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   Mr. Schumacher
              The Magic of Language Arts
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It's Magic

i am

Mr. Schu

Experience

FEAST TRAINER SUMMER 2008-2009

McLean County Unit 5 School District
Language Arts Teacher, 1979-2010

I continue to gain new insights through teaching and learning every day.

I enjoy working with all the members of my teaching team and learn from each of them daily.

I continue to love and respect all of my students

Winnebago School District
Title I reading teacher/coordinator, 1976-1979

Gained knowledge and experience about multi-sensory learning.

Enjoyed working with the Winnebago people and learning about their history and culture.

Had fun at the Pow-Wows.

Harrisburg Public Schools

5th grade teacher, 1974-1976

In the learning stage among the inner-city schools. My experience was vast and helped me to develop an "affective" view of education
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Education

Hazleton, Pa. Arthur Street School Grades 1-6 (way back when life was really simple)

Hazleton, Pa. D. A. Harmon Junior High School (way back when life was simple)

Hazleton, Pa. Hazleton High School (Life is more complicated these days)

East Stroudsburg Pa., Skytop Lodge and New York City (my years as a P.E Major, Pool Manager, Ski Instructor and Elevator operator.) The trip to Woodstock in August 1969 was awesome.

Luzerne County Community College: Associate degree in Education 1971

Penn State University 1972-1974 B.A. in Education

United States Army National Guard 1973-1978 (logistics and combat engineer training)

Wayne State College: 30 semester hours toward a Masters Degree in Learning Disabilities

Illinois State University: M.A. in Reading plus 52 hours of post graduate work

The Feast III The Feast IV

Unit 5 professional Development classes

Interests

Reading
It opens a new door everyday and can provide transport to anywhere.

Technology
It continues to be a challenge. It's fun to meet that challenge; even though you don't always win. Mac will prevail!!

I continue to learn more and more and understand how much more there is to learn.

"Office 2007 is great!! I sure hope Unit 5 will make the transition soon. Outlook works better than Groupwise.

I really enjoy using SharePoint Designer and the new PowerPoint.

I love the SmartBoard and am happy to say I have one in my classroom

Canoeing
Nothing, but teaching eighth grade students the day before a vacation, is more challenging or invigorating than running a rapid in a solo canoe.
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contact information:

mail comments to: schumadj@unit5.org