Curriculum Vitae

James (Jimmy) Newland

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Teacher – Bellaire High School (Houston ISD)

September 1996 – present Supervisor: Tim Salem, principal

  • Certified Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate instructor
  • Courses taught at Bellaire High School:
    • Computer math 1996 – 2001
    • Web design (course & curriculum designed by J Newland) 2000 – 2002
    • AP & IB computer science 1996 – present
    • Introductory computer science (curriculum designed by J Newland) 2008-2009
    • Astronomy (course & curriculum designed by J Newland) 2008 – present
  • Certifications held in Texas: physics, computer science

Adjunct Professor Univ. of N. Texas School of Library and Information Sciences

Fall 2004 – present Supervisor: Dr. Ana Cleveland

  • Taught an introductory and an advanced web design course for the SLIS graduate program in Houston, TX with both face-to-face and online components using WebCT & Blackboard

Campus Network Specialist, Bellaire High School (Houston ISD)
Fall 2001 – Spring 2008 Supervisor: Tim Salem, principal

  • Campus Network Specialist: Coordinated campus technology policy & budget, designed & implemented training courses, oversaw campus technical support, created web content & web applications for campus use, grant writing and implementation; Concurrent with teaching position

ASTRONOMY & PHYSICS RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Public Star Parties & Sidewalk Astronomy Fall 2008 – present

  • Organized, hosted and ran public star parties as part of astronomy course and organized sidewalk astronomy ongoing event with Houston Public Library and in conjunction with Houston Astronomical Society and Fort Bend Astronomy Club/George Observatory.

Graduate research: Development of a Thermal Plasma Moment Analyzer Based on a Superconducting Line (2-D) Dipole Electromagnet Spring & Summer 1996

  • Dr. Edgar Bering; Jimmy Newland Research Assistant – University of Houston Space Physics

Senior undergraduate research: The Cosmic Gamma-Ray Background Above the Earth’s Atmosphere Spring 1994

  • Jimmy Newland & John Patrick Lestrade, Mississippi State University - presented at Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 59th Annual Meeting

Observatory Manager Mississippi State Department of Physics & Astronomy
Fall 1993 – Spring 1995

  • Hosted observing sessions for astronomy classes and the public at Mississippi State University Physics & Astronomy Department Observatory in Starkville MS

Student Lab Manager Mississippi State Department of Physics & Astronomy
Spring 1993 – Spring 1995

  • Distributed and collected labs equipment and materials for undergraduate course laboratory sections

COMPUTER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Master Teacher for Computer Science Computing and Mentoring Partnership (CS-CAMP) for High School & Middle School Girls at Rice University

Fall 2003 – Summer 2008 Primary contact: Michael Sirois

  • Created curriculum, taught coursework, and led a team of other HISD computer science teachers for the CS-CAMP project for the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University

Consultant for HISD Library Services

Ongoing since 2001 Primary contact: Deborah Hall

  • Training, web design, curriculum development for librarian professional development

HISD Student Portal Design Team

2003-2004

  • Member of the initial design team for the roll-out of HISD’s student web portal

Librarian’s Internet Research Institute

Summers 1998-2002

  • Co-taught summer institute for librarians focusing on Internet research skills, web design, and other related topics for HISD library services department

Consultant for City of Bellaire Library

Summer 2002

  • Designed the former website for the City of Bellaire library

Various HISD & Bellaire HS Teacher Training Sessions

  • Perform professional development for teachers covering a variety of technology-related topics

EDUCATION

University of Houston College of Education December 1999

  • Masters of Science in Education (Curriculum and Instruction: science emphasis)

University of Houston Dept of Physics Fall 1995 – Summer 1996

  • Research and Teaching Assistant in Space Physics – no degree conferred

Mississippi State University May 1995

  • Bachelors of Science in Physics and Astronomy

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

  • Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church Fall 2001 – 2008
  • Youth group advisor, worship committee, religious education committee

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