JEFFREY T. STROEBEL

14059 Honey Tree Drive

Carmel, Indiana 46032

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

The Sycamore School, Indianapolis, Indiana (1994-Present). Taught seventh and eighth grade history. Student Council Adviser. Academic Competition Coach. ISACS (Independent Schools Association Central States) Accreditation Chairperson. Long-Range Planning Committee. Developed curriculum and teaching materials for academically gifted and talented students.

Lincoln Middle School, M.S.D. of Pike Township, Indianapolis, Indiana (1989-1994). Taught eighth grade United States History (all levels) and special courses on the Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust. High School Assistant Football Coach. Developed curriculum for and taught in the Extended Learning Program. Participated in the state mentor program. Led student tours of Europe.

Brownsburg Junior High School, Brownsburg, Indiana (1980-1989). Taught seventh and eighth grade social studies. Developed inter-disciplinary American Studies program for gifted and talented eighth grade students. Supervised student teachers. Coached seventh and eighth grade football, junior high golf, and varsity girls’ tennis. Led student tours to Washington, D.C. and Europe.

Lebanon Middle School, Lebanon, Indiana (1980). Taught sixth, seventh, and eighth grade social studies.

EDUCATION:

Endorsement in Gifted and Talented Education, Purdue University, February 2000.

M.S. in Educational Administration, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1984.

B.S. in Secondary Education, cum laude with high honors in history, Butler University, December 1979.

AWARDS AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES:

John E. Worthen Outstanding Contribution to Education Award Nominee 2002 (Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities).

Indiana Association for the Gifted Teacher of the Year 2001

Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (5^th, 6^th, and 7^th editions).

Recipient, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Outstanding and Inspiring Teacher Award, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Pike Township Top Ten Honoree, 1998.

Recipient, 1993 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

Recipient, 1988 Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship.

Top Ten Male Student, Butler University, 1978-1979.

Student Body President, Butler University, 1978-1979.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

“A Good History Classroom: The Diminution of History for Gifted Students.” Our Gifted Children (April 2001).

“Myths and Dangerous Practices in Gifted Education.” Our Gifted Children (May 1999).

“Book Recommendation: E.D. Hirsch’s The Schools We Need and Why We Don’t Have Them.” Our Gifted Children (July 1998).

“What Research Indicates about Teacher Behavior and Student Achievement.” Our Gifted Children (June 1998).

“Talent Development: The Trojan Horse of Gifted Education.” Our Gifted Children (May 1998).

“Gifted, But No Angel: The Other Side of Giftedness.” Our Gifted Children (November 1997).

“Communism in Russia: An Eighth Grade Humanities Unit.” Our Gifted Children (August 1997). Part three of a three part series on curriculum written for gifted students.

In-Service Speaker, Roncalli High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2002.

In-Service Speaker, Concordia Lutheran High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana, January 2002.

Presenter, 2002 National Association for Gifted Children National Conference. “What Research Tells Us About Effective Teaching.”

Presenter, 2001 National Association for Gifted Children National Conference. “Integrating Visual Art in Effective Humanities Instruction.”

Presenter, 2001 Ohio Association of Independent Schools Conference. “Reexamining How We Teach Our Students.”

Presenter, 2001 Indiana Association for Gifted Children State Conference. “Reexamining How We Teach Gifted Students” and “Gifted But No Angel: The Other Side of Giftedness.”

Presenter, 2000 Indiana Association for Gifted Children State Conference. “Myths in Teaching the Gifted.”

Presenter, 2000 National Association for Gifted Children National Conference. “Reexamining How We Teach Gifted Students” and “Russia Ten Years After The Fall of Communism.”

Presenter, 1999 National Association for Gifted Children National Conference. “E.D. Hirsch, Cultural Literacy, and Gifted Education.”

Presenter, 1999 Indiana Association for Gifted Children State Conference. “Talent Development and Gifted Education.”

Presenter, 1998 National Association for Gifted Children National Conference. “Writing an Historical Research Paper” and “Talent Development: An Emerging Paradigm in Gifted Education?”

Presenter, 1997 National Association for Gifted Children National Conference. “Teaching the Bill of Rights.”