High School Manager
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TIMOTHY M. WOODS, Ph.D.
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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Seasoned scientist and academician. Published author of peer-reviewed professional journal
articles and book chapter. Successfully competed for grants from National Institutes of Health and
Chicago Public Schools. Driven 20 year educator of diverse populations of students, with proven
track record of high performance. Creative and analytical with demonstrated achievement in
implementing innovative instructional programs. Positive, caring demeanor conducive to
constructive relationships with internal and external clients. Experienced manager and liason.
COMPETENCIES
Management Leadership Integrity Communication Innovation Strategy Technology
Flexibility Data Analysis Problem Solving Budgeting Program Development Coaching
Instructional Best Practices Teamwork Pedagogy Mentoring
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Science Department Chairperson, Football Coach, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago IL, 2008-Present.
Taught Biology, Honors Biology and College Biology (Program for Advanced College Credit, P.A.C.C. see
below) to freshmen through seniors. Responsibilities included curriculum development for each class in
the Science Department plus oversight of Science Department Faculty, in addition to teaching duties. 5
courses taught, students ranging from special needs to those matriculating at the finest Universities in
the Country. Evaluated faculty on pedagogy and knowledge. Developed prospectus for and led annual
Science Teacher Workshops funded by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) giving participating teachers
Continuing Professional Development Units. Coached Varsity football Offensive Line and was
Sophomore football Head Coach. Helped indoctrinate iPad usage school-wide and operated a
completely paper-less classroom.
Biology Faculty, Saint Mary’s University, Winona, MN, 2006-Present. Joint appointment with above. Taught
two sections of Human Biology/Lab B200/201 to qualifying students at Saint Patrick High School. These
students had dual enrollment with Saint Mary’s and Saint Patrick through the P.A.C.C. Program and
earned college credits from Saint Mary’s for succeeding in the class. Responsible for curriculum
development and alignment with Saint Mary’s standards. Reported to supervisors at Saint Mary’s
University.
Science Department Faculty, Football Coach, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL, 2006-2008. Duties
identical to above save oversight of Science Department Faculty. Helped align curriculum with ACT
preparation and IL standards. Developed prospectus for and led annual Science Teacher Workshops
funded by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) giving participating teachers Continuing Professional
Development Units. Coached Varsity football Tight Ends in addition to Varsity Offensive Line and
Sophomore Head Coach.
Science Department Faculty, Football Coach, The Harker School, San Jose, CA, 2002-2006. Taught 4 courses
in Biology, Honors Biology and Advanced Placement Biology to juniors and seniors. Used integrated
white board technology and lab-based curriculum to prepare students for A.P., SAT2 and ACT exams.
Coached Varsity and J.V. football, and was J.V. Basketball Head Coach. Moderator of the Athletics Club.
Member of the National Association of Biology Teachers.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA, 1999-2002. Conducted
research on the spatial receptive fields of individual neurons in awake macaque monkey auditory cortex,
as well as the persistence of visually evoked auditory spatial illusion in awake macaque monkey.
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Authored articles published in peer-reviewed professional journals, and a book chapter (see Publications
section, below) on this research. Successfully competed for National Research Service Award (NRSA) F-
32 Fellowship. Was a teacher-assistant for Undergraduate Psychology courses and Neuroanatomy tutor
to Graduate and Medical School students. Member of the Society for Neuroscience.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA, 1998-
1999. Conducted research on the progressive transneuronal degeneration of the central nervous system
following long-term dorsal rhizotomies in adult macaque monkeys. Stereological, microscopic and
histological methods were utilized, and research was funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH)
award. Wrote articles published in peer-reviewed professional journals. Was a teacher-assistant for
Undergraduate Psychology courses and Neuroanatomy tutor to Graduate and Medical School students.
Member of the Society for Neuroscience.
Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine,
CA, 1993-1998. Completed research and met all requirements for Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in
Biological Sciences. Thesis title: Somatotopic plasticity and activity-dependent gene regulation in the
primate somatosensory system. Wrote articles published in peer-reviewed professional journals. Tutored
Medical School students in Neuroscience. Member of the Society for Neuroscience.
Research Technician II, Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, 1992.
Performed independent research on central nervous system reward centers in a rodent model of chronic
heroin self-administration. Was in charge of running daily neuropharmacology experiments and
recording data for analysis.
HONORS & AWARDS
2012 Hero in the Classroom Award from the Chicago Bears and Symetra
2009-2011 Chicago Public Schools Continuing Education Workshop Grant recipient
2008-2013 Favorite Teacher Award as voted upon annually by Saint Patrick High School students
2007-2012 Most Inspirational Teacher Award, Western Illinois University
2005 Baccalaureate Speaker at The Harker School
2000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Individual NRSA F-32 Fellowship recipient, National
Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
1999 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Systems Neuroscience Training Fellowship
recipient, University of California, Davis, CA.
1997, 1998 University of California Regents Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Irvine,
CA
1994-1997 University of California Travel Award, Society for Neuroscience Meetings, University of
California, Irvine, CA
1993 Charles W. Caldwell Memorial Scholarship for Undergraduates continuing education,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Dept. Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine
A.B. Princeton University
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SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Woods, T.M., Lopez, S.E., Long, J.H., Rahman, J.E., Recanzone, G.H. (2006). Effects of stimulus azimuth and intensity on
the single-neuron activity in the auditory cortex of the alert macaque monkey. J. Neurophysiology 96(6):3323 -37.
Woods, T.M. and Recanzone, G.H. (2004). Visually induced plasticity of auditory spatial perception in macaques.
Current Biology 14(17): 1559-64
Woods, T.M. and Recanzone, G.H. (2004). Cross-modal interactions evidenced by the ventriloquism effect in humans
and monkeys. The Handbook of Multisensory Processes. Ed: Calvert, G., Spence, C., Stein, B. MIT Press.
Jones, E.G., Woods, T.M., Manger, P.R. (2002). Adaptive responses of monkey somatosensory cortex to peripheral and
central deafferentation. Neuroscience 111(4):775-97.
Woods, T.M., Cusick, C.G., Pons, T.P., Jones, E.G. (2000). Progressive transneuronal changes in the brainstem and
thalamus following long-term dorsal rhizotomies in adult macaque monkeys. J. Neurosci. 20: 3884 -3899.
Muñoz, A., Woods, T.M., Jones, E.G. (1999). Laminar and cellular distribution of AMPA, kainate and NMDA receptor
sununits in monkey sensory-motor cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 407:472-490.
Rausell, E., Bickford, L., Manger, P.R., Woods, T.M., Jones, E.G. (1998). Extensive divergence a nd convergence in the
thalamocortical projection to monkey somatosensory cortex. J. Neurosci. 18:4216 -4232.
Jones, E.G., Manger, P.R., Woods, T.M. (1997). Maintenance of a somatotopic cortical map in the face of diminishing
thalamocortical inputs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 94:110**-*****.
Manger, P.R., Woods, T.M., Jones, E.G. (1996). Plasticity of the somatosensory cortical map in macaque monkey after
chronic partial amputation of a digit. Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. B. 263: 933-939.
Manger, P.R., Woods, T.M., Jones, E.G. (1996). Representation of face and intra-oral structures in area 3b of macaque
monkey somatosensory cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 371: 513-521.
Huntsman, M.-M., Woods, T.M., Jones, E.G. (1995). Laminar patterns of expression of GABA A receptor subunit mRNAs
in monkey sensory motor cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 362: 565 -82.
Manger, P.R., Woods, T.M., Jones, E.G. (1995). Representation of the face and intraoral structures in area 3b of the
Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) somatosensory cortex, with special reference to the ipsilateral representation.
J. Comp. Neurol. 362: 597-607.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Mr. Mark Doyle, Trustee Mr. Emmett McGovern, Counselor Sister Clare Korte, Faculty*
Saint Patrick High School Saint Patrick High School Saint Mary’s University, MN
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Dr. Richard Hartzell, Principal Dr. Gregg H. Recanzone, Professor
Taipei American School University of California, Davis
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