DALE JENSEN
CHEMISTRY
Dale Jensen has taught Chemistry and Physics for North Medford High School for the last 29 years. Coming out of University of Oregon with a BS in Chemistry and a BS in Biology, Dale soon started teaching the Talented and Gifted students. For the past twelve years, Dale has enjoyed teaching First Year Chemistry, AP* Chemistry, and Physics. For the past ten years Dale has been a Chemistry reader and has worked as a consultant for the College Board conducting Saturday workshops. This summer Dale has been asked to come back as a Table Leader. In the past 4 years, Dale has been writing and reviewing questions for the Praxis exams and reviewing textbooks for publishers before their release.
Outside interests include Tennis and computers. As a tennis coach at North Medford, Dale has received his USPTA card and was named, for the second time, The Western Regional Coach of the Year for Womens’ Tennis. Dale has also published software as a fellow with the Journal of Chemical Education and is currently writing coaching software that will be soon available.
What Participants Say...
Dale was an excellent instructor with many good tools to help the kids understand complex topics. He gave much insight into expectations on the test and helped us to develop a sense of what the test is aiming for.
Dale was terrific. He gave great methods to teach very difficult subjects. I loved all the labs.
Great resources shared, great ideas and new approaches to teaching difficult concepts.
