Michael Esterline
Cape Coral,FL
Summary
Dedicated Marine Industry Veteran & Instructor with over 40 years of hands-on experience in employee mentoring, vessel maintenance, engine diagnostics, and marina management. Proven track record in mentoring the next generation of technicians through formal training, certification prep, and community leadership. Committed to advancing the marine industry by fostering a culture of safety, technical precision, and lifelong learning.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Marine Service Technologies Instructor
The School District of Lee County
Lee County Florida
08.2010 - Current
- Developed engaging lesson plans aligning with curriculum standards.
- Implemented differentiated instruction to meet diverse student needs.
- Fostered a positive classroom environment promoting student collaboration.
- Assessed student progress through various evaluation methods and tools.
- Mentored new instructors on effective teaching strategies and classroom management.
- Led professional development workshops focused on innovative teaching practices.
- Organized extracurricular activities that enriched students'' educational experience beyond the classroom setting.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Skills
- Maintained over 90% completion and over 90% placement rate for Marine students
- Maintained highly effective rating for formal and targeted reviews
- Familiar with Focus operations, Google Classrooms, docs, forms, sheets, etc Time clock
- Promethean board operations
- COE accreditation procedures
- Personal subscription to Magic schools
- Expert at navigating Yamaha Dealer information systems and Yamaha University
- Expert at navigating Mercury Marine's Mercnet dealer website and Mercury University
- Work with various online marine vendors, West Marine, Land N Sea, Pro Marine, Marine Trading post, and other major marine suppliers on a daily basis
Certification
- Lee county School District Instructor
- American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) Master Technician
- ABYC Master Tech is required in order for a school to be an ABYC Marine Training Accredited Program (MTAP) school
- ABYC Engines and Fuel Systems
- ABYC Electrical
- ABYC Systems
- ABYC Corrosion
- Yamaha outboard
- Yamaha In-line engine
- Yamaha Helmmaster
- Mercury Marine outboard M-tek
- Evinrude
- National Marine Electronics NMEA 2000
- Evirude Training - [Timeframe]
Timeline
Marine Service Technologies Instructor
The School District of Lee County
08.2010 - Current
Recent training
- May 2025 ABYC Engines and fuel systems certification
- Oct 2025 All LCSD required annual trainings
- Oct 2025 NEMA 2000- installer certification
- Jan 2026 Yamaha control systems