King Philip Regional High School

Mr. Ferreira's Web Resume

Teaching Assignment: Department of History & Social Sciences

2008 - 2009 Schedule:

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts, Rhode Island College  

            Majors: History,  Social Sciences

• Certificate of Graduate Studies, University of Western Ontario

            Fields: 19th & 20th century British Empire & Commonwealth, Modern India, Modern Canada

• Master of Arts in Teaching - History & Social Sciences, Rhode Island College

            Fields: 19th & 20th century British Empire & Commonwealth, World History education, US History education 

         Thesis: Canada, India, and the Changing British Commonwealth of Nations, 1940 - 1950

• Master of Fine Arts - Theatre, Rhode Island College (in progress)

            Fields: Scenic & Lighting Design, Technical Direction, Directing

Co-Curricular Assignments:

• KP Drama: Director, Producer, Technical Director
• Grady Auditorium Production Staff (G.A.P.S.) - Director & Theatre Facilities Production and Operations Manager

Committee Assignments:

• Assistant Principal Search Committee (1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
• History & Social Sciences Faculty Search Committee (2005, 2006, 2007)
• Co-Chair, Community Resources Committee, 2001 - 2002 NEASC Self-Study Assignment
• Faculty Advisory Council, 1997 - 2001

Professional Affiliations:

Awards, Publications & Professional Service:

    Professional Service:

• 2007 - present: Secretary, H-Net Executive Council, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences On-Line
• 2005 - present: Awards Committee Member, Ridgway F. Shinn, Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship, Rhode Island College
• 2005 - present: Editor, HNET-STAFF Discussion Network, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences On-Line
• 2003 - present: Council Member, H-Net Executive Council, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences On-Line
• 2000 - present: Teaching Committee, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences On-Line
• 1998 - present: Co-editor, H-High-S Discussion Network, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences On-Line

• 2000 - 2003: Member, Elections Committee, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences On-Line

            * 2000 - Chair

• 1994 - 1997: Council Member, Executive Council, Organization of History Teachers

    Publications, Papers & Professional Presentations:

• 2007: Article: "King Philip Opens New Theatre," NETC News, New England Theatre Conference, October, 2007
• 2006: Paper: "Teaching and Learning with New Media," American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January, 2006
• 1998: Presentation: "H-Net, Peer Communication, and History Teaching in the Information Age", MassCUE Conference, Worcester, MA, October, 1998
• 1996: Article: "National History Standards: PC and D.O.A." The Social Studies: Journal of the Oregon Social Studies Association. March, 1996.

    Teaching Fellowships & Seminars:

• 2006: Teaching Fellowship - "World War I in British Culture," Wright State University/National Endowment for the Humanities, University College - University of London
• 2005: Teaching Seminar - "Age of Lincoln," Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History & St. Catherine's College, Oxford University (UK)
• 1999: Teaching Seminar - "Teaching & Learning with New Media",  New Media Classroom/National Endowment for the Humanities & MassMOCA
• 1999: Teaching Seminar - " Lincoln and the Civil War," National History Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• 1998: Teaching Seminar - "Seminar on Slavery," Stratford Hall Plantation & Virginia Commonwealth University
• 1997: Teaching Fellowship, "Gettysburg and Second Manassas," Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
• 1994: Teaching Seminar, "Teaching Politics, Government & Democracy," Robert A. Taft Institute for Government and Politics/Rhode Island College

    Awards:

• 2006: Award - History Alumni Honour Roll Award - Rhode Island College
• 1998: Award - Colonel, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Plays Directed/Technical Directed/Produced:

    King Philip Regional High School (1996 - present)

• December, 2008: It's A Wonderful Life (Directed)
• May, 2008: Mr. Hobbs' Vacation (Directed)
• February, 2008: Don't Dress for Dinner (Produced)
• December, 2007: Scrooge & Marley: A Christmas Carol (Directed)
• May, 2007: It Was a Dark & Stormy Night (Directed)
• December, 2006: Miracle on 34^th Street (Directed)
• May, 2006: You Can't Take It With You (Directed)
• December, 2005: Families at Holidaytime: One-Acts for the Holiday Season (Directed)
• May, 2005: The Curious Savage (Produced)
• February, 2005: The Mousetrap (Produced)
• December, 2004: A Christmas Story (Directed)
• May, 2004: The Philadelphia Story (Directed)
• February, 2004: The Dinner Party (Produced)
• December, 2003: It's A Wonderful Life (Directed)
• May, 2003: Twelve Angry Women & Twelve Angry People (two casts) (Directed)
• February, 2003: Play It Again, Sam (Technical Direction, Produced)
• December, 2002: A Christmas Carol (Directed)
• May, 2002: Much Ado About Nothing (Technical Direction, Produced)
• February, 2002: Turn of the Screw (Technical Direction, Produced)
• December, 2001: Yes Virginia, There is A Santa Claus (Directed)
• May, 2001: Anything Goes (Technical Direction)
• December, 2000: A Christmas Story (Directed)
• May, 2000: Inherit the Wind (Directed)
• February, 2000: Arsenic & Old Lace (Technical Direction, Produced)
• December, 1999: Miracle on 34^th Street (Directed)
• May, 1999: The Sting (Directed)
• December, 1998: It's A Wonderful Life (Directed)
• May, 1998: Skin of Our Teeth (Technical Direction)
• December, 1997: The Man Who Came to Dinner (Technical Direction)

    Middletown High School (1990 - 1996)

• May, 1996: Inherit The Wind (Technical Direction)
• December, 1995: The Desk Set (Technical Direction)
• May, 1995: Harvey (Technical Direction)
• March, 1995: The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Technical Direction)
• December, 1994: Voices from the High School (Technical Direction)
• May, 1994: Splendour in the Grass (Technical Direction)
• December, 1993: On The Razzle (Technical Direction)
• May, 1993: Much Ado About Nothing (Technical Direction)
• December, 1992: The Good Doctor (Technical Direction)
• May, 1992: You Can't Take It With You (Technical Direction)
• January, 1992: Story Theatre (Technical Assistance)
• May, 1991: Pippin (Technical Assistance)
• December, 1990: Twelfth Night (Technical Assistance)
• May, 1990: Glimpses (Technical Assistance)

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