All about Bruce

Hi to all members of the class,
I am celebrating my 30th year in education this school year. I have taught at the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades, served as a dean of students, became an assistant principal, and became a building principal in 1990, and remained in that position until 2000. I moved on to Governors State University for a year, helping the university with its NCATE accrediation during that year, and since 2001 I have been at Calumet College of St. Joseph in Whiting, Indiana. I register and advise all of the Education declared major students at St. Joe's, teach 4-6 classes per semester in the Education Department, and supervise 6-8 students during their student teaching experience. ( At a small college, one wears many, many, hats. Our total enrollment at the college is 1,700; the Education Department has 250 students enrolled). I enjoy my position at CCSJ, the Education Department is a tight-knit family as there are only 8 fulltime faculty and staff members in our department.
I am single, I always felt I had enough kids to attend to in a school setting, and probably was too dedicated to my tenure in the schools I taught at to get involved in a solid relationship. Being single, allows me to travel where and when I wish to do so, dine out alot, and spend time with friends and family. The last three years where on somewhat of a holding pattern, taking care of my father who suffered from Alzheimers( a terrible disease). I took last semester off from attending class at Purdue to take care of him, and I'm glad I'm back in the saddle this semester at Purdue. The drive to Purdue provides me some free time to listen to music, talk to friends on the cell phone and reflect. I enjoy the drive, I hope this semester is somewhat snow free, because it's dark out there on I-65 as I travel back to Chicagoland.