resume for
Joseph Robert Adams
Formal Education:
- Dunwoody High School 1983
- North Georgia College and State University, B.A. English and History 1990; Georgia Teaching License for Secondary School English and Social Studies 1999
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, M.A. History 1995
Teaching Experience
- 2006-2008: Director and instructor at World Class Learing Alliance, a Georgia non-profit organization providing international education (Japanese language and AP World History) on-line to rural southern Appalachian and Yamanashi, Japan students. (worldclass.net)
- 2003-2007: College Board AP World History consultant and student essay scorer for annual exam
- 2005-2006: adjunct instructor for three world history survey courses at North Georgia College and State University Class
- 2001-2002: Walton High School, Cobb County Georgia, two year world history and geography program, initiating the new A.P. World History course.
- 2000-2001: Oglethorpe County High School, Lexington Georgia (ninth grade honors world geography and history; world history and composition classes for "behavior disorder" students.
- 1999-2000: Adjunct instructor for Chinese History (Spring) World History (Fall) at North Georgia College and State University and Gainesville College (World and U.S.)
- Summer 2000: Instructor at University of Georgia for the first AP World History workshop for teachers
- 1995-98: Assistant English Teacher in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J.E.T.) program at three primary schools and one junior high school in Nakamichi-cho and Toyotomi-mura in Yamanashi-ken Japan.
- 1993-1995: Teaching Assistant at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, World Civilizations Professors Karen Jolly, David Hanlon, and David Chappel.
- 1990-1992: Assistant English teacher for the local boards of education in Kenbuchi-cho, Hokkaido and Kimitsu-shi, Chiba-ken in Japan, as a participant in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program.
Teaching Purpose: to get students to see their explorations in literature and history as potential lenses for understanding current issues; and to get students to see writing as means of improving their analysis of current issues and personal challenges.
Local Community Involvement and Hobbies
- 2002-2007 organizer for the
RiversAlive.org river clean-up in Lumpkin County (2006 chair of
LumpkinCoalition.org clean-up event that included participation of students from Hidden
Lake Academy, 2006 and 2007, and Pace Academy, 2006
- 2005-2007 Certified for Georgia's
Adopt-a-Stream to monitor biological and chemical quality for three sites on
the Etowah River
- Summer 2002 and 2007: interpreter and guide for the NHK BS2 (Japanese public television) Global Trekking series segment, "The Way of Wind, Forest, and History: the Appalachian Trail in New England" KAZE TO MORI TO REKISHI NO MICHI (first aired in Japan on October 9, 2002); and the 2007 documentary, Healing on the Appalachian Trail (first aired in Japan in October 2007)
- 1999-2007 Co-director of Revival Gardens
Organic Produce, our 12 acre family farm (revivalgardens.com)
- 2002-2006 Owner of Katuah
Construction (katuahconstruction.com)
- 2003-2005 Workshop participant at Medicine
Bow, Mark Warren's wilderness school in Lumpkin County (studied Spring and
Summer Plants and Animal Tracking)
- 1997-2007 Co-director for World Class
Learning Alliance, through which we have conducted international exchange
projects and G.L.O.B.E. (Global Learning to Benefit the Environment,
globe.gov) activities in Japan and at Lumpkin County Elementary School
- Hobbies include canoeing, hiking, rock
climbing, playing claw-hammer banjo and mountain dulcimer, studying
Japanese history and culture (we have relatives and a house in Japan).
References
Mary McClendon -- Mary McClendon, youth director at Dahlonega Unitarian Church, marymc5936@aol.com
Elvin Hilyer -- Administrator for the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta Georgia, elvin3865@gmail.com
Tom Lamb -- Forsyth County Primary School Teacher and collaborator on river monitoring events, tlamb3@alltel.net
Contact Information:
Joseph R Adams
390 Tom Bell Odom Rd
Dahlonega, GA
30533 |
home phone/fax: 706 864-9787
work phone/cell: 706 265-5502
e-mail: joe@worldclass.net
web-page www.worldclass.net |