Anderson I & II Career and Technology Center

Welcome to Construction Technology

Hello, my name is John Cothran.  I am a 1984 graduate of Furman University with a degree in Computer Science/Business.  I also have a master's degree from Converse College in Elementary Education.

 

After graduating from Furman I decided to join the Army.  After completing Basic Training and Officer Candidates School I went to flight school and became an Army helicopter pilot.  I flew the AH-1 Gunship and the OH-58 Kiowa Scout helicopter.  When my obligation to the Army was up I went to work with the Greenville Hospital System as a Computer Training Specialist where I trained users on hospital specific computer software.  It was during this time that I decided that I wanted to teach and I quit that job to get my teaching degree.  After completing my master's program I taught 5th grade for a year before accepting a job at Piedmont Technical College as an instructor in the Computer Science Department.

 

While at Piedmont Tech. I taught classes in computer applications and computer programming.  I designed and started the Computer Repair and Networking certificate program at Piedmont Tech and taught classes for this certificate for approximately five years.  I left Piedmont Tech to become the Computer Services instructor for the Career and Technology Center where I have been teaching ever since. 

 

2018 will be a great year! I will be teaching Building Construction for the first time and I am very excited about this. Woodworking and construction has always been a passion for me. I did a lot of home construction growing up and have continued learning in this field as a hobby for the last 30 years. I have a nice 2-story barn at home that I built and I have spent a lot of time in it building various wooden projects.

 

I am married with 3 children and we spend a lot of time together kayaking, fishing, hunting, and tending to our small farm with goats, pot belly pigs, and chickens. 

 

  

 John Cothran