Blair, Charlie / Meet the Teacher

Name: Charlie Blair

Teacher at Gateway since 2003

Email: charlie.blair@slps.org

Phone: 314-776-3300 ext 16018

Room Number(s):

001 South

Subject(s):

A DAY:

Period 1 7:10-8:40 Robotics Education Curriculum Year 1

Period 2 8:45:10:15 Robotics Education Curriculum Year 2

Period 3 10:20-11:55 PLTW - Digital Electronics

B DAY:

Period 5 7:10-8:40 Robotics Education Curriculum Year 1

Period 6 8:45:10:15 PLTW - Digital Electronics

Period 7 10:20-11:55 PLTW - Engineering Design Development

About the teacher:

I spent 8 years serving our country in the United States Navy. As an ET (Electronics Technician) on board the submarine USS Ohio SSBN 726(B) I learned the field of electronics and maintained the ships interior communications, navigation and atmosphere control systems. After the Navy I enrolled at Vatterott College and learned the field of Residential, Commercial and Industrial Electrical with a special emphasis on Programmable Logic Controllers. I also worked at Vatterott College as a maintenance electrician and taught classes on a substitute basis. I came to work for SLPS in 2003 to teach the Electronics Engineering Program. Since that time our emphasis has shifted from a specific major of electronics to a broader emphasis on engineering as a whole. We use the nationally recognized Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Pathway To Engineering (PTE) curriculum to deliver classes that are either Dual Credit or Dual Enrollment to our students.

I am also a robotics coach for our school's FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics teams.