My name is Lewis Chappelear, and I am a high school Engineering and Design Teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District (California). I received my Masters in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 and worked as an engineer for a couple of years. I then left that career to open a restaurant in Toronto, Canada. In 2000, I had closed the restaurant and moved to Los Angeles to start a new life. That is when I found teaching. I felt that my life has come full circle because I am able to do everything that I love - teach, do engineering, and learn! I am continuing my endeavor to be a lifelong learner by pursuing a PhD in Education, specializing in Educational Technology. I hope to one day go into education administration as a principal, director, or consultant.
I am always finding new opportunities to make a difference in our world of education. I have been on committees to rewrite our state's standards for the teaching profession; I am on a national committee with the U.S. Department of Education to plan and execute a new test for NAEP; and I am on several committees with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to work on new areas of certification. The best part about my job is that I get to consult in the field of education, and then I get to go back into my classroom and work with my favorite young little people in the whole world. I will be teaching a summer program for gifted middle school students in Las Vegas this summer, and this is the only class at Walden University that I am taking this quarter.
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