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This is my fifth year of teaching, all here at Weaver. Prior to coming here I was an electronic technician for sixteen years. I have been married for 15 years, and I have two children ages nine and five.

Electronics I • This course covers electronic practices and fundamentals, roles of electronics in communications and industry, and career development. Topics include safety, tools, direct current, schematics, soldering, measuring electricity, Ohms/Watts/Kirchoff's Laws, power, and circuits. Leadership skills, science, thinking skills, and principles of technology are reinforced. Job shadowing and internships are appropriate workbased learning strategies for this course. Hands-on work experiences and SkillsUSA leadership activities provide many opportunities to enhance classroom instruction and career development. Algebra I is a recommended prerequisite.

Electronics II • This course covers advanced practices, principles, special equipment and materials. Topics include safety, alternating current, inductive/ capacitive/RCL circuits, semiconductor devices, rectifier/filter circuits, and bipolar transistors. Skills in leadership, safety, mathematics, reading, problem solving, tools, and test equipment are reinforced. Workbased learning strategies appropriate for this course are job shadowing, cooperative education, and apprenticeship. Hands-on work experiences and SkillsUSA leadership activities provide many opportunities to enhance classroom instruction and career development.