I have been principal and director of Butcher Children's
School, the elementary laboratory school for Emporia State University,
and
instructor in the department of Instructional Design and
Technology since 1981.
Butcher Children's School was closed in the spring of 2003 and I moved to a full-time position in the department of Instructional Design and Technology.
I officially retired from Emporia State University in August of 2006.
My wife and I have moved from Emporia to Muskogee, Oklahoma.
I will continue to teach online classes part time out of my home office
in Muskogee.
PRIOR TO 1981, HERE ARE MY PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Curriculum Director, K-12
Cheney
Unified School District #268
Cheney, Kansas 67025
Principal
Windsor
Hills Elementary School
Putnam City School District
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Principal
Buhler Grade
School, K-8
Buhler, Kansas
Principal
Moriarty
Elementary School
Moriarty, New Mexico
Teacher
Albuquerque Public Schools
Albuquerque, New Mexico
HERE ARE SOME OF MY PRESENTATIONS
Presented a Poster Session at the National Educational Computer Conference, Dallas, Tx, titled, "The Butcher School-New Zealand Connection," (June, 1992)
Presented a session at the International Reading Association National Convention, San Antonio, TX, titled, "The Butcher School Whole Language Reading Program," (March, 1993)
Presented a session at the National Association of Laboratory Schools national convention titled, "Butcher Extended School Year," (February, 1994)
Presented a session on the Butcher School Year-Round program at the Kansas Association of School Boards state convention, (Dec, 1994)
HERE ARE SOME OF MY GRANTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
Spring, 1993: Developed and directed a Kansas Excellence In Education Grant from the Kansas State Department of Education for $53,000 to implement a Year-Round Education program, implement multiage grouping, and implement ABACUS, a computerized curriculum management program at Butcher Children's School.
Spring, 1994: Received a second Kansas Excellence In Education grant, in the amount of $26,000, to continue the implementation of a Year-Round program, multiage grouping, and a computerized curriculum management program for Butcher Children's School.
HERE ARE MY DEGREES
Ed. D. Degree, Oklahoma
State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Ed. S. Degree, University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
M. S. Degree, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
B. S. Degree, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
HERE ARE SOME OF MY PUBLICATIONS
"Exemplary Reading Program," The Reading Teacher, Feb. 1994
"Expanding Reporting Options Through Technology," chapter in Report Card on Report Cards: Alternatives to Consider, Tara Azwell and Elizabeth Schmar, Editors, Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 1995
This is my dog, Sassy, a 1-year old Miniature Schnauzer
However, my real pride and joy are my three grandchildren:
Dakota is 7 years old
Piper is 3 years old
Eli is 5 months old
MY FAVORITE HOBBY IS BARBECUING - before I retired I competed in KCBS barbecue contests. I compete now on a limited basis. My barbecuing now is mostly for family and friends.
I win my first Barbeque Contest, the Muskogee, OK Azalea
Festival Barbeque Contest,
April, 1999.
** First Place Brisket
** First Place Open Division - Chicken
Other BBQ Contest Wins:
1999 Topeka, KS BBQ contest, Topeka,
KS
**Eighth Place Brisket
1999 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Cook-Off,
Tonganoxie, KS
**Fifth Place Brisket
1999 Emporia Barbeque Challenge
**First Place Brisket
**Second Place Chicken
2000 Muskogee, OK BBQ Contest
**Third Place Pork
**Fifth Place Ribs
2000 Emporia Jaycee BBQ Contest
**First Place Brisket
2000 Blue Devil BBQ Cookoff, Bonner
Springs, KS
**First Place Brisket
2000 Emporia Beefest BBQ
**First Place Brisket
**First Place Ribs
**Second Place Sausage
**Overall Grand Champion
2001 Lenexa BBQ Battle, Lenexa, KS
Kansas State Championship
** First Place Brisket
2001 Olathe Heartland 100, Olathe, KS
** Third Place Chicken
** Fifth Place Pork
2001 Emporia Beefest BBQ
** Second Place Brisket
** Fifth Place Ribs
2002 Blue Devil BBQ Cookoff, Bonner
Springs, KS
** First Place Brisket
with a perfect score (180)
** Fourth Place Ribs
** Third Place Overall