John Aughenbaugh

Background

About John Aughenbaugh

John Aughenbaugh is a Project Lead the Way teacher and CTE Department Chair at New Kent High School in New Kent, Virginia. He is certified in five of the Pathway to Engineering courses and currently serves as an Online Training Coach and Master Teacher of Introduction to Engineering & Design. He joined Old Dominion University as an adjunct faculty member in 2022, serving as the content trainer for candidates in the Virginia Career Switcher Program seeking their Technology Education endorsement. John is also the sole owner of Straight A Woodworks, LLC. He is originally from Pennsylvania and earned his B.S.E. in Technology Education at Millersville University in 2010. He relocated to the Williamsburg area in 2011 to begin a career as a High School Technology Education Teacher and has taught at schools in Williamsburg and New Kent. Recently, he joined the adjunct faculty at Old Dominion University as the Technology Education Content Instructor for the Career Switcher Program. He is proud to have been recognized as the 2024 Region One Teacher of the Year. John has been working with his hands both as a hobby, and professionally, nearly his entire life. With over 20 years of woodworking experience, and over a decade of being a shop and technology teacher, his talents have developed well beyond the scope of filling his leisure time. He has become an expert in computer aided design and manufacturing in addition to his mastery of traditional methods including both power tools and hand tools.