Ray Bishop: Volunteer
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Previous: Fort Wayne Community Schools
Education: Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne; Purdue University in West Lafayette
Summary: Retired from 40 years of teaching with FWCS:
One year at Portage Middle School
Six years at Franklin Middle School
Thirty-three years at Wayne H.S.
Experience: Volunteer
Fort Wayne, Indiana
March 2013 – Present
Former Senior Care Team - Senior Fellowship Administrator - First Missionary Church (Retired)
Former Deacon & Elder - First Missionary Church (Retired)
Driver for Workers for the Blind
Counselor at InAsMuch Ministries
Former On-line writing instructor (Retired)
Teacher
Fort Wayne Community Schools
September 1970 – January 2010
English / Language Arts grades 7-12
Speech grades 9-12
Librarian - Wayne High School
SAT test instructor
Reading teacher
Education
Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne
Master of Science (M.S.), Education
1970 – 1973
Purdue University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English/Language Arts Teacher Education
1966 – 1970 (1966-68 at IPFW; 1968-70 at Purdue University in West Lafayette)
Activities and Societies: All the basketball and football games from the fall of '68 to the spring of '70; all the shows at the Hall of Music during that time; several guest lecturers; some student anti-war rallies on the commons; a field trip to the Indy 500 time trials; several Christian organizations; student government in Owen Hall; riding my bike everywhere.
Volunteer Experience & Causes
2016 Committee-Editorial Team
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June 2015 – July 2016 (1 year 2 months)
Causes Ray cares about:
Missions / Witnessing / Counseling
- Children
- Education
- Health
- Poverty Alleviation
- Social Services
· Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (56 hours beyond my Masters Degree)
- Library Science Certification
- Teaching Reading Certification Several Correspondence Courses at Fort Wayne Bible College