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Bret J. Gensburg is a 2003 YSU Beeghly College of Education graduate in Secondary Education
with an emphasis in Mathematics.
An advocate of technology, Bret has brought SMART Board Interactive
White Boards (TM) to Alliance Schools. He has presented at numerous
conferences including the Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology
Association (SOITA), the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(OCTM), and the Ohio School Net Conference. Mr. Gensburg runs a
program through his county called the SMART Board
User Group of Stark County (aka SMART BUGS).
Selected to attend a conference in Alberta, Canada, Bret there became
a SMART Exemplary Educator . . . currently he is only one of thirty
educators in the world to hold this title.
Bret manages a website for his students. Students can visit the site
on a daily basis to review what was done in class. If you would like to visit
his class website, simply follow the link (provided in the left column)
to the Allliance High School Math Department and, once there, click on Bret's photo.
Mr. Gensburg has also accepted the position of the Ohio Council of
Teachers of Mathematics Webmaster.
According to Rob Gress, principal of Alliance High School, "Bret
has brought many, many good things to our school and our Math department.
He had demonstrated refreshing enthusiasm, a dedicated work ethic,
outstanding content knowledge, and good interpersonal skills with
his students." Richard A. Morris, Chair of the Alliance High
School Mathematics Department, writes: "I
give Bret most of the credit for tapping the strength of an already
strong department. He has been a motivator, a cheerleader, a go-getter,
a resource and a colleague. His ideas carry weight with experienced
teachers."
Bret himself says, "I enjoy teaching, but I also enjoy sharing my growing instructional
knowledge with other math teachers. I love to see my students interact with the math;
it is so exciting to see my students having confidence in what we
are learning. I also love sharing my teaching ideas with other teachers.
Through their overwhelming positive responses, I know that I am having something
to do with learning changes in their classrooms as well as my own."
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