BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

JASON L. PAINTER – Physics and Biology Teacher, Farmville Central High School, Pitt County Schools, Farmville, North Carolina

PROFESSONAL EXPERIENCE:

8/99-Present

Physics and Biology Teacher, Farmville Central High School, Pitt County, Schools, Farmville, North Carolina

• Develop curriculum, teach, and assess the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for each subject. Work integrally with colleagues to develop plans to successfully meet department, county, and state education goals.

6/99-8/99

Curriculum Developer, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

• Developed curriculum for the new North Carolina Standard Course of Study Science in the content areas of Earth Science and Physical Science to be put on a cd-rom.
• Designed two websites for Earth Science and Physics to support teachers (especially new teachers) in coverage of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

3/99-4/99

Textbook Writer, Carolina Academic Press, Durham, North Carolina

• Wrote a chapter called "The Hydrosphere" for an eighth-grade textbook.

8/98-6/99

Physics, Earth Science, and Algebra Teacher, Farmville Central High School, Pitt County Schools, Farmville, North Carolina

• Developed curriculum, taught, and assessed the North Carolina Standard course of study for each subject. Work integrally with colleagues to develop plans to successfully meet departmental, county, and state education goals.
• Men's Tennis Coach - 1999 Eastern Plains Conference Coach of the Year.

5/98-8/98

Graduate Assistant, Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

• Assisted in the research and development of a Queen Anne's Revenge website.
• Participated in several workshops that focused on the development of a new Earth Science curriculum for North Carolina, the founding of TEPAC (Teachers for Educational Policy Awareness and Change), and understanding the process of obtaining National Board Certification.
• Computer Experience: Microsoft Excel; Microsoft PowerPoint; Hyperstudio; CBL's and Verneir software; Internet; Windows 95, 98.

8/97-5/98

University Instructor, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

• Developed, implemented, and instructed field-based methods courses focused on the teaching of science in the elementary schools.
• Developed an interactive website to align with course goals and provide students with a support network to bring about transformation in their existing beliefs about teaching and learning.
• Collaborated with area schools, administrators and teachers to provide field-based teaching experiences for future teachers.
• Performed extensive qualitative research in an effort to improve the university preparation of future teachers in science education.

1/97-5/97

Graduate Assistant, Department of Science Education, East Carolina, Greenville, North Carolina

• Performed extensive qualitative research in six university classrooms under three different professors, which included taking field notes, videotaping, interviewing, analyzing, writing, and publishing.
• Collaborated with three university professors researching and improving the course entitled, Teaching Science in the Elementary School.
• Completed thesis entitled, Reconceptualizing and Science Methods Course to Improve School Science Instruction, which was accepted and presented at the prestigious annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) in San Diego, California.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1996
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Masters of Arts, Science Education (Concentration in Biology), 1998
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Questions? Send e-mail to cal@ucar.edu
Broken links? Send e-mail to dpetter@ucar.edu

LAST UPDATED: 03/30/2000