MAJOR QUALIFICATIONS: 52Years in Teaching: Secondary, Colleges and Universities

` ROBERT C. GORE

7202 Yardley Drive

Katy, TX77494

P.O. Box 657

Stafford, Texas77497-0657

cell: 281-253-9370

MAJOR QUALIFICATIONS: 52years in teaching: secondary, colleges and universities,

and business (OSHA) (as of 2010)

SPECIALTY: English, English as a Second Language,English as a Foreign Language,

and Technical Writing

PREVIOUS POSITION: 2002-10

Co-Teacher of English (grades 10 & 11) at AliefHastingsHigh School, Alief I.S.D.

PRESENT POSITION: 2010-

Teacher of Dual-Credit English (with HoustonCommunity College) at Alief I.S.D.

Teacher of Senior English at AliefHastingsHigh School

EDUCATION:

University of Houston (grad)

TexasA&MUniversity at Corpus Christi (grad)

MidwesternStateUniversity (MA: English)

St. Edward’s University (grad)

RiceUniversity (BA: English)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

University and College: (22 years)

--English and English as a Second Language (21 years)

ConcordiaUniversity at Austin in Austin, Texas: Professor of English

AustinCommunity College in Austin, Texas: Adjunct Professor of English

Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas: Assistant Professor of English

HoustonCommunity College in Houston, Texas: Adjunct Professor of

English

St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas: Adjunct Professor of ESL

--English as a Foreign Language (1 year)

Hainan Institute of Education, Haikou, Hainan Dao, People’s

Republic of China

Secondary: (35 years)

Alief Hastings High School in Alief, Texas: English teacher

FlourBluffHigh School, Corpus Christi, Texas: varsity coach and teacher

Rockport-Fulton High School in Rockport, Texas: varsity coach and teacher

Notre Dame High School in Wichita Falls, Texas: athletic director, varsity coach

and teacher of English

St. Edward’s High School in Austin, Texas: athletic director, varsity coach and

teacher of German, English and ESL.

TravisStateSchool for the Mentally Handicapped: teacher of all levels

Mt. Carmel High School in Houston, Texas: varsity coach and teacher ofEnglish

and German

Charles H. Milby High School in Houston, Texas: varsity coach and teacher of

English and German

SacredHeartAcademy in Vinita, Oklahoma: athletic director, coach and teacher

of English, history, and math

NON-TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Cook-Walden Funeral Homes and Cemeteries: Family Service Counselor

Dell Computer Corporation: Manufacturing

Austin-American Statesman: Accounting clerk

Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Subscription sales

Reed-American: Computer programmer, foreman, machinist

Peabody-Dore: Machinist

Wichita Falls Machine Works: Machinist

Montrose National Bank: teller (paying, receiving, savings, safe

deposit, credit , and note teller, bookkeeper, collections)

A.O. Smith Corporation: Machinist

Marine Explorations, Inc.: Seismologist assistant, draftsman

First City National Bank: Teller, bookkeeper

Seismic Explorations, Inc.: Machinist

Collier’s: Salesman

MILITARY EXPERIENCE:

U.S. Army (1952-54)

Korean War: Battalion Supply Sergeant, 24th AAA Gun Battalion, Eighth Army;

TDY: 101st Airborne Division

Responsible for the acquisition and distribution of all food, equipment, and

supplies for over 3000 officers and men (2 battalions)

Field First Sergeant of training cadre, Ft. Bliss, TX; Drill Instructor; also taught hand-to-hand combat as well as trained over 200 men and non- commissioned officers for war.

LeadershipSchool for Non-commissioned Officers graduate

Supply Officer Specialist

Battalion Soldier of the Month, six times (ordered not to compete againin Korea)

Honorable Discharge

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

THE STATE OF TEXAS TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES COMMISSION:

appointed by the governor to this ethics commission for all of the educatorson all levels in the State of Texas; member and judge

TASK FORCE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS: appointed by Rep. Ted Roberts; member

ARANSAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY: Chairman of Convention, local and state

(elected position)

Del Mar College English, Philosophy, and ESL Departments’ Professional Practices Council

(elected by peers position)

Del Mar College: Screening Committee for the Dean of Occupational Education and

Technology Program: member

Standing Committee on Scholarships: member

Standing Committee on Community and College Relationships: member

Standing Committee on Conferences and Conventions: chairman

Standing Committee on Recruitment and Retention: chairman

Standing Committee on Marketing: member

Standing Committee on Faculty Grants: member

TASP Advising Committee: member

ESL: Department mentor

Technical Writing Committee: chairman

Electronics/Electrical Engineering Technology Program Review

Committee: member

Strategies for Success Committee: member

Advising Leadership Group: member

Adjunct Development Committee: member

Freshman English Lab Committee: member

Representative for Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce’s Retention and

Recruitment team: member

President’s Mission Achievement Planning Team for the Community

ALIEFHASTINGSHIGH SCHOOL:

Shared Decision-Making Committee: member

Professional Learning Committee: member

CONGRESSIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Honorary Member

ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE—CHINA

Leader of eight-teacher team of English as a Foreign Language: teaching American

English language andNorth American culture to Chinese teachers, professors, andother professionals

LEADERSHIP TRAINING INTERNATIONAL:

Certified teacher/trainer

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD, COLLEGIATE PRESS

Member

PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICA’S COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

MASTER TEACHER (College of Education, University of Texas at Austin)

MASTER PRESENTER (College of Education, University of Texas at Austin)

All-AmericanHigh School Football Coach of the Year

AreaHigh School Football Coach of the Year

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: (not including above, nor are all listed; only those felt more

important)

*Created a new retention policy for Del Mar College (“Meeting Individual Needs Fosters

Retention”)

Designed a special Accelerated Degree Program course in literature for Concordia

University

*Designed and implemented a special freshman level composition course for

technical/vocational/ industrialeducation students at Del Mar College

(“Technological Innovations and the English Curriculum”)

*Designed and implemented a special freshman level composition course exclusively for

learning-disabled students (“Freshman Composition for the Learning Disabled”)

Designed and implemented an ESL program for Ft.Bend ISD

(* published in Resources in Education, ERIC’s monthly journal and microfiched

for nationaldissemination in university and college libraries)

PRESENTATIONS: (major ones only)

National (and International) Institute for Staff and Organizational Development

(presented byUniversityof Texas at Austin)—several years

Texas Conference of Teachers of English

Conference on College Composition and Communication

Southwest Kiwanis Club : “The China Experience”

Two-yearCollege English Association

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

(These are too numerous to list as the hours number several hundred over the

many years of teaching; however, themore recent ones are attached.)

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL REFERENCES:

Professional:

Tyra Walker

Associate Principal

AliefHastingsHigh School

4410 Cook Rd.

Houston, TX77072

(281) 498-8110 ext.

Tracy Scholz

ELA Specialist—AliefHastingsHigh School

4410 Cook Rd.

Houston, TX77072

(281) 498-8110 ext. 2205

Home: 970 Bunker Hill Rd. #2101

Houston, TX77024

(281) 813-0041

Denise Billings

English Department Chair

AliefHastingsHigh School

4410 Cook Rd.

Houston, TX77072

(281) 498-8110 ext.

Del Fisher

English Department

AliefHastingsHigh School

4410 Cook Rd.

Houston, TX77072

Personal:

Lorie Terry

2202 Thistlerock Lane

Sugar Land, TX77479

(713) 855-9978 cell

Frank S. Gonzales

8951 Windfern Trace Dr.

Houston, TX77064

(832) 466-4895

Cheri Wiltz

6500 W. 43rd # 2405

Houston, TX77092

(713) 688-1752