Buzz Putnam Bio...

 

Dwight “Buzz” C. Putnam, Jr.

2 Hollister Ave

Utica, New York 13501

 

1.  Teaching Experience/Education

• Notre Dame-Utica Catholic High School Science Department – Sept. 2018 to present

  • Presently teaching New York State Regents-level Physics & Nanotechnology

• Arizona State University-Physics Instructor (on-line) – 2020 to present

• Whitesboro High School Science Department – 1/1/85 to 6/30/2018

  • Taught New York State Regents-level Physics & “Introduction to Nanotechnology”

• Utica College-Adjunct Faculty - Fall 2001 to 2009

  • Utica College-Taught EDU 524 (Science Teaching Methods)

  • Utica College-Taught Physics 151/152 (4 credit lecture and laboratory) 

• State University of New York at Albany (M.A. in Science Education - December 1989)

• Utica College of Syracuse University                 

• State University of New York at Oswego (B.S.-1981) 

• 90 graduate credits beyond Master’s Degree/College Science courses/Science workshops

• N.Y.S. Permanent Certification in Physics, Chemistry and Biology

 

2.  Professional Activities, Memberships and Awards

• New York State Master Teacher Program Award - Selected April 2014 to 2018

• Yale University Educator of the Year Award - 2017

• Rotary Outstanding Teacher Award - 1989, 1997, 2006, 2020

• Whitesboro Science Department Chairman (Grades 6 - 12) - Jan 1997 to present

  • Coordinated Science Instructional Program & $30,000 budget for 18 science faculty

• Kiwanis Tri-County Outstanding Educator Award – November 2010

• Teacher of the Week Award (NYS Lottery) - May 2002

• National Honor Society Advisor - September 1991 to 2018

• Coordinator for Whitesboro Student Tutoring Service (1991-2018)

• Coordinator for Whitesboro Relay for Life Team (2013, 2014)

• Science Olympiad Team Advisor/Science Club Advisor - September 1985 to June 2000

• American Association of Physics Teachers member (AAPT)

 

3.   Professional Development & Teaching-Related Activities

• Presenter at National Science Teachers Association Conference (NSTA), Atlanta, Ga-March 2018

  • Selected to present Physics workshops: “May the Force be with you”, "Blinded by the Light" & "Seeing is Believing"

• Presenter at National Science Teachers Association Conference (NSTA)-March 2006 to Present

  • St. Louis, Mo/Anaheim, Ca/New Orleans, La/Philadelphia, Pa/Indianapolis, In/Boston, Mass, San Antonio/Austin/Dallas/Corpus Christi, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee

• Keynote Speaker – Northern Arizona University STEAM Conference – November 2017, Yuma, Az  

  • Keynote Presenter to 150 new/1st-year science teachers

  • "The Magic of Science-Motivate and Excite your Science Students using Discrepant Events!"

• Presenter/Coordinator - Project Fibonacci STEAM Youth Conference – August 2016, Rome, New York

  • Presenter for Science Demonstration Workshop - “Mad About Science” team

• Presenter/Coordinator KIPP College Prep School, South Bronx, New York City - July 2015

  • Physics Demonstration/Physics Lab Workshop, KIPP College Prep Teachers

• "Mad About Science" - Travelling Science Demonstration Show-Sept. 2015-present

• Presenter - SEMI HIGH TECH U Educational STEM Workshop for Teachers-July 2012

  • Facilitator/Emcee/Participant for Nanotechnology workshop/seminar

• Nanotechnology Summer Institute - June 2010- University of Massachusetts at Amherst                  

• NanoScale Systems Institute for Physics Teachers (CIPT) at Cornell University (2005 to present)

• Cornell Institute for Physics Teachers (CIPT) Lab Development Team (2007 to 2017)

• Cornell Institute for Physics Teachers (CIPT) Seminar/Workshop at the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center at Arecibo Observatory Arecibo, Puerto Rico – February 2009

  • Selected to present “Discrepant Events in Physics”, “The Science of Light and Waves”

• Presenter at Cornell University – September 2013

  • Newton’s laws workshop - Cornell Institute for Physics Teachers (CIPT)

• Presenter/Keynote Speaker – Sioux City School District (3-schools) – January 2013, Sioux City, Iowa   

  • Presenter for Day-Long Science Workshop for Sioux City School District Teachers

• Presenter/Keynote Speaker – New Orleans School District, New Orleans, Louisiana   – August 2011

  • Opening Day of School Presenter                                                                                           

• Presenter/Coordinator for “Regents Science...Live!” - 1993 to present

  • Live student call-in televised NYS Regents Exam Review program (Spectrum Cable)

• Presenter at the “Conference for the Advancement in Science Teaching”– November 2007 to present

  • CAST-Austin/Fort Worth/Galveston/Houston/Corpus Christi, Texas

  • Selected to present “Discrepant Events in Physics”, “Force and Motion”, “Light and Waves”

• Presenter at STANYS - 2000 to present

  • Annual Conference of the Science Teachers Association of New York

  • Nevelle Conference Center, Ellenville, NY/Rochester, NY

• Presenter at New Jersey Science Teachers Annual Conference (NJSC)- 2000 to present

  • Garden Center, Somerset, New Jersey/Princeton, New Jersey

 

4.  Additional Personal Interests and Information

• Instructor for 5hr-Driving Certification Course– Gigliotti’s Driving School, Utica, NY

• IAABO Nationally-Certified Basketball Official-November 2005 to present

  • Referee Modified/Junior Varsity/Varsity Boys Basketball games

• NFHS (MVBUA division) Certified Baseball Umpire-April 2009 to present

  • Umpire for Little League/Modified/JV/Varsity/American Legion Baseball games

• Public Address Announcer - 1990 - 2018                 

  • Whitesboro Boys & Girls Varsity/JV Basketball games

• Play-by-Play Announcer for EZStream Internet Video Production

  • Whitesboro Football/Soccer/Field Hockey games

• Consultant for Arbor Scientific - 2000 to present

  • Consultant/Workshop Presenter/Product Designer for National Physics Educational Equipment Company

• Director - 1982 to1984

  • New York State Leadership Training Center, Croghan, New York

  • Responsible for hiring of 25 staff, promotion, programming & maintenance of 4-lake, 1200 acre training center.

• Delegate Leader - September 1984 to August 1985

  • People to People International (Northeast United States Regional Group Leader)

  • Led Citizen Ambassador program to Europe

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