About Mr. Scrivner

Ironwood Ridge High School

        Teacher, Ap English 12 & Creative Writing

        Sponsor, IRHS Gaming Club

Education

BA - English & Creative Writing - University of Arizona

Post-Baccelaureate Teachers Certification - Pima Community College

Professional Experience

English Teacher, Amphitheater Public Schools - 2005 - present

Defining Moment in My Education

I realize I am supposed to give some sort of stock answer here about when and where I was "inspired to become a teacher," but the answer to that question is neither simple, nor easily summarized in a few sentences for a scripted document like this. I am a deep guy, and can give you the deep answer if you're really interested, but let's do that in person, where it will not merely be you perusing my professional qualifications so you can size up my ethos and status. Any other answer here would be dishonest, and there's enough of that in the world already, isn't there?

Core Educational Beliefs

I like to call myself a Guerilla Ontologist. The guiding question of my pedogogy is, "how can I help students face their fears so that they can take on cultural activity that awakens rather than anaesthetizes them?"

Why Amphi?

I graduated from Amphitheater High School in 1994. The circle completed itself when I returned to teach in the district with teachers who, nearing their retirements, once taught me. So, it's a kind of home. And it's a home I believe in and want to fight to make better.

Mission

"The Teacher leads
by emptying people's minds
and filling their cores,
by weakening their ambition
and toughening their resolve.
He helps people lose everything
they know, everything they desire,
and creates confusion
in those who think that they know."
                       -Lao Tzu