Professional Development I am passionate about growing as a professional and every year I participate in various types of professional development. Some of my professional development includes: I presented at the State Physical Education Conference (CAHPERD) (2005 and 2008) I presented at the California Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) conference (2005) I have partnered with the Dairy Council of California as a part of the curriculum development advisory board (2007 - present) I am a mentor teacher for San Jose State University’s Physical Education Field Experience undergraduate class (2007-present) I am currently a member of Cupertino Union School Districts “21st Century Learner” team (2009) I observe at least one colleague from another district a year (2003- present) http://www.cahperd.org/http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/http://cusd21cms.ning.com/?xgi=cwIPszq&xgkc=1http://cusd21cms.ning.com/?xgi=cwIPszq&xgkc=1shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3

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    I will be entering my 6th year as a physical education teacher at CMS.  My first two years, I taught 7th and 8th grade and the last three I changed to 6th and 8th grade.  This will be my 8th year as a teacher, all in middle school Physical Education.  Before my career as a teacher, I worked at Sun Microsystems for 5.5 years upon graduating from UC Berkeley (Go Bears!!!) in ’96.  

    At the tail end of my career at Sun, I became very active in triathlon, particularly cycling.  The more time I spent competing and training, the more I fell in love with fitness, so much so, that I started to explore careers in the health and fitness industry.  While working at Sun, I decided to coach at a local middle school...the rest is history.  I enrolled at San Jose State and decided to get a second bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology as well as my teaching credential. 

    In addition to teaching, I have coached Cross Country, girls and boys Basketball and Track and Field.  I will also start my 5th year as  the club coordinator for our highly successfully Running Club. 

    In June of 2008, I became a father for the first time to a beautiful daughter, Jillian.  I have been married to my wife Kim for almost 6 years of which we reside in Santa Clara.  Also, this school year, 2010-11, I am starting my National Board for Physical Education. 

    Thanks for taking the time to learn a little about me.....