Christopher Atchison

5554 Bonaventure Drive
Columbus, OH 43228
(937) 623-3386
atchison.6@osu.edu

2006-Present   eTech Ohio
Columbus, OH
Educational Technology Consultant

• eLearning Project Manager for Ohio SCORES Project, Ohio Entry Year Teacher Program, OMAP Self-Paced, INFOhio Resources, OATDLP and others.
• Responsible for developing the eLearning program yearly budget.
• Work with outside technology vendors providing services for online course development.
• Experience in Blackboard, WebCT, Carmen, Sakai and Moodle learning management environments.
• Oversee project development of new online professional development courses and manage nearly 60 current online courses.
• Troubleshooting and content editing within learning management systems during online course deployment.
• Adjunct instructor for Ashland University, Cleveland State University, Notre Dame College, University of Cincinnati and Lake Erie College.
• Responsible for grade reporting for participants seeking graduate credit on all online professional development courses.
• Staying abreast and reporting on current distance learning research and current technologies used.
• Provide trainings and presentations on distance learning and current eLearning program initiatives.

2004-2006   eTech Ohio, Independent Contractor
Columbus, OH
Subject Matter Expert

• Provided and designed earth science content in a standards based educational format using Blackboard computer-based technology for the online Ohio Science Institute (OSCI) in Earth Science.
• Assisted in the overall instructional design process to create an online course utilized for the professional development of teachers to be Highly Qualified in science.

• Responsible for set-up, technical support, facilitating and encouraging collaborative learning through group work, discussion boards and email, monitor course attendance, assessment, and completion of the Ohio Science Institute (OSCI). This program offers graduate credit from four separate colleges or universities.
• Applied geologic knowledge and conceptual understanding to promote an interest in content discussion with course participants.

2004   Montgomery County Educational Service Center, Independent Contractor
Dayton, OH
Web Course Designer

• Authored OGT Science Intervention Course.
• Provided content for science intervention course on the MVIDL Telecommunity.
• Developed content pages for course using MOODLE web-course design.

2003-2004   Ohio Department of Education, Independent Contractor
Columbus, OH
Course Instructor

• Lead instructor for Ohio Science Institute (OSCI) in Physical Science for Region 4.
• Developed inquiry-based lessons for a weeklong institute, providing regular and special education teachers content and strategies for implementing standards based physical science lessons in the classroom.
• Responsible for scheduling two additional follow-up days needed for assessment strategies, evaluations and graduate credit completion requirements.

2003-2006   Northridge Local Schools
Dayton, OH
8th Grade Science Teacher

• Responsible for implementing science curriculum using standards based instruction, monitoring student progress and achievement, developing and implementing lessons, aligning curriculum, using data to drive instruction.
• Instituted middle school science club, having students participate in my master’s thesis research that provided them the opportunity to learn higher- level geophysics concepts and use state of the art technology at Sunwatch Indian Village.
• Instituted in-district science outreach program with the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery at Sunwatch Indian Village.
• Participated in Intervention Assistance Team and Discipline Committee.
• Assisted in the reorganization of the power indicators and essential questions in science grades 6-8 to encompass all ODE standard requirements of vertical alignment.
• Tutored 8th grade students in math to prepare for the Ohio Achievement Test.
• Developed and presented educational outreach programs to an area Montessori school.
• Head Varsity Wrestling Coach, Head Middle School Track Coach

2002-2003   LifeSkills Center
Middletown, OH
Secondary Science/Math Teacher

• Responsible for the completion of secondary academic requirements in the areas of math and science using PLATO computer based instruction for students ranging from 16-23 years of age.
• Tutored students for 9th grade proficiency test.

2002   Wright State University
Dayton, OH
Adjunct Physics Instructor

• Taught Foundations in Problem Solving and Scientific Literacy in the Physics Department for the Spring 2002 quarter.
• Led first and second year education students through a cooperative, inquiry-based physics lab.
• Responsible for content presentation, assessment, and reporting of grades to the Physics department.

2001-2000   Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH
Physics Tutor

• Worked in the Physics Resource Lab tutoring students in areas from conceptual to calculus-based Physics.

Doctoral Student, Geology/Earth Science Education, Anticipated Autumn 2009 Completion
   The Ohio State University
   Columbus, OH
   Anticipated Research: Exploring the use of virtual simulations to enhance geologic field study in    traditional, distance and hybrid learning environments

Master of Science in Geology, 2004
   Wright State University
   Dayton, OH
   Summa Cum Laude
   Thesis: Tools for Everyday Approaches to Science: A Model Curriculum of Magnetism and    Technology for the Middle School Student

Bachelor of Science in Geology, 2002
   Wright State University
   Dayton, OH

Associate of Science in Physics, 2002
   Sinclair Community College
   Dayton, OH

• Ohio Professional License, Secondary Earth Science (7-12)

• Science Club presentation of geophysics data collection at Sunwatch Indian Village to the Northridge Schools Board of Education, 2004
• Tools for everyday approaches to science: A model curriculum of magnetism and technology for the middle school student, published in proceedings, Geological Society of America (GSA) National Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2004
• Ohio’s Online Entry Year Teacher Program, Educational Technology Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 2007
• More Than Just Convenient Professional Development, Educational Technology Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 2007
• Specialized, District-Wide, Online Professional Development, Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology Association (SOITA) Annual Conference, Dayton, Ohio 2007
• Helping Individual School Districts Succeed with Specialized Professional Development, Educational Technology Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 2008
• First-Year Success: Ohio’s Online Teacher Induction Program-Year One, Educational Technology Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 2008
• First-Year Success: Ohio’s Online Teacher Induction Program, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada 2008 -approved

• The Ohio State University, Expedited Review #2007B0244: Delivery methods for a Praxis III preparatory course for induction year teachers

• President - OSU Mathematics, Science and Technology Educators and Researchers (MSaTERs)
• Pi Lamda Theta – OSU Affilitated Chapter
• Phi Kappa Phi - OSU Chapter               2007 Autumn Induction Photo
• Geological Society of America (GSA)
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
• Association of Science Teacher Education (ASTE) national conference proposal reviewer 2008
• eTech Ohio State Technology Conference proposal reviewer 2007, 2008
• Nominated Who's Who Among American Teachers, Awarded 2006
• Ohio Department of Education Science Standards Revision Team 2002
• Ohio Science Institute (OSCI) Leadership Trainer for Earth and Physical Science
• Judge – Ohio State Science Fair Governor’s Award for Environmental Protection
• Continued permission for Geophysical research with Boonshoft Museum of Discovery at both Sunwatch and Wegerzyn Prehistoric Indian Village sites in Dayton, Ohio
• Founder/former advisor- Esther Dennis Middle School Science Club