Natural Teacher looking for Educator position: History, Natural History, Science!

[RHole]

Headline: Natural Teacher looking for Educator position: History, Natural History, Science!
Name: Robert B Hole Jr
Email Address: rhole@interaktv.com
Current Location: Roseville, California, USA

Preferred Job Category: Education

Personal Statement:
Actively looking for an educator position. I'll work in a classroom, on outreach or the museum floor or grounds. I love to teach and to learn. Willing to relocate and to travel. I can work well with animals of all kinds and people of all ages. My experience is with history and natural history both.

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Environmental and Systematic Biology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California

Graduate Program, Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi

Graduate Program, Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Professional Experience:
Docent and Board Member
Roseville Historical Society/Carnegie Museum, Supervisor: Phoebe Astill, Curator (916)773-3003 (February 2008 - present)

Duties include: staff museum during scheduled times, give tours to adults, children and family groups, update and improve exhibits, work on publications including research and writing of articles, take photographs of collections items and of sites relevant to local history, update and maintain website

Freelance Artist
(January 1998 - present) (Fantastic Landscapes: The Art of Robert Hole, Jr.)

Duties include: Web site design and maintenance, image scanning and manipulation, desktop publishing, product design and implementation, marketing, buying, retail and wholesale sales, drawing and painting, computer hardware and software selection and installation

Exhibits Supervisor
Lindsay Wildlife Museum (June 2002 – December 2005), Supervisor: Marty Buxton 925 627-2937

Duties include:
Teaching adult, children's and family classes on natural history subjects, with Curator of Natural History design exhibit and manage natural history and art collections, including, coordinate public educator specimen checkout program, provide maintenance for collections databases, consult with museum teachers, docents and visitor services interpreters regarding specimen availability and suitability for their subject, teach classes and give talks for volunteer training, interpret exhibits for the public, provide training for other department personnel and volunteers for special exhibits, supervise volunteers throughout the department, provide phone and walk-in assistance for public inquiries, represent the museum at public events and professional meetings

Applicable Skills:
Proficient with Photoshop and MS Office (including Access and Powerpoint), Filemaker, general familiarity with Past Perfect, Pinnacle video software, Firefox and several other software packages, HTML code editing.

Familiar with small animal (including invertebrate, reptile and raptor) handling and presentation.

Work with all ages from preschool to senior.

Other:
Teaching Experience Includes
Diablo Valley College Emeritus Program, Spring 2004, natural history of Rossmoor
Graduate Student/Instructor, New Mexico State University
Courses taught: ornithology and general biology laboratories
Instructor, Mississippi State University Extension Campus
Courses taught: introduction to natural history lecture and laboratory,
ornithology laboratory, mammalogy lecture and laboratory
Graduate Student/Instructor, Mississippi State University
Courses taught: ornithology laboratory, natural history laboratory,
general zoology laboratory, vertebrate zoology laboratory, mammalogy
laboratory, occasional lectures in ornithology, natural history and
mammalogy

Other Experience Includes
Assistant Curator, Bird and Mammal Collections, New Mexico State University
Assistant Curator, Bird and Mammal Collections, Mississippi State University
Research Assistant, Bird Section, US Biological Survey, US Fish and Wildlife Service, supervisor Dr. Mercedes S. Foster
Assistant Curator, Mammal Collection, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Laboratory Assistant, Morro Bay Kangaroo Rate Captive Breeding Project, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Additional Employment Includes:

Nature Camp Instructor
Field Research Assistant
Manager of Veterinary Office
Veterinary Assistant
Pet Store Department Manager and Sales
Herpetology (live collection) Facility Supervisor
Field Herpetologist