College:  Illinois Wesleyan University , Elementary Education, 1998

Illinois State University - Master's Degree - Curriculum and Instruction 2007

Teaching Experience:  8 1/2 years, grades 2,3,4, & 5 

Interests:  reading, sports, computers, cooking, fatherhood, learning new things

Favorite Sports Teams:  Chicago Cubs & Bears

Favorite Food: Sezchuan Chicken

Favorite Music:  The Dave Matthews Band

Favorite Movie:  too many to list

Some of my Favorite Children's Books:  My Side of the Mountain, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Mad Scientists' Club,  Danny, The Champion of the World, The Trumpet of the Swan, Because of Winn Dixie,  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,