Rick Cave retired in 2022 after a 43-year career spent entirely with the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in N.J. He started in the district as a high school mathematics and computer science teacher and spent the last 22 years of his career as the Director of Technology. As the director he was responsible for reviewing new technologies and determining how they can best be used to support the teachers and students in the district. This resulted in the implementation of numerous educational initiatives including creation of the Educational Classroom of Tomorrow in K-5 classrooms and automating the district records systems.
A graduate of Conard High School, where he had his first experience programming computers, Cave earned his Bachelor’s in Mathematics from Springfield College, a Master’s in Computer Science from The College of New Jersey and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Rider University.
Cave is the co-founder of the NJETC, an organization that provides technology coaches in and around New Jersey with a platform to share ideas for supporting teaching and learning through the use of technology. He has written for various publications and presented at regional and national conferences focusing on the impact of technology on teaching and learning.
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