Curriculum Vitae, John Clayton, age 70
Farmer/manager of farm six miles northwest of Brooklyn
Substitute teacher B.G.M. High School and Middle School 2011-2012
Rabiner Treatment Center at Marshalltown 2010-2011. Subjects taught include: six-eighth grade Geography, high school World History, American History, Health, Basic Math, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra
Houston Independent School System 1997-2010. Subjects taught include: six grade World History, 9th grade World Geography, 12th grade U.S. Government, 12th grade Ethics, 11th grade Model United Nations, 12th grade AP Macro Economics, and 12th grade Economics
Weslaco Independent School District 1989-1997 Taught: seventh grade Texas History and eighth grade U.S. History
University of Iowa Graduate Assistant 1987-1989 Taught undergraduates: Introduction to Teaching Social Studies, Social Studies Education Theory and Methods, and supervised Social Studies student-teachers at various junior highs and high schools in and near Iowa City
United States Peace Corps Volunteer, Liberia, West Africa 1984-1987 and Lesotho, 1979-1980, Secondary school classes: 11th Grade World Geography, seventh grade Sociology, and sixth grade Agriculture and farm manager and on board of directors of a community operated farm
Grinnell Independent School District, Grinnell, Iowa Fall 1984, Middle school substitute teacher
Mt. Pleasant Independent School District, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 1983-1984 Seventh grade Sociology and eighth grade World History
Sacred Heart School, Waterloo, Iowa 1980-1983 Seventh and eighth grade Sociology and American History
Self-employed as a wildflower seed retailer and landscaper. Name: Broad View Seed, 2011-present. 2010 to present, farmer/farm manager at Mom’s farm.
Store cashier, Walmart, Grinnell, Part time, seasonal 2013-2015
Grocery store cashier, Hy-Vee, Grinnell, IA Part time, 2011-2012
Associate of Acts Degree, Mount Saint Clare College, Clinton, Iowa 1974 Bachelor General Studies Degree, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1979
Master of Arts in Social Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa 1989
Continuing education study spanning 1980-2010: University of Northern Iowa, University of Houston Downtown Campus, University of Houston Main Campus, Houston Community College, Texas State University at San Marcos, A&I Texas University at Kingsville, Baylor University, Rice University, and in service sessions with Houston I.S.D.
Member of Prime Timers of Central Iowa, Gay Men’s social organization
Member of First Friday Breakfast Club, LGBTQ social and college scholarship funding organization headquartered in Des Moines
Member of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. Washington DC fly-in, 2017 and 2019
Member of ICCI Action delegation to the People’s Summit, Chicago, June 2017
County-wide elected official, Poweshiek County Soil and Water Commissioner, Term of office: 2018-2021
Iowa Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners Conference, Ames, 2019
Member of Iowa Farmers Union. Delegate to National Farmers Union’s Washington DC fly-in, 2018
Poweshiek County REAP delegate to the State Capital’s Resource Enhancement and Protection Congress, January 2018
Member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Grinnell, 2010-2023, Lead organizer of three presentations hosted by St. Mary Church about climate change and LTE articles about climate change published in Catholic Diocese of Davenport’s newspaper
Lead organizer of Climate Change presentation at St. Francis Manor’s Social Center, 2016 and same presentation given at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Grinnell, 2016
Guest speaker on Climate Change topic, First Friday Breakfast Club, Des Moines, 2015
Al Gore Climate Change Initiative leadership training, May 2015
Volunteer work at Pilgrim Heights Camp and Retreat Center, Montour, Iowa 2011-2015
Phi Delta Kappa Member 1989-2011
Elected representative for Site Decision Making Committee, Sharpstown High School, Houston I.S.D. Term of office: 2008-2010
Elected representative for Site Decision Making Committee, Austin High School, Houston I.S.D. Term of office: 2006-2008
Bilateral Arab-American Chamber of Commerce: appointed delegate on an education delegation to Qatar, Middle East, 2009
World Affairs Council of Houston, 2004 award for outstanding lesson plan and awarded travel scholarship to study Egyptian culture, 2008
Economics Campus Coordinator for Junior Achievement of America, H.I.S.D.
Certification of English as a Second Language, Texas
State of Texas Life Certification of Social Studies Composite, State of Texas
Member of Texas Council on Economic Education and Texas Council on Social Studies Education, 2005-2010
Teachers as Historians, study grant, Summer 2005, and Summer 2006
College Board Certification of Advanced Placement Economics, 2000
Intervention Assistance Team Member, Barbra Jordan High School, H.I.S.D., 2002
U.S. Constitution Institute, study grant, Texas State University, 1991
Superintendent’s Advisory Committee Member, Weslaco I.S.D.
U.S. State Department Fulbright Fellowship study grant, Mexican culture, travels to various parts of Mexico during study, Summer 1993
Professor’s Assistant (P.A.), University of Iowa, Social Science Department, 1987-1989
University of Iowa appointed delegate to Midwest University Consortium on International Affairs, internship grant, at State Department, Washington, D.C., three months: Summer 1988
U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Liberia 1984-1987
U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Lesotho 1979-1980
Certification for teaching secondary Social Studies subjects, State of Iowa beginning 1979
Student Senator, University of Iowa, 1978-1979
Nursing Assistant/Orderly certification, University of Iowa Hospitals, 1975
Catholic Worker, Day Care Director, Chicago South-Side, Summer 1975
State-wide Secretary of College Young Republicans, 1974
Member of Who’s Who in Junior Colleges, 1974
President of Student Body, Mount St. Clare College, Clinton, Iowa, 1973-1974
Drama Club Member, Mount St. Clare College,1972-1974
Iowa Department of Transporation employee, summers of 1972, 1973
Son of American Legionnaire, volunteer worker at Veterans Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, during 1970’s
England, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Lesotho, South Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Morocco, Qatar, Egypt
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