David A. Vaughan

315 Spring St., Portland, Me. 04102
207-761-6981; david_vaughan@waynflete.org

Education

B.A. Colby College, Waterville, Me. 1977 Cum Laude.
MFS with Honors. Yale University. New Haven, CT.1986.

Professional Experience

Current Position:
Waynflete School, Portland, Maine. 1986 to present.
High School Biology and Marine Biology
Faculty coordinator of school Outing Club.
12th grade Team Leader.
Director of 9th grade seminar program.

Previous Employment:
· Teaching Assistant: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
· Faculty- Baker River School, Wentworth, N.H. 1980-1983.
· Instructor National Outdoor Leadership School, Lander Wyoming. Summers 1981-1983
· Staff: Chewonki Foundation Environmental Education Programs.
Wiscasset, Me.1979-80.
· Director: Ocean Park Environmental School. Ocean Park, Me. 1978-79.
· Staff: Otter Lake Conservation Schools. Greenfield, N.H. 1977-78.

Relevant Professional Development Experience

Participant:
· Marine Biology for Teachers Course: Isles of Shoals, NH.
· ELI/ Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation Mayan Coast TORCH Program 2002.
· Marine Biology of Bermuda Teachers course Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo and Bermuda Biological Station for Research 2000
· Have led Outdoor Education Expditionary learning trips with high school students to Arizona, Colorado, Utah, California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, Bermuda and Quebec.
Above trips involved activities including hiking, kayaking, bicycling, backcountry skiing.
· Research Participant at the Mingan Island Cetacean Study Center in Mingan Island Archipelago on St. Lawrence River Estuary.
· AP Environmental Studies Teacher Institute.

Other Professional Experience

· Independent consultant in Sexuality and HIV Education.
· Presenter and trainer for both youth and adults using innovative teaching techniques through a blend of music, drama, humor and interaction.
· Director of Risky Zone Initiatives, a non-profit organization devoted to producing innovative health education materials using music and interactive curricula. (Writer and developer of "Staying Out of the Risky Zone" a music and curriculum project addressing Teen Sexuality and HIV issues.)
Current member of Boys To Men Conference Steering Committee. A conference focusing on the journey that boys make from youth to adulthood.
· Co-chair of School/Community Health Issues Advisory Committee.
· Comprised of students, faculty, administrators, trustees and community professionals, this group researched, drafted and implemented a complete set of health policies, procedures and curriculum recommendations for a K-12 school.
· Founder and advisor of Students for Safer Sexuality, a SIECUS award winning Peer Education program for High School Students.
· Founder and former advisor for Waynflete School Peer Facilitator Program. A state recognized program where high school youth work with middle school youth as part of their school advising program.
· Former member of Greater Portland Substance Abuse Prevention Community Team.

Professional Awards

· Recipient of the Knowledge is Power Award awarded each year by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England for work in the field of Adolescent Sexuality. 1997
· Recipient of Youth Alternatives Prevention Educator of the Year Award. 2003

Other Institutes and trainings attended

· Northwest Institute for Community Health Educators. (NICHE) August, 1994, 1997.
· Planned Parenthood of Northern New England SAR Training. June 1994.
· Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Teen Sexuality Workshop. 1993.
· NPHA. National Peer Helpers Association Conference. 1991, 1992, 1993.
· Advanced level training 1991.
· Youth as Agents of Prevention Pre-conference training. 1993.
· International Society for AIDS Education Annual Conference. Chicago, Ill.
· Nov. 1993. Pre-conference Workshop on Human Sexuality

Partial List of Presentations Given

-Keynote Presenter- Maine State Student HIV Leadership Conferences-Dec. 6 and 8, 1994.
-Keynote Presenter- National Teen AIDS Conference-Washington, D.C. Feb. 1995.
-Keynote Presenter- Region 10 Reproductive Health Conference- + Workshop Presentation. Portland, Oregon. March 1995
-Workshop presenter- EDA American Association of Physical Education, Health, Recreation and Dance Professionals, Eastern Regional Conference. Workshop presentation, March 3, 1995.
-Train the Trainers session for Coalition of AIDS Peer Educators Programs. Seattle, WA. March, 14, 1995.
-Seattle Public Schools- 1 day Health Educator Training Program. March 15, 1995.
-Conference Facilitator and Keynote presenter for Maine State Student HIV Leadership Conference. March 28, 1995.
-Session presenter: Northeastern University . AIDS AWARENESS WEEK.
-Keynote and Workshop sessions for Adolescent Sexuality Conference. Eugene, Or. April 17-18, 1995.
-Keynote: California Office of Family Planning Conference on Teen Pregnancy:
ENABL programs. April 26, 1995. Closing presentation.
-Keynote presenter and Session Presenter: Taking Charge: A National HIV Peer Education Conference.
Seattle, WA. Aug. 4-5, 1995
-Maine Diversity Leadership Conference. Interactive Drama Workshop presenter. Aug. 13, 1995.
-Keynote and workshop presenter: Maine State HIV Education Conference. Oct. 1996.
-Keynote and workshop presenter: Illinois Statewide HIV/AIDS Network. Springfield, Ill. Nov. 1996
-Keynote presenter and conference facilitator: Maine HIV Student Leadership Conference. Dec. 1995
-Presenter, Morse High School Awareness Days. 1998, 2000, 2001.
-Keynote Presenter, Maine State HIV Educators Conference. 2000.