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Mr. Embrick - Project Lead the Way: Gateway to Technology Teacher for 7th and 8th graders and Robotics & Engineering Instructor for 6th graders at DCMS.
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Richard Embrick is a graduate at Texas A&M University with degrees in business and tourism. He has managed multiple businesses successfully for over 10 years before pursuing a career in education in 2009. In the field of education, Mr. Embrick has had extensive training in implementing STEM into his lessons. He has clocked in over 100 contact hours in Science Professional Development in STEM based training with UHCL. He won a grant from the Alief ISD Education Foundation to introduce a Lego Robotics Course at the middle school level in 2011-12 and was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Goldenrod Corporation in 2012-13 for FBISD. With the support of his principal, Thomas Graham – he was able to create and develop the first Robotics & Engineering course which launched in 2013-14. Mr. Embrick has received several achievement awards in teaching science to include the Alief recognition award in November 2009 from the Deputy and Area superintendents for tireless efforts and exceptional commitment to teaching. He was awarded the Science Impact Award in June 2011 for achieving most science gains in Alief ISD on the 2011 Science TAKS test presented by the Alief Secondary Science Coordinator. Mr. Embrick is certified in SIOP, ESL, GT/AP and AVID and is an INVEST mentor teacher with FBISD. He has mentored students teachers from Texas A&M University in 2013 and has earned STM Mentor status with the Texas Regional Collaboration for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching. Mr. Embrick continues to improve his craft by implementing the “FLIPPED” classroom and by incorporating technology in his classroom such as Animoto’s, Edmodo, Powtoons, Classroom Dojo, Prezi and Socrative.com and Weebly.com. Mr. Embrick has held several workshops which include Pink Slips, Flipping the Classroom, Morphology 101 and several others. He hosted and presented a STEM two day Workshop for FBISD Science teachers at DCMS through the FBISD Education Foundation with Funding from Fluor Engineering. Mr. Embrick is currently pursuing a degree in Administration and with his principal, they are expanding the Robotics & Engineering program and introducing Project Lead the Way for the 2014-15 academic school year. Mr. Embrick was rewarded with the "Extra Mile" Award by his principal Thomas Graham for going above and beyond the call of duty in 2014 and won a grant to purchase Lego Mindstorm EV3 Kits to add to his ever growing Robotics & Engineering Program at DCMS.
