Personal Mission Statement
Faith. Not fear. Progress. Not perfection.
Made to love God, self and others.
Work
Experience
August 1999-2026
Science Teacher-Sycamore High School Cincinnati OH
I have served as a chemistry teacher and have worked with every level of student.
Adoption of Learning Management System - I helped to choose and pilot a new learning management system. This involved eight months of interviewing various contractors, working with teachers and administrators, choosing a new platform and piloting the platform as a teacher and an early adaptor.
Standards Based Grading - I was the first in our department to research and implement standards based grading as an assessment tool for all of my classes.
ChemEdXchange - Lead contributor from 2017 to 2022. This is a blog supporting science teachers throughout the world. https://www.chemedx.org/search/result/husting
Education
Miami University - Project TIMU
2014-2017
Indiana University - Masters in Chemistry
1989-991
Dominican University - Bachelors in Chemistry
River Forest Illinois - 1985-1989
Achievements
Multiple American Chemical Society Hach grants
for professional development.
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
High school equipment grant for Seestar Telescopes
Virtual Teacher of the Year (2019 - 2020)
Organizations
Knights of Columbus - St. Margaret of York Parish (08/2018 - Present)
American Chemical Society (2014 - Present)