador, raced bikes on the east and west coasts, rock climbed in Thailand, bike toured all over Europe, reached the summit of Mt. Shasta five times, and backcountry skied in several different California mountain ranges. I bike commute to school and try to ride my mountain bike as often as I can. Our little family traveled to Vietnam, Bali and Lombok two summers ago, and Costa Rica last summer. We like long road trips, especially to the Pacific Northwest and anywhere there are big, beautiful mountains. 
     
      
    Phone: (415) 945-3743    
     
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