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Duncan Aepli RG

Mesa,Arizona

Summary

Professional educator and Registered Geologist (RG) with extensive knowledge in scientific disciplines and strong commitment to fostering collaborative learning environment. Adept at designing engaging curriculum, utilizing innovative teaching methods, and adapting to diverse student needs. Known for driving academic success and building positive relationships with both students and colleagues. Ability to inspire curiosity and critical thinking in students while ensuring alignment with educational standards.

Pre-teaching career experience in the environmental consulting industry. Extensive knowledge of geology/geoscience, environmental science, and occupational safety concepts. Considerable experience in training, mentoring, project management, logistics and process optimization. Conceptual, forward thinker skilled in framing dynamic problems and providing balanced solutions. Proven ability to reduce complex concepts to understandable terms using verbal and written communication.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Science Teacher

Chandler Preparatory Academy
09.2005 - Current
  • Extensive experience teaching Earth Science to over 1500 students at a rigorous, liberal arts based, college preparatory academy (part of the Great Hearts charter management organization).
  • Highly Qualified science educator with extensive experience in inquiry based, Socratic teaching approach. Additional experience teaching history and pre-algebra.
  • Founding faculty member of Chandler Preparatory Academy. Developed Earth Science curriculum for Middle School.
  • Achieved Master Science teacher designation, mentoring new faculty members and training science co-teachers.
  • Students taught have consistently achieved 80% or higher proficiency rating on annual Arizona science standardized testing
  • Tapped as Earth Science curriculum consultant for schools in the Arizona Great Hearts network.
  • Experience garnered during COVID period with online classroom and hybrid classroom teaching methods using Google Classroom, Zoom and Swivl platforms.
  • Effectively communicated with students and parents regarding academic progress, assignments, and behavior using narrative based grading system.

Dean of Students

Chandler Preparatory Academy
08.2006 - 05.2018
  • Twelve years of administrative experience as the initial Dean of Students for a 600 student, 6th - 12th grade school.
  • Supervised student life to promote a positive campus culture by fostering collaboration within school community and top down modeling of student comportment.
  • Consistently and fairly administered disciplinary code, serving as a liaison between students, parents and faculty to facilitate communication and resolve conflicts
  • Engineered a conduit feeding student concerns and issues to the Administration by forming a 'Dean Council'; an advisory group of students representative of the student body.
  • Given start-up nature of charter school, authored numerous policy and procedure documents related to school operations such as substitution procedure, student disciplinary and comportment policies, traffic/parking logistics, scheduling of special event days, testing procedures, parent-teacher conferences, COVID procedural documents, and other day to day school activities.
  • Designed and supervised logistics for key school events such as high school graduation, middle school promotion, school award ceremony, exam and standardized testing sessions with extensive logistical redesign of school operations during COVID period.
  • Partnered with Academy Headmaster and Business Manager to assist with the smooth implementation of school operations and logistics.

Adjunct Geology Professor

Rio Salado College
07.2005 - 06.2006
  • Adjunct professor for an introductory, online Geology course within the Maricopa Community College system.(Rio Salado College).
  • Responsible for Physical Geology course via hybrid teaching method, part online and part in-person learning environments.
  • Taught both lecture content of course and associated lab.

Senior Project Manager

Fluor Corporation, IT Corporation, Weston Solutions, Inc.
02.1990 - 06.2005
  • Concurrently supervised the technical, budgetary and logistical aspects of multiple, complex projects. Accustomed to problem solving in an atmosphere of uncertainty through use of critical and inductive reasoning.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and contractors in a variety of environmental services such as site investigations, feasibility studies, contaminant remediation, risk evaluations, permitting/compliance, waste disposal, facility acquisitions/divestitures and on-call consulting.
  • Ability to identify data implications and craft balanced project strategy. Drove design and implementation of over 50 remediation projects.
  • Successful conclusion of more than 200 projects for a variety of public and private clients. Achieved 62 regulatory closures for clients.
  • Conducted dozens of presentations and negotiations using persuasion skills. Prepared or technically reviewed hundreds of reports, correspondence and plans. Participated as stakeholder in regulatory rule-development process.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona

Bachelor of Science - Geology

Baylor University
Waco, Texas

Skills

  • Interdepartmental faculty collaboration
  • Promoting inquiry-driven learning
  • Effective classroom management
  • Monitoring compliance with expectations
  • Curriculum development
  • Collaborative learning
  • Group and individual instruction
  • STEM integration
  • Parent and student communication
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Multitasking and organization
  • Staff development
  • Cross-curricular connections

Certification


  • Master Teacher - Chandler Preparatory Academy
  • Registered Geologist (Arizona Registration No. 37746)
  • Arizona Registrar of Contractors - Qualified Party Certification
  • Certified Risk Assessor, Sandia National Laboratory Risk Assessment Methodology – Water
  • Computer Skills - MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point
  • Extensive Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) Training
  • Arizona Real Estate License No. SA540197000

Timeline

Dean of Students

Chandler Preparatory Academy
08.2006 - 05.2018

Science Teacher

Chandler Preparatory Academy
09.2005 - Current

Adjunct Geology Professor

Rio Salado College
07.2005 - 06.2006

Senior Project Manager

Fluor Corporation, IT Corporation, Weston Solutions, Inc.
02.1990 - 06.2005

Master of Business Administration -

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Science - Geology

Baylor University

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  • Mentored and trained dozens of staff in scientific methods, business operations and field logistics. Authored a training protocol for a company’s standard operating procedure manual.
  • Concurrently supervised the technical, budgetary and logistical aspects of multiple, complex projects. Accustomed to problem solving in an atmosphere of uncertainty through use of critical and inductive reasoning.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and contractors in a variety of environmental services such as site investigations, feasibility studies, contaminant remediation, risk evaluations, permitting/compliance, waste disposal, facility acquisitions/divestitures and on-call consulting.
  • Ability to identify data implications and craft balanced project strategy. Drove design and implementation of over 35 remediation projects using technologies such as LNAPL removal, soil vapor extraction, air sparging, air stripping, biosparging, bioremediation, chemical oxidation, monitored natural attenuation, excavation, land farming and risk derived remediation alternatives.
  • Proven customer service ethic to drive projects to resolution despite diverse and ambiguous stakeholder objectives. Successful conclusion of more than 100 projects for a variety of public and private clients. Achieved 32 regulatory closures for clients.
  • Conducted dozens of presentations and negotiations using persuasion skills. Prepared or technically reviewed hundreds of reports, correspondence and plans. Participated as stakeholder in regulatory rule-development process.

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