High School Grade Science

Location:

Mattoon, IL

Posted:

September 23, 2023

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Resume:

Thomas Wm. Phipps

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Lerna, Illinois 62440

217-***-**** (mobile)

217-***-**** (land line)

<*************@******.**>

Career Objective:

To find interesting and engaging full time employment, be it administrative assistance or labor. I would particularly enjoy copywriting for a growing company, which would means editing, proof-reading and creating copy for them so that everything in print which represented them would be compelling and perfect.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Education, majoring in Botany (Zoology minor) in 1971. Student taught at Effingham High School. Graduate work in Neurobiology at the University of Illinois in the early 1970s.

Work Experience:

Inspected, assembled and finished chairs, rocking chairs, gliders, stools, sofas, easy chairs and davenports, tea tables, end tables, dressers and shelves for Simply Amish in Arcola, Illinois from February 2022 to the present. Prepared shipments from the Gun Cage, and moved and loaded general freight with a fork lift and helped with taking inventory at Rural King in Charleston and Mattoon, Illinois from 2018 to February 2022.

Coauthored and published with Carol Marrs Phipps, Elf Killers and the epic Fantasy series, Heart of the Staff, which includes six stand alone books, Good Sister, Bad Sister, The Collector Witch, Stone Heart, The Burgeoning, The Reaper Witch and Doom, available through Amazon,, from May 2012 to the present. We have also published, Wham!, and Then the first and second books of our new series, Timewalker.

Taught Biology, General Science, Chemistry and Physics at Cairo High School, Cairo, Illinois from August 2009 to May 2012.

Set up the website, http://www.redplanetairsoft.com/ from October 2008 to August 2009

Taught Sixth and Seventh Grade Science at Newcomb Middle School, Newcomb New Mexico, from September 2007 to May 2008.

Taught Eighth Grade Science and Reading at Ch'ooshgai Community School, Tohatchi, New Mexico, from August 2004 to May 2007 Taught Seventh Grade Science and Reading at Ch'ooshgai Community School from January through May 2004.

Taught Eighth Grade Science from September through December 2003 at East Lee Middle School, Sanford, North Carolina.

Taught Eighth Grade Science 2002-2003 at Whiteriver Middle School, Whiteriver, Arizona.

Taught tenth grade Biology, eleventh and twelfth grade Chemistry, ninth grade General Science and eleventh grade Literature 2001-2002 at Sierra Summit Academy, Hereford, Arizona.

Taught tenth grade Biology I and ninth grade General Science 2000-2001 at Navajo Pine High School, Navajo, New Mexico.

Taught seventh grade General Science, eighth grade Life Science, eighth grade Physical Science, ninth grade Earth Science, tenth grade Biology I and eleventh and twelfth grade Biology II and Zoology 1997-2000 at Peach Springs School, Peach Springs, Arizona.

Taught seventh grade English, eighth grade English, eighth grade Reading and ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade English 1996-1997 at Peach Springs School, Peach Springs, Arizona.

Zoo Education Coordinator at Scovill Zoo in Decatur, Illinois from January to August 1996, where I programmed educational activities and taught adult classes in Zoology. I designed a summer Middle School Science program

(90% hands on) and oversaw its staff of teachers. I also did pilot work for programs for other ages. I administered faculty and undergraduate service learning fellowship grants in collaboration with Millikin University. I arranged to have the zoo connected with Internet.

Taught Life Science and General Science from August through December 1995 at Westville High School (Unit District Two) in Westville, Illinois. Taught seventh grade Science, eighth grade Science, Reading, Biology, Chemistry and Anatomy/Physiology 1994-1995 at Hartsburg-Emden (Unit District Twenty-One) in Hartsburg, Illinois.

Taught seventh grade Life Science, eighth grade Physical Science, General Science, Biology I, Biology II and Chemistry 1993-1994 at Kansas School (Unit District Three) in Kansas, Illinois.

Substitute taught from fall 1991 to spring 1993 in Coles and outlying counties in Math, Grammar, Reading, Social Studies and Physical Education as well as the subjects enumerated above.

Farmed and built banjos from 1974 until 1991.

Intermittently written and published many articles and cartoons. Currently working on the ninth novel, the second book of of our second series, Timewalker, which my wife and I have coauthored.

Honors and Activities:

Honor roll in college; Tri Beta Biological Honor Society; banjos featured in articles in Pickin’ magazine and a Japanese publication, Banjo Package; play banjo, fiddle and harmonica; write, cartoon; bicycle. References

Simply Amish:

Jason Porter

Assembly Department Manager

217-***-**** (mobile)

Rural King:

Ryan McKay

Manager

217-***-**** (mobile)

Personal:

Dr. Steve Tozer

Office of Policy Studies

College of Education