Mr. Jim Mueller - Science
“Science Jim” Mueller has a B.A. from Lake Forest College and an M.S. from Aurora University. He has worked as an environmental educator from 1989 to 1994. The following eight years he worked at a small children’s science museum in Carbondale, Illinois. Six of those years as the executive director. Since 2002, Jim has been developing and teaching a physics curriculum specifically for homeschoolers. As well as teaching, he has also created books, web sites, movies and, most recently, live web classes. He is renowned for his sense of humor and the fun he brings to his classes.
“Science Jim” Mueller has a B.A. from Lake Forest College and an M.S. from Aurora University. He has worked as an environmental educator from 1989 to 1994. The following eight years he worked at a small children’s science museum in Carbondale, Illinois. Six of those years as the executive director. Since 2002, Jim has been developing and teaching a physics curriculum specifically for homeschoolers. As well as teaching, he has also created books, web sites, movies and, most recently, live web classes. He is renowned for his sense of humor and the fun he brings to his classes.
Mrs. Jen Mueller - Humanities
Jen Mueller received her B.A. from SUNY Cortland and her teaching certification from Antioch University in New England. A classroom teacher since 1999, she has taught at both Pine Hill Waldorf School and The Well School in New Hampshire, and most recently at Emerson Waldorf School in Chapel Hill. During her eight years at The Well School she also served as curriculum designer and mentor teacher. As well as a passion for teaching, Jen has a lifelong interest in the theater. Her stage credits include thirty years of producing, directing, and acting on stage.
Jen Mueller received her B.A. from SUNY Cortland and her teaching certification from Antioch University in New England. A classroom teacher since 1999, she has taught at both Pine Hill Waldorf School and The Well School in New Hampshire, and most recently at Emerson Waldorf School in Chapel Hill. During her eight years at The Well School she also served as curriculum designer and mentor teacher. As well as a passion for teaching, Jen has a lifelong interest in the theater. Her stage credits include thirty years of producing, directing, and acting on stage.
Mr. Thomas Hirschman - Mathematics
Thomas Hirschman received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and his teacher training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught a wide range of Math topics in Chapel Hill and Durham, including Algebra and, his favorite, Geometry. Before teaching, Mr. Hirschman spent many years a software trainer and programmer in Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois. He also spent a number years as a theatre director which taught him how to inspire individuals to discover their own answers and inject a certain passion in the process of learning.
Thomas Hirschman received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and his teacher training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught a wide range of Math topics in Chapel Hill and Durham, including Algebra and, his favorite, Geometry. Before teaching, Mr. Hirschman spent many years a software trainer and programmer in Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois. He also spent a number years as a theatre director which taught him how to inspire individuals to discover their own answers and inject a certain passion in the process of learning.
