I feel that it is important for students (and parents) to know something about the person that is teaching them (or their children). So here it goes....

My name is Jason Goldberg. I was born in Brooklyn on March 26, 1974. I grew up and went to high school in Staten Island, NY. So, how did I wind up here in Albany? I attended college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to study biology and play baseball (that's me over there back in the day). In 1996, I graduated with a BS (that means Bachelor of Science Degree kids) in Biology. After college, I then went down to Charlotte, North Carolina to teach Medical Biology and Physical Science. Since things do not work out too well for teachers down there, I decided to return back up north, where my wife's family is, in March 1998. I found a job at Bishop Gibbons for the final two months of the 1997-1998 school year teaching Regents Biology, General Biology, and Health.

This brings me to Colonie High School, where I was hired in the summer of 1998. I have taught Biology, AP Biology, Chemistry, and Forensic Science in my ten years so far. I have also been the Varsity Baseball Pitching Coach for the 2005 Raiders. In 2001, while teaching at Colonie, I completed my first round of graduate studies and earned a Masters in Natural Science/Educational Technology from RPI. For this upcoming school year, I will be teaching three sections of Regents Biology. I have had a lot of success in this subject, as just about 95% of all my students that took the exam passed. This year, I will be teaching one section of AP Biology as well, my second year with this particular course. I will also be teaching Fundamentals of Biology at SCCC on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Needless to say, this will be a busy year!

As for some personal info...yes, I am a die hard football fan, and I have followed baseball as long as I can remember. Since I don't really care for the Yankees, I usually take a lot of abuse from students that are Yankee fans, but they must remember this simple fact...I determine their grades. I have two cats, two sons (that's Shane on the left and Caleb on the right), and whenever possible, I recycle. My favorite movie outside the original Star Wars Trilogy is no doubt, The Godfather--although Field of Dreams is a close second. Oh, and even though I just turned 34 last March, I'm going both gray and bald a little ahead of schedule...which I am once again constantly reminded about by my students.