Curriculum Vitæ

WHEN

  

WHAT
*1940   Meridian, Mississippi.
1946-58   Schooling in Birmingham, Alabama.
1958-62   Studied at Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL.
1961-62   Taught German, General Science, Civics, and Chemistry at Ensley High School, Ensley, AL.
1962   B.A. in German & natural sciences; history, philosophy at Birmingham-Southern College,  (AL teaching certificate).
1962-65  
  • taught at Metropolis Community High School, IL. (IL teaching certificate);
  • (National Defense Education Act) NDEA Summer Language Institute; Old High German at Southern Illinois University;
  • Assistant Instructor, Bowling Green State University, OH.; Director, Language Laboratory.
1966   Summer language courses: Fortbildungslehrgang für ausländische Deutschlehrer und Germanisten, Universität Hamburg; Germanistic Society of America research scholarship at the Lessingbibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
1967   M.A., Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Cincinnati; Director of Language Laboratories.
1970   Ph.D., Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Cincinnati.
1965-78   Asst. Prof. of German at Bowling Green State University; embarrassingly: Red Columbia College in Red Columbia University; Northern Arizona University; Penn State University; University of Arizona.
Specialization:   German of the Enlightenment; Franz Kafka; Foreign Language Pedagogy; Germanic/Celtic Folklore & Religion

Languages:

   Fluent in English & German, conversant in Swedish & Norwegian; currently learning Danish, Dutch, and Icelandic
   

Educational Publications 1968-present

 
  1. Think German-Level I, Visual Education Assn., Springfield, OH. 1968;
  2. The Teaching of German: Problems and Methods, ed. Eberhard Reichmann, Philadelphia 1970, introduction to the chapter on the Language Laboratory, p.307f;
  3. Think German-Level II, Visual Education Assn., Springfield, OH. 1978;
  4. MakeMeSmart's™ GetSmart™ OnLine Talking Pictorial Dictionary: German-English / English-German, 1989-present;
  5. Deutsche Grammatik, concise online grammar of modern German,1989-present;
  6. Lingua Interaktiva:™ Deutsch-Deutsch, an interactive online multimedia tutorial, 1990-present;
  7. with Brett L. Scott, www.makemesmart.com, universal interactive online tutorial platform, 1992-present;
  8. www.makemesmart.com/getsmart, an interactive online German tutorial for the academic setting, 1992-present;
  9. Deutsche Phonetik, an online talking phonetics table of German pronunciation, 1994-present;
  10. with Branwyn K. Walker,online Pictorial Parts Catalog at www.ScottSupply.net, 1994-present;

  11. Essays on the Utility of Interactive Media, 1999;

  12. with Camilla Ombudstvedt, Snakk Norsk Online®, Speak Norwegian Online®, an interactive online Norwegian tutorial, 2004-present.

  13. compiled from online sites by Joe Scott, Forelskelse, Kjærlighet, Elskov og Sex på Norsk (Love and Sex in Norwegian), 2005-present.

  14. with Maja Addington, Tala Svenska Online®, Speak Swedish Online®, an interactive online Swedish tutorial, 2006-present.

  15. compiled from online sites by Joe Scott, Förälskelse, Kärlek, Älskog och Sex på Svenska (Love and Sex in Swedish), 2006-present

  16. In active development are: Speak Latin Online®, Speak English Online®, Speak Spanish Online®, Speak Icelandic (ĺslensku) Online®.

  17. In prospect are:  Speak Danish (Dansk) Online®, Speak Dutch (Nederlands) Online®, Speak Faroese (Føroyskt) Online®, Speak Russian Online®, Speak Chinese Online®, Speak Portuguese Online®, Speak Japanese Online®, Speak Italian Online®, Speak Greek Online®, Speak Afrikaans Online®, Speak Flemish Online®, Speak Frisian Online®, Speak Low-Saxon Online®, Speak Gaelic Online®, Speak Yiddish Online®, Speak Scots Online®, Speak Welsh Online®, Speak Hebrew Online®, Speak Limburgish Online®, Speak Luxembourgish Online®, Speak Bavarian Online®, Speak Swiss German (Alemannic) Online®, Speak Swabian Online®, Speak Arabic Online®.
1962-present   Energetic, enthusiastic fathering of 4
1974-present   Founded & represent automotive / industrial fastener distribution business, Scott Supply Service, Inc., Tucson, AZ., div. of ScottNet®.com.
1975-2005   Served on numerous advisory committees of the Tucson Unified School District and City of Tucson: main library, desegregation compliance, improved government, land-use policy, water policy (Chairman '88-93) & (Member '04-'05).
1989-2003   Part-time teaching beginning and intermediate German (sometimes marketing) at Pima Community College.
1990-present   Energetic, enthusiastic grand-fathering to 9 !
1995-present   Campaign Chairman for Shirley C. Scott (D), Tucson City Council Member-Ward 4.
2000-present   Educational consulting for MakeMeSmart.com; YourSchoolEvents.com; LiveSquare.com.
2003-2005   Part-time teaching German online at Vail High School and students at Empire High School in AZ.
2003-present   Part-time teaching German online at Benson High School, in AZ.
2004-present   with Erin Leigh Scott, Gifted Heart Gifts® online gift shop.
2006-2007   Part-time teaching German online through the Southeast Learning Center of Pima Community College at Cienega High School.

A descendant of William Powell, Captain-of-the-Fort in the first successful British colony in America, the Jamestown Settlement of Virginia, from 1607-1622, and subsequently his son-in-law, William Parker, an investor in the company, I am enterprising by nature and undaunted by challenge.

I am well-educated, both formally and by life experience, but I would feel cheated if a day passed without my learning something new.  My education stretches from the natural sciences through foreign languages and literatures to ancient religions and folklore.

In addition to extensive teaching experience, I founded and built a small business from 1974 to 2000, with all the experiences attendant to such an entrepreneurial enterprise, playing all roles from founder to sales-service representative.

Currently I speak four(4) of the seven(7) primary Germanic languages, and I intend to speak the remaining three(3) before the end of my days.  Sanguine as I am about life in general, I enjoy people enormously.  My customers and students are my friends.  I enjoy a happy family life with four(4) successful entrepreneurial children and nine(9) amazing grandchildren, all thanks to a smart and good wife.

Technically "retired", I am not unlike my American cultural hero, Benjamin Franklin, in that I continue to enjoy the stimulation of work in my advancing years.  My father taught me it is better to wear-out than to rust-out.

e-mail: josephlscott@hotmail.com