The Shop Rat Education Program Welcomes its New Teacher!

posted on August 29th, 2008

The Shop Rat Foundation has found the perfect teacher for the Shop Rat Education Program.

Welcome to the Shop Rat Team Don O’Connor!

Don will be joining the Shop Rats team this year as our Classroom Instructor. Don comes to the Shop Rat Education with a wealth of experience in education. In almost 40 years of experience in skilled trades Don has worked as an Industrial Arts Instructor for schools in Michigan and Florida, a Technology Education Teacher for the Hanover-Horton School District, a Business Owner in Florida and even a Technical Writer for Lematic Inc.

With a Master of Arts and a Bachelors of Science Don has the education in Industrial/Technical Education to deliver excellent instruction to our students. Best of all Don is said to be great with kids!

Don has always enjoyed working with his hands and checking out how mechanical things work. He believes that learning should be fun and that it is important to learn something new everyday. His interests include woodworking, scuba diving, kayaking, fishing and restoring old tractors.