Josh Shaine has been working with gifted students of all ages for more than 25 years, including many years teaching, administrating, advising, and sometimes directing programs for 7th - 12th graders through MIT’s Educational Studies Program.
He has taught at public, private, and alternative schools, as well as working with special needs students who were either at home or institutionalized for a number of public school districts in several different states.
He has served on the boards of directors of the Hollingworth Center for Gifted Children, Kids College, the Massachusetts Association for Gifted Children, the New England Conference for Gifted and Talented, the NH Association for Gifted Children, and Voyagers Homeschool Cooperative.
He currently organizes and presents at conferences around the country, including the Beyond IQ conferences in Boston, Chicago, and the West Coast.
Interests:
· Science Fiction: I am primarily interested in written Science Fiction, though graphic novels, comic books, movies, and television all invade my life to some extent. I also enjoy teaching about it. If you want to understand to what extent, go to the Massachusetts Academy page.
· Chess: Some interests are more active and others more passive. Some interests come and go. This is a 'come and go' sort. I haven't played in a tournament in several years, and since 1988 before that. I suspect that I will play in one again soon.
· Word Games: I do not restrict myself to Big Boggle or Scrabble, though those are among my preferred games for sport. I enjoy Ghost and its variants, Jotto and its variants, and a wide range of punning, shaggy dog stories and the like.