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Duane "Scooter" Hawthorne. Please call me Scooter, many people have no idea who Duane is. My mother said when I was able to walk I preferred to scoot on the ground. That's how my nickname came about. Born and raised in St. Louis County. Attended University City High School and graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School. Husband and father of two boys ages 20 and 16.

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Interesting Fact 1:
I played high school football with Cornell "Nelly" Haynes.
Grew up and lived in the same neighborhood as Sterling K. Brown and Charmin Smith.
Charmin Smith
Sterling K. Brown I know him as Kelby.

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Interesting Fact #2:
Attended Northern Illinois University on a football scholarship. Despite playing three and 1/4 years at NIU and winning 3 games I became an undrafted free-agent of the Dallas Cowboys.

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Interesting Fact #3
I played professional football with the Dallas Cowboys as a defensive back from 1999-2002. In the spring of 2000 I played in NFL Europe for the Scottish Claymores. I lived in Glasgow, Scotland for 3 1/2 months.

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Interesting Fact #4
Completed my professional football career with the San Francisco 49er's in Jan 12, 2003 after losing to the Tampa Bay Buc's who later went on to win Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Currently I'm entering my 3rd year at Dr. Henry Givens Jr. Elementary School where I teach physical/health education.  The fall will mark my 17th year in education with the first 14 being at the high school level. I've taught in three previous school districts and coached Football at Missouri Baptist University before arriving to Webster Groves:

Ferguson Florissant School District (1 year teaching)

University City School District (Head Football Coach 4 years)

Hazelwood School District (9 years teaching, Head Football Coach 3 years)

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A few years back when I was teaching high school health, my colleague and I transitioned our health classes into a paperless class. Our students were given Chromebooks so we jumped on the digital train making our lives much more efficient. Things were great until I changed districts and I've been unable to reproduce a similar method of delivering instruction for my students at the elementary level. This past school year revealed how far I’ve fallen off the cliff from a technology stand point compared to where I was a few years ago. I expect to learn how to effectively incorporate multimedia technology tools into my content area in an effort to support my students at the elementary level. Masters plus 30 was also a motivating factor!

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Technology has been baked into everything we do as educators and coaches. Multiple filming angles used for football and other sports has given coaches more insight on game play. The introduction of Hudl in 2006 has totally revamped how coaches and student athletes market themselves. Prior to Hudl, I created my student athletes highlight films on iMovie. This past school year Canvas became our go to learning hub for our students K-6 grade.

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Givens Elementary School Connect Discover Thrive

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Technology has allowed me to do the following at home:

Unlock the front door

Open the garage door

Change the temperature in your home.

Start your vehicle

Turn on and off the lights

Vacuum/mop the floors

Play different music in multiple rooms.

View and communicate with individuals at the front door.

Monitor your home away from home.

as well as many other things.