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Dan Horton

Dan Horton

Comal ISD

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Dan's work combines: Education, Travel, and Working with Others

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Day In The Life

World Studies Teacher

I teach and mentor my students to better prepare them for life outside of high school.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Westlake High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Social Science Teacher Education

    James Madison University

  • Graduate Degree

    Secondary Education and Teaching

    James Madison University

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:

Bachelor's Degree: Social Science Teacher Education

Graduate Degree: Secondary Education and Teaching

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Life & Career Milestones

My path in life has been direct

  • 1.

    I had always done well in school, but began to struggle to keep up at the beginning of my freshman year of high school.

  • 2.

    I was tested for a number of things and it was discovered that I had dyslexia.

  • 3.

    With support now put in place, I was able to thrive throughout the remainder of high school.

  • 4.

    I was accepted into and decided to attend James Madison University.

  • 5.

    I studied at JMU for five years and earned a bachelors in Social Science and a Masters in the Arts of Teaching.

  • 6.

    I began teaching at Broadway High School and remained there for the next nine years. In this time, I was involved in a number of school activities and taught a number of social studies classes.

  • 7.

    I decided it was time to move back home to be closer to family and was lucky enough to secure a teaching position in Comal ISD.

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    Messages from Society in general:

    Teaching doesn't actually make a difference in this day in age, kids don't need to learn what we're teaching, and this generation doesn't want to learn from us anyway.

  • How I responded:

    I have learned that the current generation is filled with ideas and questions and a drive to do better than the generations that came before them. Every day in the classroom, I see a generation who wants to work to make the world a better place by learning as much as they can and applying the lessons they learn from us to real world problem/solutions.