Hello from Les Brown

I’m Les Brown, I live in Portland, but work in Washougal, WA – just across the river next to Camas. I work as the Technology Manager for the Washougal School District, and have been working there for 10 years. I’ve taught a number of classes to the district’s certificated teaching staff, and to the administrative staff, and hope to find ways to use online methods to enhance our staff development offerings. As a small school district with a very small tech staff (2 FTE for 400+ staff, 950 computers, and 3,000 students) there is never enough time to do adequate trainings for everyone who is interested in learning.

I believe that asynchronous training opportunities that can be provided by online training might be a great fit for teachers willing to try it out. Scheduling training has been a large obsticle for our district, given large amounts of competition for a relatively small training budget.

I'm a Northwest native, I grew up in Eastern Washington and attended Washington State University. I live in a 1920's bungalow with my husband, John.