professional portfolio

Professional Portfolio

2006-2007

• Pisgah High School Teacher of the Year

• Rankin County School District Teacher of the Year

• Third Congressional District Teacher of the Year

2006 and 2002

• MetroJackson Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Teacher Award

Mississippi Biology I Test

• 100% Passing Rate for the Biology I Test for 7 years.

• Only 1 student failure in 8 years (Student passed on the first retest.)

• 2009-2010 – Five perfect scores

• Consistently scores are in the top three in the Rankin County School District.

The Components of a Science Curriculum

• Technology• Relevance to Society• Interest• Rigor• Real life problems• Relationships

See how I’ve accomplished this…

Labs

• Lab experiences are vital to a science course. Science is “doing” not memorizing.

Technology…

• I have experience using…– Blackboard, Moodle, and Desire2Learn– Smartboard and Promethean Board– Steno Student Response units– Smart and Hovercam Document Cameras– Classroom Audio Systems– Both Windows and Mac Operating Systems– Webpage Design, Podcasting, Vodcasting,

and various other Web 2.0 tools.

Thank you for your time!Wesley R. McCammon, MSNS• You can access more of my profession folder by going to the following address:• http://livebinders.com/play/play/69557#• My Website:• http://www.pisgahscience.com• My Online Biology Site:• http://www.pisgahscience.com/bioonline/• My Current School Website:• http://www.rcsd.ms/~wmccammon• My Slideshare Website:• http://www.slideshare.net/pisgahscience• My most popular, original video tutorials on my youtube science channel:• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ETkwTicSVk• My Educator Toolbox Blog• http://educatortoolbox.tumblr.com/• My Biology I Journal• http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/biology-journal/2406590