Photos by Mark Kauzlarich, Design by Timothy Maylander
Experience in Education
Timothy has a passion for quality instruction no matter the makeup of his classes. He has taught classes for gifted and advanced students, classes for low-performing students and those with behavioral issues, and everything in between. He teaches both core classes and electives with the same passion and dedication to standards. He has worked both with and without a co-teacher to reach students who require additional instruction beyond the norm, and has helped these students achieve high levels of academic success. Timothy has the ability to teach a wide range of classes - from AP and honors classes to recovery and pull-out ones. He also has the ability to design curriculum to meet state and federal standards.
He began teaching high school at Jefferson City HS on a temporary license, and left two years later with his initial certification in Journalism, English, Speech/Theater and Multi-Content Social Studies (US History, World History, Economics, Geography, Political Science and Behavioral Sciences). As the adviser of the student newspaper, he transformed the print edition to make it more readable for students and created the paper's first ever website. Working with senior-level English students, he taught British Literature and led "blitz" classes to improve standardized test scores.
As a graduate student, he pursued a Master's Minor in college teaching on top of his M.A. in journalism because he believes that although practical experience
is important, knowing the basics of providing quality instruction is paramount to the success of a teacher. By studying pedagogies and gaining experience with teaching practicums, Timothy knows firsthand how much a solid foundation in educational philosophy has helped him in the classroom. You can view his teaching philosophy on the corresponding sub-page.
In two years at the University of Missouri, Tim taught four sections of J2150, an undergraduate journalism class geared toward first-semester sophomores. He has also lectured for the 300+ student main lecture. His section had 15 students, and he was responsible for designing the syllabus for his section, lecturing, grading, meeting with students outside of class and other normal classroom duties. He received praise for his teaching from other instructors and the students themselves. To see feedback collected anonymously from students, check out the "What Students Say" sub-page. His graduate work has focused on using the newest software and technology to keep journalism relevant with millenials. He has also designed his own journalism class for a community college, including textbook recommendation, syllabus, assignment sheets, lesson plans and lecture materials.
Before attending graduate school, Timothy worked for six years with the TRiO programs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley. At Green Bay, he served as a teaching assistant for composition classes and the Young Writers Workshop, and also as a Graduate Mentor Instructor for a photojournalism class. In this class, Timothy taught students - many of whom had never used a camera before outside of their phones - how to create publication-quality photos and how to tell stories with images. In multiple years, his students placed in the top five in the National TRiO quest competition, and every year he taught the class he had a student make it to at least the quarterfinals of the event. In 2012 Timothy was honored with a Coaching Award of Excellence from the national committee. At Fox Valley, he served as the Middle and High School TRiO Coordinator for the Menasha Joint School District. Timothy served over 400 students, providing them information about preparing for college, guiding them through course selection, and applying for college. The program met all benchmarks outlined by the grant.