(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

Old Town Academy is pleased to announce that Mr. Jeff Major will be joining Old Town Academy K-8 Charter School in the 2011-2012 school year as our Science Teacher and Learning Lab Director.

Education: Mr. Major graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Applied Physics. He received his teaching credential with a C.L.A.D. emphasis from UCSD and completed a Masters in Teacher Leadership from the High Tech High Graduate School of Education.
Recent Teaching Experience: Mr. Major began his teaching adventures teaching ESL to Japanese students in Akita prefecture. He then spent 7 years teaching middle and high school students Physics, Mathematics and Robotics at The Preuss School UCSD. More recently he taught Engineering, Robotics, Physics & Mathematics for 4 years at High Tech High International.
Hobbies: Programming robots to dance the Cha-Cha-Cha, hunting albino cave cicadas in the rainforest, & growing devastatingly delicious tomatoes of noble birth!
Favorite Books/Things to Read: Abarat by Clive Barker, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain, & Make Magazine.
Favorite Subject(s) in School: Science & Math
Fun Facts: Mr. Major has traveled to 24 countries and sometimes he takes his students (latest trip: a cycling journey in Tuscany with 32 students!)
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