Dr. Temple Skill Sets
Bleeding-edge technology integration for learning
Dr. Temple deploys elite levels of creativity and technological integration into science lesson planning. His pioneering work in ubiquitous learning environments, building, deploying, and managing these online programs has no equal in public education.
Site, District, County, and National Teacher of the Year
Though impressive, the comments from students 5, 10, and 20 years ago about how Dr. Temple had influenced their life choices and careers yield a far more impressive statement regarding Dr. Temple’s near-legendary classroom presence. Moreover, over the 27 years in the classroom, he’s only twice elevated a student to be dealt with by the administration. He prides himself on being able to address, mitigate, and iron out classroom issues on his own without bothering the administration, something that numerous administrators have noted as a huge asset wishing more instructors had the capacity to manager their students in such a way.
Directed and Produced 3 Feature Length Movies
These science fiction stories are based on a small egg that made his screen debut 26 years ago and began a love for video production and storytelling. The Eggs N’ Science movie series became the foundation for thousands of video productions. Most notable, the Atom & Quark Series and the countless videos made for the AREA154 programs that helped make that program that much more immersive for the students.
The First All-Online Paperless Science Classroom
2009: Dr. Temple became California’s first public high school teacher to design and deploy an all-digital paperless classroom. Dr. Temple went YEARS without making a single Xerox copy. This achievement earned him the opportunity to speak at ISTE 2010 and become a featured speaker in 2011 for Alaska’s Ed-Tech users conference.
Included in this skill set are the abilities to:
- Acquire and set up shared servers as well as dedicated servers
- Speed test the content flow rate for each type of server
- Evaluate, install, and manage WordPress , its plugins, and the LMS used for learning
- Assess security risks
- Manage and manually install SSL certificates
- Manage the upload limits for posts and other digital assets
- Create redundant backup systems for yearly re-installation of content and emergency reboots
- A working knowledge of MySQL database programming language
- A working knowledge of HTML5 for custom programming adjustments
- Manage, fix, and deploy student accounts responsible for tracking assessment data
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Non-Educational Skill Sets
Tactical Defense and Threat Suppression
While considered a classroom tool in some more unruly learning environments, KRAV MAGA is not generally considered a classroom asset. However, after a few demonstrations, even the most aggressively-minded student thinks twice about lipping off or becoming physically threatening. Dr. Temple studied this martial art, considered by many to be the most aggressive and deadly in existence, earning a black belt over the course of 5 grueling years of training. Though it’s been a number of years since completing that training, skills dull and mastery is an art that requires constant practice.
I Can Fly, I'm a Pilot
While technically that is true, It would be unwise to get in a plane with Dr. T. He’s new at this and frankly seems to have an unhealthy attachment to Top Gun Movies.
The Driver
Not that he needs it, but Dr. Temple has a professional driver’s license. He mastered stunt and pursuit driving along with slide recovery and disaster avoidance. He passed the same course that federal agents and private security take to evasive maneuvers and security training. But why? Who knows.
No Business LIke Show Business
Is it weird that a public school teacher would have this much contact with the entertainment industry? In 2005, Dr. Temple served as a science consultant for CSI:NY during season 4.
Then by accident, he ended up working with ABC studios for a pilot talk show with Tori Spelling – a talk show to take Oprah’s afternoon 4 PM slot. The pilot didn’t get picked up but the executives were baffled by the expert performance given by a high school chemistry teacher.
The following year, Dr. Temple was signed to a show called “A Time of Your OWN” – a show to be run on Oprah Winfrey’s Network. The show fell through because Proctor and Gamble felt the premise of the show was lacking. They weren’t wrong.Â
Dr. Temple then was recruited to be on several online game shows, such as “Ask America” where he won the episode.
2023: John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams – Dr. Temple was selected to tell his story of a house that seemed to contain paranormal activity. Titled “House Next Door,” it streamed on the Peacock service starting back in October of 2023.