John McFarland

1909 Franklin • Irving, Texas 75060 •

phone (972) 259-2814

eMAIl: stopmeister72@aol.com

EDUCATION

Aug 1998 University of Texas Arlington Arlington, Texas

Bachelors of Science

Biology

Aug 1997 DCCCD Dallas, Texas

Associates of Arts and Sciences

Liberal Arts

Dec 95 DCCCD Dallas, Texas

Associates of Applied Science

Food Service

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 2004 – Current Irving High School Irving, Texas

IPC (science) Teacher :Responsibilities and duties including:

v Teaching / developing curriculum

v 10^th grade team leader

v TAKS tutoring

v Technology implementation

v Job’s alike participant

August 1998 – May 2004 Austin Middle School Irving, Texas

7^th grade Science Teacher. Responsibilities and duties including:

v Teaching curriculum,

v 7^th grade team leader

v Developing, evaluating, and revising curriculum for 7^th grade

v TexTeams trainer – modules 2-3

v Organizing and presenting staff development training at district level over various topics related to the science curriculum.

ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Leadership/ Technology

v Academic Team Leader.

v Austin Middle School PTA Historian

v Hazcom Trainer for Irving ISD 2003-04

v TEXTEAMS Leadership Training.

v Trained in Cooperative Learning.

v SIOP Training (ESL) 2005

v Claymation training 2005

v Completed All 5 Technology Modules (Austin Middle School)

v Completed 2 TechFusion Modules (2005)

v Weekly integration of technology using Word, Publisher, Excel, LearnStar, shared folders, internet, and Blackboard

Sponsorship

v Previous sponsor Science Club.

v Sponsored student environmental trip

Honors

v PTA Life Membership Award Austin Middle School

v Teacher of the year, Austin Middle School 2001-02

v Teacher of the Month, Austin Middle School 11/2000

Membership

v Association of Texas Professional Educators