Worked at a Hampshire High School where the department chair is also on a weekend radio show with a local repairman, student taught at a school where the department chair has connections to architecture firms in Chicago where some of his seniors intern at
Worked at a production factory for a summer so can always reach out to my former boss for skills needed in the field to adjust content.
Worked at a local theater and know that they do a variety of shows and that asking for help in areas of theater and light and sound engineering can be beneficial to students.
My professors at Illinois State for my BA were heavily involved in ITEC, TSA, and ITEEA so joining those organizations would be a good place to stay involved with Tech related teachers.
My department chair is currently heavily involved with manufacturing on a global scale where he works with other teachers in manufacturing countries like Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland
Another teacher in my department is a reviewer of 3D printers so he gets 3D printers from vendors for free to try out and review.
There are courses in my district called Project Lead the Way. and a former teacher of mine, and now co worker was just awarded PLTW teacher of the year.
I am certified to teach a class called Geometry in Construction. There was a two week training by a pair of teachers who developed it out of Colorado and there is a network of teachers who ask for help related to it.
