Big Kid's Background Experience Shaping Big Kid for Life

Background ...

Here is some additional information to add some credibility for the reasoning behind building and operating the Big Kid for Life movement. The person behind the scenes/screen has made the best out of almost all situations. He is a person who has had many different experiences up to this point in his life. Using his experiences and using the lenses he looks through; he hopes to bring an understanding to challenges we all are facing. He does this by attempting to enjoy life and all its moments and to create positive interactions through his humor. 

Sharing his work experiences is not to prove how hard he has worked or to brag, but to share the variety of experiences that have shaped his life. He hopes to provide a believable level of creditability.  Throughout all the different work and jobs, he tried his best to enjoy the people he encountered, and for the most part, worked to make other people’s days better.

His lens almost always looks to see the humor in situations and to enjoy the moment..

His work experiences:

Jobs I worked during high school and a couple years out of high school

   -  1st Job -Worked as a bagger in a grocery store

   -  Worked on the assembly line creating wires and cables for electronic components

   -  Worked as a shipping clerk

Jobs worked during college

   -  Wired consoles for electric monitoring systems

   -  Bus Boy at a local casino 

   -  Construction Laborer

      o  framed houses

      o  dug ditches and installed gas lines

      o  flagger

   -  Fast Food: Arby’s

   -  Umpired over 3,000 Softball & Baseball games  

   - Refereed over 1,000 Basketball games

   -  Worked at three different recreation departments as camp leader

Jobs after under-graduate degrees

    -  Substitute Teacher

    -  Elementary Teacher’s Aide 

    -  Eight years Middle School Teacher: Subjects taught

      o  Technology (Now called Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics STEM)

      o  Social Studies

      o  Mathematics

   -  Extra Duty Contracts – While teaching

      o  Tech Support 

      o  Software Coordinator for the middle school level

      o  Lightspan Coordinator (PlayStation Education Software Integration)

      o  7th Grade Basketball Coach

      o  8th Grade Basketball Coach

      o  7th Grade Flag Football Coach

      o  8th Grade Flag Football Coach

      o  JV High School Basketball Coach

      o  Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach

   -  Three Years - Assistant High School Principal 

   -  Sixteen Years – High School Principal

Education:

-  Associate Degrees from a California Community College

-  Undergraduate Degree from a California State College

-  Graduate Degree