Paul M. Crocker
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
SEM Faculty Advisor
Austin Community College
02.2023 - Current
- Assist students with career planning, degree programs, preparing them for success at ACC and beyond
- Provided support and guidance to students experiencing academic and personal troubles.
- Assisted students in selecting courses to align with interests and abilities.
Adjunct Professor
Austin Community College
08.2006 - Current
- Teach developmental math courses
- Use various technologies to keep students to present material and keep students engaged.
- Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
Robotics Program Lead
Connally High School
08.2009 - 07.2016
- Raised between $5,000-$15,000 per year for program support
- Lead a maximum of 12 teams in after school program
- Reached regional, super regional, and world championship level
- Recruited and directed 6-10 mentors from industry with 3 teachers and other volunteers
- Planned logistics, budgeting, marketing, and branding for Connally Robotics
- Hosted FTC and FLL events for between 48-60 teams (between 600-1200 people)
- Built relationships with industry and educational to benefit robotics in central Texas
- Engaged with customers, partners and constituent groups to create positive, trusting and professional relationships.
Secondary Education Teacher
Connally High School
08.2005 - 07.2016
- Teach math, physics, information technology, robotics, and engineering courses
- Develop curriculum for new courses.
- Mentor first-year teachers
- Responsible for managing budget between $7,000-$20,000
- Recruited teachers for positions
- Won Teacher of the Year award
- Developed communicative relationships with students and parents to support learning.
- Planned, developed, and executed lessons reflecting high school curriculum and core educational standards.
- Fostered positive and pleasant classroom culture while maintaining learning development goals.
Academy Leader
Connally High School
10.2006 - 07.2012
- Coordinate 30 teachers to form a community with each other and the students
- Coach teachers to collaborate to develop best practices
- Coach groups of teachers to integrate engineering and technology in the classroom
- Connect with industry professionals to foster partnerships
- Lead meetings and create and lead workshops
- Modeled expectations for leaders, teachers and students on school-wide practices for positive learning culture.
Online Adjunct Professor
Liberty University
08.2006 - 08.2008
- Taught developmental math classes online
- Used lectures, discussions and demonstrations to increase learning and classroom success.
- Examined and graded assignments and assessments to report grades to appropriate personnel.
- Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention.
Instructor
South Plains College
08.2002 - 05.2004
- Taught developmental mathematics courses
- Counseled and advised students
- Served on various committees
- Maintained websites to assist student learning
- Tracked student progress, frequently checking in with struggling students and identifying root causes of problems.
- Increased student participation via engaging lectures and assignments.
High School Math and Science Teacher
Cherokee High School
08.1998 - 05.2002
- Taught all levels of mathematics (pre-algebra—advanced math)
- Taught physics and earth science
- Led Math Department
- Wrote proposals for support to run programs
Education
Master of Arts - Engineering Education
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX08.2013
Master of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies (Math, Instructional Technology
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX08.2005
Bachelor of Science - Secondary Education (Math and Physics, CERTIFICATION Engineering, Mathematics
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL05.1998
Timeline
SEM Faculty Advisor
Austin Community College
02.2023 - Current
Robotics Program Lead
Connally High School
08.2009 - 07.2016
Academy Leader
Connally High School
10.2006 - 07.2012
Adjunct Professor
Austin Community College
08.2006 - Current
Online Adjunct Professor
Liberty University
08.2006 - 08.2008
Secondary Education Teacher
Connally High School
08.2005 - 07.2016
Instructor
South Plains College
08.2002 - 05.2004
High School Math and Science Teacher
Cherokee High School
08.1998 - 05.2002
Master of Arts - Engineering Education
University of Texas At Austin
Master of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies (Math, Instructional Technology
Texas Tech University
Bachelor of Science - Secondary Education (Math and Physics, CERTIFICATION Engineering, Mathematics
University of North Alabama
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