Eric Sweetwood: Education and Curriculum Vita
Education/Curriculum Vita
Education
Certification
Professional Employment
Selective Scholarly Activities
Publications
Honors
Finalist Gilder-Lehrman and Illinois State Board of Education United States History Teacher of the Year for Illinois, 2010 and 2012.
Professional Affiliations
Community Service Activities
Education
- Master of Science plus 44 hours in History with an emphasis on United States History. Major: History. Masters of Science completed December 1997, Illinois State University. Additional hours completed August 2001, Illinois State University.
- Bachelors of Science with an emphasis on literature. Major: English-Education. Minors: Psychology and Sociology. Bachelors of Science completed May, 1987, Illinois State University.
- Associate of Arts with an emphasis on literature. Major: English. Associate of Arts completed August 1984, Illinois Valley Community College.
Certification
- Illinois Certification Type 9. Areas certified: United States History; World History; Psychology; Sociology; Civics/Government; Literature; Composition; Language Arts.
Professional Employment
- 1988 to Present: Pontiac Township High School, Pontiac Illinois.
- 2006 to Present: Social Science Department Chair
- 1992 to Present: Social Science Instructor
- 1988 to 1992: English Instructor
- 2003 to Present: Heartland Community College, Normal Illinois.
- 2003 to Present: Teaching eBay Community Education class.
- 1987-1988: Pleasant Plains School District #8, Pleasant Plains Illinois
- 1987-1988: Literature and Composition teach for Senior and Junior High School.
Selective Scholarly Activities
- Social Science Department Chair
- Curriculum Advisory Committee Chair/Representative
- Staff Development Committee Chair (2)/Representative
- School Improvement Team Member
- Technology Coordinator
- Technology Grant Coordinator
- Pontiac High School Education Association President
- Pontiac High School Education Association Chief Negotiator
- North Central Committee Member
- Handbook Committee Member
- Education Recertification Chair/Member
Publications
- Contributor to War And Popular Culture, M. Paul Holsinger (editor), Greenwood Press, 1999.
- "A Dark Knight in A Dark World-Batman as a Popular Culture Icon," Recounting The Past: A Student Journal of Historical Studies at Illinois State University, Spring, 1997.
Honors
Finalist Gilder-Lehrman and Illinois State Board of Education United States History Teacher of the Year for Illinois, 2010 and 2012.
Professional Affiliations
- National Education Association
- Teachers of Psychology In Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
- American Association of Psychology
Community Service Activities
- Pontiac United Way Board from 2000 to 2006
- Pontiac High School Facilitator to United Way
- Member of American Heart Association
- Social Sciences Faculty Community Service Project Coordinator 1994-2006
- Humane Society Member/Volunteer Trainer 1993 to Present
- Old House Society of McLean County Member