Bill Muench has been a fixture at Burr and Burton Academy for more than 25 years.  He has taught English, AP Psychology, Space and Time, and currently teaches Cinematography and Broadcast Journalism.

 

Bill’s classes allow students to investigate many aspects of cinematography and broadcast journalism. Bill collaborates with Jim Raposa’s acting students. Together they create short films, many of which can be seen at the Gawlik Awards, BBA’s Film Awards Show.  He received his BA in Psychology from SUNY Potsdam, a minor in Japanese at Kansai Gaidai and his MA in Education from MCLA.

 

Bill runs the cinematography and astronomy clubs, produces the fall film and Gawlik Awards, coaches basketball, teaches English at Castleton College, is camp director of both the BBA Cinema Camp and the Bill Muench Basketball Camp and in his free time plays in the popular local band DON’T LEAVE.

 

Bill is a Jet Propulsion Laboratory Vermont Solar System Ambassador, the 2015-16 Rowland Faculty Chair Recipient, the 2016 BE BRAVE FOR LIFE recipient, Pioneer Valley Teacher of the year in 2011, Bigelow Grant Recipient in 2011,  Ormsby Grant Recipient in 2009, Burr and Burton Academy Faculty Commencement Speaker in 2009, and Coca-Cola Vermont Educator of Distinction in 2006. The BBA Yearbook was dedicated to him in 2005 and he was Commencement speaker at Mass. College of Liberal Arts in 2002. Bill is married to Barbara Muench, a Special Educator at BBA, and is a proud father of two BBA Alums Weston and Taylor.

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Bill is currently working on a documentary called The Artist and the Astronaut.