About me
I like going outside, especially to make a fire and cook, but also to garden, observe wildlife, and relax. I'm a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) at the 200-hour level. My lockdown project was to learn guitar and bass. Although I can play a bit now, I am still a better singer and drummer than guitarist. My first full-time teaching job was teaching High School German with Hampton City Schools (Virginia, USA). My first international teaching experience was teaching English at a German Hauptschule in Rheinland-Pfalz under the auspices of the Fulbright Exchange Program. For about ten summers, I taught at the Virginia Governor's German Academy, a summer immersion program for high school students. I moved to Germany in 2007 to take a job teaching Math and Science for two years at an international school in Neuss. For the past fifteen school years, I have been at the elementary school of the International School of Düsseldorf, first teaching German as another language before joining the outdoor learning team. I have a BA in German with an endorsement to teach German from preK to 12, and a Master's in School Management from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern. My wife and I live in Düsseldorf with our two children.