Hosford Middle School
Bowman, Matt
- Matt Bowman
- mbowman@pps.net
- Teacher Sites:
- 7th Grade: http://bowmanhistory.blogspot.com
- 8th Grade: http://bowmanhistoryus.blogspot.com
- Current Classes
- 7th Grade Social Studies (Medieval World History)
- 8th Grade Social Studies (U.S. History)
- Education & Training
- I have a BA in History from the University of Oregon (with a minor in Geography) and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Western Oregon University with endorsements in both high school and middle school Language Arts and Social Studies. I am currently starting work on a second Master's degree (this on in History) at Portland State University.
- Relevant Work History
- I have worked at Cleveland High School since 2007 teaching primarily.
- International Baccalaureate Psychology
- In addition to psych (both into and advanced) I've taught 9th Grade Modern World History, 11th Grade U.S. History and Sophomore English.
- I continue to teach IB Psych at Cleveland in the mornings and work at Hosford in the afternoons.
- Teaching Philosophy
- "One can resist the invasion of an army, but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas." - Victor Hugo
- Special Interests
- I have a large, and growing, Converse shoe collection (Size 10). I don't know quite how it started, but I have accumulated many, many pairs. I haven't counted recently, but let's just say that I could wear a different pair every school day for a month without repeating any.
- Best time to Reach
- After school
