ONLINE RESUME' AND EXPERIENCE PROFILE

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1 ONLINE RESUME' AND EXPERIENCE PROFILE Jason J. Crean wears many hats. He is a biology teacher at the high school and college level, works in the zoological community, and takes great joy in educating people of all ages about the natural world. He also does a great deal more when not in the classroom... Employment profile: Currently teaches biology at Lyons Township High School Currently teaches undergraduate biology at St Xavier University STEM Instructor at St Xavier University's STEM Center Develops curricula and teaches staff development and graduate courses for teachers in the Education Department at Brookfield Zoo Adjunct faculty at Aurora University & Benedictine University Aids in research/service work in the Wildlife Genetics Lab for Brookfield Zoo Acts as consultant to zoos and private institutions in the care, breeding, and propagation of avian species as well as curriculum development Has taught at Homewood-Flossmoor High School teaching biology and animal science

2 Also has taught environmental science at Moraine Valley College Has also taught graduate courses in educational technology for Saint Xavier University Education: Graduated Cum Laude from Saint Xavier University with Bachelor's degree in Biology Graduated from Saint Xavier University with Master's degree in Curriculum & Instruction Graduated from Western Illinois University with a Master's degree in biology (specialization in zoology) Holds a Type 75 Educational Administration certificate Holds a Graduate Certificate in Zoo & Aquarium Science Completed basic training in Choice Theory/Reality Therapy Completed basic training in Multiple Intelligences Theory Certified Avian Specialist Certified Aviculturist, Level II Other activities: Science Education Consultant Regional Director, lllinois Science Teachers Association Co-Director, ISTA Science Teacher Mentoring Program Vice-President, Illinois Association of Biology Teachers Presidential Awards State Selection Committee Howard Hughes Medical Institute Curriculum Designer/Participant Alum member of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society (Omega Delta Chapter) Alum member of Kappa Delta Pi Education Honors Society Co-sponsor of LTHS Zoology Club Member of the LT Science Articulation Committee Mentor teacher President, The Avicultural Society of Chicagoland Professional breeder of hookbilled and softbilled birds Regional Director, American Federation of Aviculture

3 Regional Vice-President, National Finch and Softbill Society Awards: 2003 Innovative Educator Award winner 2002 Haisman Teacher of the Year Finalist 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner Showcased in Technology & Learning Magazine, Golden Apple nominee 2007 Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2009 National Science Teachers Association "Making a Difference" Award winner 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math & Science Teaching State WINNER! 2009 National Association of Biology Teachers Award for Ecology & Environmental Science Teaching winner 2009 National Association of Biology Teachers Award for Encouraging Equity winner 2010 Golden Apple nominee 2010 Illinois Science Teachers Association Outstanding Teacher of Science Award winner 2010 Illinois Association of Biology Teachers Outstanding Biology Teacher Award winner 2010 Saint Xavier University Distinguished Alumnus award 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science Teacher of the Year Lyons Township Vita Plena Award, October 2010 WGN TV October 2010 Teacher of the Month 2011 Shell Science Lab Challenge regional winner and national finalist 2011 Toyota Tapestry Grant awardee VFW Teacher of the Year

4 Professional works: Lecturer on topics that include Species Survival Plans, Avian Genetics, Endangered Species causes, & more Published: "The Lineolated Parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola" Parrot Chronicles: June, 2003 Published: "Avian Education: The need for softbill exposure" NFSS Journal: March/April, 2004 Lecturer: "Species Survival Plans" Midwest Avian Seminar: March, 2002 Lecturer: "The H.I.P.P.O. Dilemma: Reasons for species endangerment" Fall Avian Research Seminar: September, 2003 Lecturer: "Avian Genetics 101" GCCBC Workshop, August, 2004 Lecturer: "Avicultural Experiences" GCCBC Workshop June, 2005 Lecturer: "Species Survival Plans: an Update" Northern Illinois Parrot Society Workshop August, 2005 Published: "Illinois HB0707: Local Groups Work Together to Defeat Proposed Legislation" AFA Watchbird: Volume XXXI Number 4 August, 2005 (author) Published: "Activities in Environmental Science" laboratory manual (co-author) Published: "The Aviarium: Constructing a Year-round Avian Habitat" Presenter: "Zoo Genetics" National Association of Biology Teachers Convention October, 2005 Presenter: "Conservation Genetics Curriculum Activities for the High School Classroom" Biotechnology Convention April, 2006 Author: "Animal Colors" curriculum Brookfield Zoo, Spring, 2005 Author: "Biodiversity Hotspots" curriculum Brookfield Zoo, Summer, 2006

5 Published: "Zoo Genetics: Key Aspects of Conservation Biology" July, 2007 Lecture on "Responsible Aviculture: Softbills" Northern Illinois Parrot Society Workshop October, 2006 Lecture on "Zoo Genetics: It's what's on the inside that counts!" Northern Illinois Parrot Society March 2007 Lecture on "Experiences in Aviculture" Kenosha Exotic Bird Club March, 2007 Published: "Lineolated Parakeets" Parrots magazine October, 2007 Lecture on "Aracaris in Aviculture: Pteroglossus viridis" at the "Flying into Knowledge" seminar, September 29, 2007 Published: "Green Aracaris in Aviculture" Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, 2007 Lecture on "Green Aracaris in Aviculture" American Federation of Aviculture National Convention, July, 2008 Featured aviculturist in the July, 2008 issue of Bird Talk magazine Lecture on "Whitebacked Mousebirds (Colius colius)" at the American Federation of Aviculture Annual Convention, August, Lecture on "Tea for 'Toos and other birds, too" at the American Federation of Aviculture Annual Convention, August Published: "Tea for 'Toos and other birds too" Bird Talk Magazine March 2011 Lectures on "Using DNA for Species Identification" and "How Mutations Get from One Generation to the Next" at the American Federation of Aviculture Annual Convention, August 2011.

6 2012 LECTURES: "The Use of Tea in Avian Husbandry Practices." San Diego, California, February, 2012; "Tea for 'Toos and Other Birds, Too" & "Softbill Birds." Richmond, Virginia, March, 24-25; "Zoo Genetics." Indianapolis, Indiana, March 29-31; "ABC: Avian Biology Classroom." San Antonio, Texas, August GRADUATE COURSES/WORKSHOPS OFFERED AT BROOKFIELD ZOO in 2012: Zoo Genetics, To Save a Species population program. COURSES/WORKSHOPS OFFERED AT Saint Xavier University in 2012: Principles and Methods in Biology, Animal Behavior workshops, Animal Populations. Please contact Mr. Crean for his speaking schedule or for grading information at [email protected].