Dear Family & Friends,
Are you losing the battle with screen time? I believe that together we can turn the loss into a win. Turn your child’s screen time from CONSUMER of social media waste, to PRODUCERS of a brilliant future. The screen time that your children will learn in these courses have potential to change the path of your child. He or she can become the architects of the future.
I am a New York certified teacher (24 years in) who believes that our present society is caught in a purgatory of technological love /hate. I was promised that technology would create an easier life and in many ways it has. But in other ways our children and many of us have become ZOMBIES to our phones and devices. We have become true consumers….but that system of consuming endless social media will simply lead us to an eventual “Zombie Apocalypse”. Four years ago I decided to jump into the drone world with an FAA Commercial Drone License. My love of the outdoors, combined with my passion for teaching, drones and technology spurred me to create Aspire Above’s Drone and Coding Courses. I am interested in influencing the next generation away from consumerism and back to an age of limitless productivity.
The courses I have designed will focus on a topic broken into six modules. The modules will have Mind, Body, and Soul components built into the Topic Objectives. I am fully interested in developing not just coders of autonomous aerial vehicles, but in developing humans that care about the future of our world and the people in it.
Let’s begin the venture of coding and droning together!
Richard Bishop
”We are producers of the New World!”
Education
State University of New York - New Paltz
Master of Science - Teaching May 1998
Manhattan College
Bachelor of Science - Marketing/Business Administration May 1994
Certification
New York State Permanent Certification Elementary Education (1-6) September 1998
Licenses
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate (CityDronez Drone Pilot) November ‘18-present
New York Licensed Real Estate Salesperson (Briante Realty, Carmel, NY) November ‘14-present
Professional Experience
Carmel Central School District, NY 5th Grade Teacher
September ‘98- present
-Served on Technology Committee -Rallied High Student Achievement on formal State Assessments
-Girls Basketball Intramurals Director / Modified Tennis Coach / Varsity Tennis Coach
-Constructed environment that blends structured discipline with creative risk-taking.
-Four years at Kent Elementary and 20 years at George Fischer Middle School
Relevant Experience
Experience coaching basketball, baseball, and tennis at the middle school and high school levels in Carmel, John Jay-East Fishkill, and Roy C Ketcham High Schools
Former Director of St. Mary’s Wappingers CYO Basketball Program
First Aid/CPR certified - Concussion Protocol Trained
Northern Westchester Putnam Teachers Center Professional Development Instructor
Academic tutor
Technology Skills
Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, knowledge of a Smartboard and Smart Notebook
CLOUD Computing, Google Documents, Intro JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Programming, Adobe Premiere, Quizlet, Evernote, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google AdSense, Web Design
Personal
Travel: Visited 46 states and five countries
Inspired children’s book, Slam Dunk Saturday, written by I Spy series author Jean Marzollo
Grandfather -William Slattery WWII Navy Vet plane dropped surrender papers on Wake Island -
4 Beautiful Children
-Jordan Bishop Top 10 hits all-time Siena College Baseball
-Jake Siena Graduate - Working in Marketing Sales
-Hannah - RCK JV Cheer Coach
-Aubree - Ballet Dancer
References provided upon request