Mr. Hill's Curriculum Vitae

S Hill is a classroom history and language arts educator with over fifteen years of successful and varied experiences. After his Honorable service in the Marines as an infantryman from 1986-1992, Hill attended East Carolina University and earned a BA and an MA in History. Currently, he teaches history classes in North Carolina at the high school and university levels; he is part time faculty at East Carolina University. Summer “vacations” find Hill leading educational tour groups overseas to Europe, teaching U.S. Naval personnel, or teaching at East Carolina University.   

Employment and Studies

1968 –             born and reared in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1986 –             graduated high school; 

1986 – 1992    United States Marine Corps: infantry, Honorable Discharge

1992-1996       East Carolina University: full time student

1996-2001       Rare books: appraiser, and purveyor

1998-present    North Carolina Public Schools; J.H. Rose H.S. (full time, history teacher)

2006-present    Pitt Community College: (part time, night class instructor)

2007-present    East Carolina University (part time, night class instructor)

2006 summer   Central Texas College: History Instructor aboard USS Pinckney (DDG 91) Hawaii

2008 summer    Central Texas College: History Instructor aboard USS Momsen (DDG 92)  Middle East

2009 summer   Army Special Forces: Operations Robin Sage, guerilla.

2010-present    summer sessions History classes taught at East Carolina University

Teaching Experience and Awards

K-12 and College

            -- Middle School: Remedial Reading Coach grades 6-8 and 8^th grade Language Arts

            -- High School

            - Latin I, II, III, AP

            - United States History

            - World History

            - AP European History and AP WORLD History

            - Athens/Rome Summer Educational Trips, EF Tours (2003 and 2004, 2006)

-- Colleges and Universities: Pitt Community College, East Carolina University, Central Texas        

            College (US Navy)       

            - World Civilizations I and II (2005 to present)

            - United States History I and II  (2006 to present)

-- Education Abroad

            - since 2003,  I have led five student groups to Europe: Netherlands, Italy, Greece, and France.

-- Exchange Students

            - have hosted several students from France and Germany

--International Exchange Coordinator: I facilitate placement of foreign exchange students in our country.

Awards, Recognition, Accomplishments

-- National Board Teacher Certification (2003, first attempt) Recertified 2013. (First attempt)

-- Katherine Paine McConnell Teaching Excellence Award (2006)

-- NAVY Commendation for Teaching Leadership (2008)

-- nominated for Teacher of the Year, often.

                                                            Publications

--Fountain Publishing Company--“Behind the Names: A History of Pitt County School Names”       

                                                  Fountain Publishing Company, Fountain North Carolina, 2010.

            --NC Museum of Art: online lesson plan written and accepted

            --NC ART News: research on WPA Murals in NC digitally published along with lesson plan

Education

East Carolina University  

-- BA, History (1996); minor English Literature; 24 credit hours in Latin GPA: 3.5

-- MA, History (2005); 140 page Master’s thesis successfully written and defended.

            -- thesis topic: Case Study of Entrepreneurship in American Business History  

Educational Seminars, training, and talks led by Mr. Hill

-- Grenville NC Museum of Art / GMA Art Talk – November 20, 2013Taught a day-long seminar to                 about 30 public high school Social Studies and Art teachers at the Greenville Museum of Art. “Using Art as Documents in the Classroom” November 2013

-- North Carolina Council for Social Studies. Greensboro--February 20-21, 2014. “ThingLink: Using Art         

            & Visuals to Promote Historical Thinking”

-- North Carolina English Teachers Association: NCETA Spring Literacy Symposium Rocky Mount                

            High School, NC, March 1, 2014: “Visual Literacy: 21st Century Cross Curricular Methods”

-- J.H. Rose High School Faculty Meeting:, March 5, 2014: “Using Art to Promote Literacy”   

-- North Carolina Museum of Art: Summer of 2014, Examine how the visual arts can create a more varied learning environment for teachers and students. Gain a better understanding of document-based questions (DBQ), and learn how to implement art as primary or secondary documents in history, social studies, and humanities classrooms. The workshop includes experiences in the permanent collection as well as hands-on projects. Registration required. Earns 0.5 CEU.

Military Experiences

United States Marine Corps (1986-1992)

-- USMC Embassy Guard in Bucharest, Romania, during the 1989 Revolution.

-- USMC Amphibious Recon School; combat team leader

-- USMC Scout Sniper School and STA Platoon; designated shooter.

-- Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield, 1991.

-- Various Duty Stations: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Mediterranean Sea and adjoining countries.

-- Operation Robin Sage, Guerilla: 2009

-- US Navy; civilian history course instructor onboard USS Momsen and USS Pinckney. 2006, 2008.