About me
Jay Adam Pearson, Building Construction Instructor at Enoree Career Center. Like many instructors in Career and Technical Education (CTE), I did not begin as an educator. My path to Enoree Career Center began at Eastern Wayne High School in 1978 where I enrolled in carpentry classes. After high school I worked for East Gate Construction Company beginning in their formal Apprentice Carpenter Program. Joining the United States Air Force in 1983. While in the USAF I was deployed several times at home and abroad. I was honorably discharged in 1986 and returned to Inman S.C. to make my home. While working as a carpenter, fate handed me a great opportunity to work at Greenville Technical College in 1987 as an Adjunct Instructor. This began my journey as a full time educator. I was honored at that time to be mentored by Dr. Thomas Barton, Greenville Technical College President. I was honored to be selected as one of 16 Subject Matter Experts (SME) in building construction in the United States, and tasked by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) with developing a sustainable curriculum which would be implemented across the United States, but specifically in all career centers in South Carolina. Our committee wrote the Core Curriculum, and Carpentry Level One, Level Two, and Masonry Curriculum. I served as the lead writer for the plumbing and cabinet making curriculum. As a life long learner my focus is on being the best educator that I can become through attending Professional Development here at Greenville County Schools and through South Carolina's Department of Education.
