OverviewTeacher and educational consultant with more than 20 years of experience on the frontlines of classrooms, both in public and private K-20 school systems internationallyDirector of Intelligence in Motion, an educational consultancy specializing in innovative curriculum enrichment for K-20 school systems to augment existing course content with engaging and authentic experiential learning on the road in an expanding network of mobile classrooms across developed and developing countriesScholar-practitioner committed to infusing curricula with phenomenon-based learning and community of inquiry to study and find practical solutions to urgent socio-cultural problems and social justice issuesEducator committed to bridging theory with practice in a transdisciplinary model that integrates systems thinking, design thinking, critical thinking, and creative thinking into problem-based passion projects for students to engage in meaningful, transformative learning in real-world contexts during mobile expeditionary study modulesDeveloper of flexible, dynamic, and innovative pedagogy combining experiential, transformative, collaborative, digital, and critical learning approaches to help students discover their personal and academic passions in their formal studies, careers, and personal livesVisionary for developing innovative pedagogy for engaging learners in transformative academic writing and hands-on, practical social scholarship that includes formative electronic portfolios development utilizing podcasts, video essays, ethnographic documentaries, social media, web 3.0 tools, and other educational technologyCurrent Position and Start-up VentureI currently work at the University of Pecs in Hungary as an EdTech advisor, English lecturer, copy editor, and language exam item writer. I am an American citizen with nearly 20 years of teaching experience in the USA and abroad, and I hold an MEd in Instructional Technology and an EdD in Entrepreneurial Leadership in Education from Johns Hopkins University. I taught English for over a decade in Maryland’s public schools and I currently manage a startup called Intelligence in Motion, an educational consultancy specializing in curriculum enrichment that provides gap-year and university students with real-world experiential and expeditionary learning on the road in mobile classrooms. To learn more about this venture and my public-private partnership plan to attract stakeholders to the organization, click on the Canva presentation link in the top left-hand side of this resume.
