Approach

We at Aspire-Above want people of all ages, interests, abilities, and learning styles, to unveil the limitless potential of human spirit. We believe we were born to be producers, not consumers of the future! We want our students to discover an enlightened path. Students will fail and try again, and understand that perseverance and growth supersedes any formal assessment.

We will use both hands on and computer based lessons to inspire children and young adults to seek out a connection from technology to the natural world. The coding of drones will not be in isolation from the appreciation of the wonderful Earth that we live on.

Richard Bishop
”We are producers of the New World!”

Education State University of New York - New Paltz
Master of Science - Teaching
May 1998

Manhattan College
Bachelor of Science - Marketing/Business Administration
May 1994

Certification
New York State Permanent Certification Elementary Education (1-6)
September 1998

Licenses
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate (CityDronez Drone Pilot) November ‘18-present

New York Licensed Real Estate Salesperson (Briante Realty, Carmel, NY) November ‘14-present

Professional Experience Carmel Central School District, NY 5th Grade Teacher
September ‘98- present

-Served on Technology Committee -Rallied High Student Achievement on formal State Assessments
-Girls Basketball Intramurals Director / Modified Tennis Coach / Varsity Tennis Coach
-Constructed environment that blends structured discipline with creative risk-taking.
-Four years at Kent Elementary and 20 years at George Fischer Middle School

Relevant Experience

Experience coaching basketball, baseball, and tennis at the middle school and high school levels in Carmel, John Jay-East Fishkill, and Roy C Ketcham High Schools

Former Director of St. Mary’s Wappingers CYO Basketball Program

First Aid/CPR certified - Concussion Protocol Trained

Northern Westchester Putnam Teachers Center Professional Development Instructor

Academic tutor

Technology Skills

Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, knowledge of a Smartboard and Smart Notebook

CLOUD Computing, Google Documents, Intro Javascript, HTML, and CSS Programming, Adobe Premiere, Quizlet, Evernote, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google Adsense, Web Design

Personal

Travel: Visited 46 states and five countries

Inspired children’s book, Slam Dunk Saturday, written by I Spy series author Jean Marzollo

Grandfather -William Slattery WWII Navy Vet plane dropped surrender papers on Wake Island -

4 Great Children
-Jordan Bishop Top 10 hits all-time Siena College Baseball
-Jake Siena Graduate - Working in Marketing Sales
-Hannah - RCK JV Cheer Coach
-Aubree - Ballet Dancer

References provided upon request

Hello parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and family,

Are you losing the battle with screen time? I believe that together we can turn the loss into a win. Turn your child’s screen time from CONSUMER of social media waste, to PRODUCERS of the brilliant future. The screen time that your children will learn in these courses have potential to change the direction of your child. He or she can become the architects of the future.

I am a New York certified teacher (24 years in) who believes that our present society is caught in a purgatory of technological love /hate. I was promised that technology would create an easier life and in many ways it has. But in other ways our children and many of us have become ZOMBIES to our phones and devices. We have become true consumers….but that system of consuming endless social media will simply lead us to an eventual Zombie apocalypse. 4 years ago I decided to jump into the drone world with an FAA Commercial Drone License. My love of the outdoors, combined with my passion for teaching, drones and technology spurred me to create Aspire Above Flight Academy to turn the next generation away from consumerism and back to an age of limitless productivity.

Let’s begin the venture of coding and droning together!

-Rick Bishop