THE CTE QUARTERLY | Issue 3
Faculty Spotlight
Bob Young, Associate Professor of
Mathematics on the Palm Bay Campus,
is beginning his 33rd year of teaching
mathematics. He began teaching in the
public schools and worked at Stone
Junior High, Southwest Junior High,
and Colonial High School, teaching a
variety of math courses and coaching
basketball. Bob started teaching part
time at EFSC in Fall, 1992, when the
Palm Bay Campus was a single building.
He joined the full-time faculty in August,
1995, and has immensely enjoyed
teaching at the college ever since.
As many students struggle with math,
Professor Young strives to provide them
with as many resources as possible to
help them become successful in this
subject. He has created 165 You Tube
instructional videos that cover the
following courses: College Preparatory
Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, College
Algebra, and College Trigonometry.
Currently, his videos have 153 YouTube
subscribers with almost 59,000 views.
To see his work, log into YouTube at
youtube.com and search Robert Young
math videos. Viewers can stop, pause,
rewind, and fast forward when watching.
Bob also has shared these videos with
interested faculty throughout the
college, including e-learning.
In addition to videos, Bob has created
supplemental handouts for all courses,
detailing major topics. They range
from 15-25 pages, depending upon the
course. Written practice tests also are
provided, with answers to reinforce
major test topics. Reflecting his interest
in infusing technology into courses,
he has linked his Canvas classroom
with MyMathLab to provide one stop
shopping. Students have his resources
along with those of Pearson Publishing.
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A student-centered instructor, Bob
is creating updated videos in high
definition using Camtasia Studio. He
always tries to learn new methods to
clearly present math content to students
so it is easy to understand and applies to
their daily lives.
CPR. The student survived. Paramedics
told him that if he hadn’t acted when he
did, she would have died. The Brevard
County School Board awarded him for
his effort.
Professors touch lives in a variety
of ways, including giving a word of
encouragement here and establishing
success where one has never been
successful. Going above and putting in
extra hours beyond the normal work
week is why Bob Young has enjoyed
working at BCC and EFSC. He has the
greatest respect for the institution,
administration, faculty, staff, and
students, both past and present. When
Bob retires in the upcoming years,
he will always look back and fondly
remember his time at EFSC.
TECH TIPS WITH T3
Throughout his teaching career at
EFSC, Bob has been on numerous hiring
committees, textbook committees,
served as SGA faculty advisor for four
years, and participated in the mentor/
mentee program. He was one of the first
faculty members to teach online courses
at the college. His work has garnered
him many awards, including being an
original S.T.A.R. recipient in August 1999.
Bob Young is literally a life-saver. While
he was teaching at Southwest Junior
High School, an 8th grade student had
a heart attack. Bob rushed down the
hallway to find her laying face up with
several other faculty members around
her. Upon finding no pulse, he began
The T3 subgroup of the CTE
assists faculty by sharing how new
technology may improve our classes.
T3 covers a variety of topics, such
as recording and editing lectures,
communicating with students using
online polls and quizzes, working
with software that increases the
efficiency of testing and grading, and
showing how to better connect with
students in our dynamic and digital
world. They help faculty through
instructional videos, workshops, and
face-to-face interactions. Please don’t
hesitate to contact T3 members with
any recommendations for future
topics that may be helpful! Contact
Dr. William Stewart, Instructor of
Biology, at stewartw@easternflorida.
edu or call his office at 5940 for more
information or to share ideas. Also,
look for T3 resources on the myCTE
CANVAS website. Please select the
“Tech Tips with T3 icon once you have
accessed the myCTE CANVAS shell.