He joined CDS in the 2014-15 school year. Dan has done extensive ACT and SAT tutoring of CDS students through the Tutoring Connection in the past year, as well as SAT and ACT Bootcamps. Dan attended and taught at public schools in Western North Carolina. He also attended the NC School of Science and Mathematics and taught at Christ School. Dan attended UNC-Chapel Hill for undergraduate work and earned a Masters’ Degree in teaching from Western Carolina University. These wide ranging educational experiences as a student and a teacher has provided him with a broad perspective of different school environments and the different challenges and opportunities they afford those communities of educators and learners. Dan has facilitated a workshop at the 2012 NC Association of Independent Schools Biennial Teacher Conference about incorporating personal finance into the high school math curriculum through a unit-long adult life simulation.