Resume

Gerald W. Aungst

Education
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
Administrative Certificate, Principal K-12
2004 – 2005
Bloomsburg University
Bloomsburg, PA
Supervisory Certificate, Curriculum & Instruction, N-12
1999 – 2002
Widener University
Chester, PA
Master of Education, Elementary Education
1989 – 1991
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Bachelor of Arts, General Arts & Sciences
1984 – 1989

Empha­sis in Psy­chol­ogy, Minor in Health Education

Experience
School District of Cheltenham Township
Elkins Park, PA
Supervisor of Gifted and Elementary Mathematics
2011 – Present
  • Super­vise math­e­mat­ics instruc­tion for all K-​​6 schools
  • Develop and imple­ment math­e­mat­ics curriculum
  • Pro­vide pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment in mathematics
Supervisor of Gifted Education
2009 – 2011
  • Man­age cur­ricu­lum, instruc­tion, and pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment for the district’s gifted program.
  • Over­see com­pli­ance with Chap­ter 16 regulations.
  • Ini­ti­ated and coor­di­nated a task force to con­duct a com­pre­hen­sive review of the district’s gifted program.
  • Devel­oped an infor­ma­tion man­age­ment sys­tem for track­ing and using stu­dent gifted data.
  • Super­vise 11 Chal­lenge con­sul­tants in all dis­trict schools.
Centennial School District
Warminster, PA
Lead Teacher, Elementary Remedial Summer Program
2002 – 2005
  • Coor­di­nated a four-​​week reme­dial sum­mer pro­gram in read­ing and mathematics
  • Super­vised class­room teach­ers in all aspects of cur­ricu­lum, instruc­tion, and assessment
Science Lead Teacher
2005 – 2006
  • Super­vised the com­plete devel­op­ment of a new K-​​12 sci­ence curriculum
  • Coor­di­nated mate­ri­als selec­tion teams and pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment program
  • Devel­oped and man­aged an $800,000 bud­get in sci­ence for mate­ri­als and staff development
Gifted Support Teacher
1999 – 2009
  • Moti­vated stu­dent inter­est with engag­ing, orig­i­nal units incor­po­rat­ing a wiki and blog
  • Facil­i­tated class­room dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion by col­lab­o­rat­ing with co-​​teachers and build­ing a pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment wiki
  • Admin­is­tered and super­vised imple­men­ta­tion of Sci­ence: It’s Ele­men­tary grant
Student Support Teacher
2007 – 2008
Elementary Classroom Teacher
1992 – 1999
Other Leadership Roles
  • Teacher In Charge, McDon­ald Ele­men­tary School, 2004–2008
  • Cur­ricu­lum Resource Teacher, Sci­ence, Math, and Gifted, 1996–2008
  • Cri­sis Respose Team at McDon­ald Ele­men­tary School, 2006–2009
  • Gifted Screen­ing Task Force, 2002
  • Dis­trict Strate­gic Plan­ning Com­mit­tee, Stan­dards Team, 2000
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Online Facilitator
2003 – 2004
  • Taught a grad­u­ate course in math­e­mat­ics and sci­ence meth­ods for ele­men­tary teachers
  • Pro­vided cut­ting edge con­tent by research­ing cur­rent best prac­tices in math­e­mat­ics and science
Brandywine School District
Claymont, DE
Classroom Teacher, Grade 4
1991 – 1992
Affiliations
Alliance for Excellent Education
Washington, DC
Digital Learning Day
2011 – Present
  • Mem­ber of 25-​​person inter­na­tional plan­ning team
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Washington, DC
ISTE Annual Conference
2010 – Present
  • ISTE 2012 con­fer­ence pro­posal selec­tion committee
  • Pre­sented Model Class­room lessons, 2010 & 2011
  • Con­fer­ence Vol­un­teer in 2010 & 2011
Member
2008 – Present
  • Docent at ISTE HQ in Sec­ond Life, respon­si­ble for greet­ing guests, answer­ing ques­tions, and mon­i­tor­ing vis­i­tor behavior
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
Washington, DC
NAGC Administrator Task Force
2011 – Present
  • Com­pile, review, and ana­lyze exist­ing lit­er­a­ture for admin­is­tra­tors about gifted education
  • Rec­om­mend high-​​quality resources
  • Develop new resources
ntcamp Unconference
Philadelphia, PA
Co-Founder and Conference Organizer
2010 – Present
  • Col­lab­o­rate with other orga­niz­ers to plan and exe­cute ntcamp (New Teacher Camp)
  • Devel­oped the ntcamp website
  • Mar­ket ntcamp to prospec­tive atten­dees through employ­ers and local universities
ASCD
Alexandria, VA
Member
1999 – Present
Pennsylvania Certifications
Administrative, Principal K-12
Supervisory, Curriculum & Instruction
Instructional II, Elementary
Other Experience
Christian Life Center
Bensalem, PA
Small Group Leaders Coach
2008 – 2011
  • Devel­op­ing cur­ricu­lum for small group Bible study
  • Men­tor­ing small group leaders
  • Coor­di­nat­ing small group strat­egy and devel­op­ment as a mem­ber of the church small group lead­er­ship team
Worship Team
1997 – Present
  • Trom­bon­ist for weekly wor­ship services
  • Orches­tra and choir mem­ber for spe­cial events and productions
Leader of Media Ministries
1995 – 2010
  • Coor­di­nat­ing church media team
  • Over­see­ing design and pro­duc­tion of visual media for church ser­vices and spe­cial events
  • Design­ing stage light­ing for church ser­vices and spe­cial events
Public Work
Publications
Periodicals
Books
  • Zucker, L., and Aungst, G. (2007). All about explor­ing the inter­net. In Buzzeo, T., Col­lab­o­rat­ing to meet stan­dards: Teacher/​librarian part­ner­ships K-​​6 (2nd ed.). Wor­thing­ton, OH: Linworth.
Presentations
Conferences and Online
  • Sep­a­rat­ing Truth from Fic­tion: Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­acy for Ele­men­tary Stu­dents, ISTE 2011, June 27, 2011
  • Non­lin­ear Learn­ing: Teach­ing in Three Dimen­sions, Teach­Meet NJ, March 5, 2011
  • Sep­a­rat­ing Truth from Fic­tion: Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­acy for Ele­men­tary Stu­dents, ISTE 2010, June 28, 2010
  • Explor­ing AllAbou­t­Ex­plor­ers (on Class­room 2.0 LIVE!), August 8, 2009
School District of Cheltenham Township
  • Pro­fes­sional Learn­ing Net­works for Admin­is­tra­tors, August 17, 2011
  • Non­lin­ear Learn­ing: Teach­ing in Three Dimen­sions, June 20, 2011
  • Col­lab­o­ra­tive Writ­ing with MS Word and Google Docs, Feb­ru­ary 18, 2011
  • Meet­ing the Needs of Your Excep­tional stu­dents, August 30, 2010
  • Gifted Stu­dents in the Gen­eral Edu­ca­tion Class­room, May 18, 2010
Centennial School District
  • Dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion in the Diverse Ele­men­tary Class­room, August 11, 2009
  • Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­acy and the Research Process, August 5, 2009
  • Teach­ing Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­acy with All About Explor­ers, March 6, 2009
  • Imple­ment­ing Sci­ence: It’s Ele­men­tary at McDon­ald School, Octo­ber 26, 2006
  • Intro­duc­tion to Inquiry-​​Based Sci­ence Instruc­tion, March 16, 2006
  • Using PA Anchor Stan­dards and Eli­gi­ble Con­tent, Decem­ber 16, 2004
  • Big6® Research Model, Novem­ber 2, 2004
  • Iden­ti­fy­ing and Screen­ing Poten­tial Gifted Stu­dents, June 3, 2004
  • Write Angles: Improv­ing Math Rea­son­ing and Prob­lem Solv­ing, Jan­u­ary 29, 2003
  • Gifted Sup­port Ser­vices in Cen­ten­nial School Dis­trict, August 29, 2002
  • Standards-​​Based Writ­ing and PSSA Domain Scor­ing Train­ing, June 19–20, 2001
  • Standards-​​Based Instruc­tion, Novem­ber 7, 2000