Mr. Deck's Home Page

The intent of this site is to provide some information on high school mathematics to students, parents, teachers, and other interested parties. Some general information can be found on this page; a parent update, individual course information, and some professional resources can be found by clicking the navigation buttons below at the left.

This is probably a good place to explicitly state that this site is in no way associated with Williamson County Schools or the Cobb County School District. While I hope my work here benefits those in my schools' communities, you can't blame them if you don't like the way I present matrices or power series!

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Feel free to click the buttons below to go to the pages dedicated to specific courses and other resources.

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Welcome:

First of all, thanks for visiting! I've had a lot of positive feedback from other educators, students, and parents about this place, so I hope you will it useful as well.

While this site has existed for a while, it does change often. I anticipate some major updates after moving back to Tennessee, but they might take a while. Please consider this place a work in progress, so stop by occasionally for any new information. Any suggestions or corrections for this site would be greatly appreciated.

Résumé:

Perhaps this is more of a brief "educational biography" than a résumé. If interested in something a little more in-depth, please click the Vita button at the left.

	Graduated from Macon County High School, Lafayette, TN.
	Received BS degree in Secondary Education - Mathematics from Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN.
	Received MS degree in Adolescent Education in Mathematics from Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. Selected as Outstanding Graduate Student in the program by the faculty.
	Student taught at Cookeville High School, Cookeville, TN, and at Fox Middle School, Gainesboro, TN.
	Taught two years South Cobb High School, Austell, GA.
	Created and taught a course with the Virtual High School for two years.
	Taught eight years at Kennesaw Mountain High School, Kennesaw, GA. Held the position of Mathematics Department Chairperson for the last three years.
	Created and taught courses with eHigh School in Cobb County, GA, for seven years.
	Currently teaching at Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, TN.
	Currently reviewing and creating online courses with KC Distance Learning.
	Thirteen years of certified and/or private tutoring.

Resources and Useful Links:

Most of my instructional resources are sorted according to course and can be located on the individual course pages at the left. The items below are more general information.

For information about Ravenwood High School, visit the RHS website.

For information about Kennesaw Mountain High School, visit the KMHS website.

The Texas Instruments website has several resources and additional information about calculators and software.

For those needing help with the TI-83/84 calculator, check out this document for a little information on the basics. I also have several tutorials for the TI-89 located on the AP Calculus page.

Check out my tutorial on statistical regression using TI-InterActive!. I've also put together a document that shows how to create scatter plots and find lines of best fit using Excel.

Some resources here require Word, Excel, and/or PowerPoint. If you do not have one of these programs on your computer, you can install its free viewer to open and print files. Click here to search and download it.

Some resources here require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have the Reader installed on your computer, you can download it here.

Contact Information:

I now have a new district email address. If you need to contact me regarding anything related to school, feel free to get in touch with me at:

kevind@wcs.edu

I also have a relatively new professional email address that can be used for non-school related messages. It is sometimes a little more convenient during the evenings and summers for school related communication as well. This address is:

mrdeck@bellsouth.net

Email is definitely the best way to get in touch with me. For those that prefer or need to call, my school voicemail can be accessed at:

615-472-4801

ext 1179

I'm not one of those educators that blocks their home number, so you can always look up my personal number if all else fails. I'll save you a little time:

615-791-3466

Office Hours:

At the present time, I don't have any responsibilities before or after school. I guess that means I'm pretty much available whenever! A little notice is nice, but I encourage students to come in whenever they need help with anything.