RingLeader Al Haskvitz
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Alta Loma, CA 91737-1653
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Alan Paul Haskvitz has spent over twenty years in the classroom. He has taught at Suzanne Middle School in Walnut, California for over a decade. In his first year at this school, the students' standardized state test scores were at the 22nd percentile level.
By using his methods and curriculum, student test scores went into the 94 percentile, the largest gain in history. Haskvitz has credentials to teach English, history, social studies, special education, gifted education, journalism, business and administration. His students routinely engage in activities that utilize their learning.
They have a "Feed the Homeless" garden that utilizes all recycled materials and water. They prepare a daily newsletter, On the Day You were Born, for the the local maternity wards. They have drafted and had passed state laws, rewritten and had accepted the voting poll rules for the County of Los Angeles and devised a plan to save 23 million gallons of water a year for their community. Haskvitz's students have also developed plans that ended graffiti in schools and the community, sponsored seeing eye dogs and educated the public about the history of their community. Haskvitz is one of the few teachers in America who has served as a city commissioner and worked as a volunteer in two cities --- where he lives and where he works.
His students have corresponded with world leaders on matters of concern as divergent as the Queen of England and General Noriega. They have their own website and hold public meetings for the community. Haskvitz's students have won national championships in art, basketball, essay writing, community service, and preserving the environment. Haskvitz has coached all major sports and his girl's team won both national and international tournaments.
Coping With Crisis
In school, at home and in their dreams, kids around the U.S. are dealing with the aftermath of Sept. 11 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,180965,00.html
At Suzanne Middle School in Walnut, Calif., Alan Haskvitz interrupted his seventh-grade lesson on the Boston Tea Party to discuss the difference between civil disobedience and terrorism. “We pulled out maps,” he says. “We talked about how Arabs are not necessarily Muslims and vice versa. We handed out newspapers, and for the first time, instead of just reading the sports section, they wanted to take them home.”
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
National Teachers Hall of Fame Inductee
USA Today All Star Teacher
Chosen 100 Most Influential Educators
Reader's Digest Hero in Education
Learning Magazine's Professional Best
National Middle Level Teacher of the Year
National Exemplary Program
23 years of teaching experience with minority students
ACHIEVEMENTS
Taught at every grade level and every core subject
Selected one of the nation's top teachers by eight organizations
Published 35 articles on successful educational practices
Served on seven national committees and boards
Speaker at over 20 conferences
CREDENTIALS
Credentials and training in special and gifted education, history, administration, bilingual education, journalism, English, social studies, art, business, computers, museumology, Asian Studies.
Credentials from Canada, New York, and California
Experience in staff development, gifted curriculum design, administration, community relations, motivation.
Ten Years of University Education
Administrative credential, LaVerne University. Graduated in top percentile.
Master of Arts, American Studies (English and history) California State.
Bachelor of Science, journalism and business, Cal State. Distinguished Alumnus.
Associate of Arts, English, Chaffey Junior College. Distinguished Alumnus.
Chaffey High School, Ontario, California, Distinguished Alumnus.
Bachelor of Education, Memorial University.
OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Current Teacher, Walnut, California. Staff development presenter, nationwide. Developer of Reach Every Child, a resource guide for teachers and parents.
Audio-visual evaluator and design consultant, County Department of Education.
Tutor, multi-cultural students in English, art. Internet consultant.
* Past Lecturer, California University. Classes taught include social studies, methods and integrated studies.
Continuing education, University of California - California Assessment Program, consultant.
Adult Education, Durham School District, Oshawa, Ontario.
Administrator, Quest School for the Gifted, Pickering, Ontario.
AWARDS
SAS Creatve Teacher Finalist 2003
National Teachers Hall of Fame Member 1997
National Exemplary Middle Level Teacher, National Council for the Social Sciences.
National Exemplary Social Studies Program, NCSS.
America's Professional Best Teacher Award, Learning Magazine.
Hero in Education, Reader's Digest.
Campbell's 22 Best Teachers in America Award of Excellence.
Washington Medal, National Teacher Award, Freedom Foundation.
Christa McAuliffe National Award.
Robert Cherry International Award for Great Teachers
Leavey National Award for Private Enterprise Teaching in Economics
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL TEACHING HONORS
National Bicentennial Teaching Award, Bicentennial Committee
Nation's Featured Social Studies Program, NMSA, John Arnold Spirit of Education Award, National Broadcasting Company
Presidential Award for Environmental Education
Who's Who in Education
Crystal Apple Award
United Nations Scholarship Award
National Environmental Award, Busch
100 Most Influential Internet Educators
Disney Civic Achievement Regional Award
Nominated for National Diffusion Network
International Teacher of the Year, runner-up
Economics America, National Teacher Fellow
National Winner, Respecteen, Washington DC
Lifetouch National Grant for innovative curriculum
Homework Central's 100 Most Influential Educators
National Highway and Safety Commission national award
Daughters of the American Colonies Teacher of the Year
Center for Civic Participation, national exemplaryprogram
National Good Neighbor Award Finalist, NCSS representative
National Wildlife Association Award for exceptional teaching of ecology
American Political Science Association Grant for Constitutional Education
GRANTS
Grants: National Garden, Planet Earth, Student-Parent Mock Election awards
Two Golden Bell awards as California's best social studies program, California School Board 1989, 1996
California's top social studies program, California
Council for the Social Studies
California Agriculture Teacher of the Year
California Water Education Program of the Year
Los Angeles County's Best Social Studies Program,
Perryman Award
ADDITIONAL STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATION HONORS
California State University 50th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni of the Year
California Community College League Distinguished Alumni Award
Chaffey High School, Outstanding Alumni Award
Chaffey College, Outstanding Alumni Award
Teacher of the Year
OTHER HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Pomona Valley Outstanding Educator Award
Audubon Society Outstanding Program Award
California winner, Best Environmental Garden
Robinson-May Grant from Constitutional Rights Foundation for electronic learning
California winner, Project Citizen, Center for Civic Education
Resolutions of Commendation, County of San Bernardino, County of Los Angeles,
City of Walnut, Walnut Valley Water District
Coached provincial and world championship girls' basketball teams
Taught Canadian Art Champions
San Bernardino County award for fiction writing, photography Most Popular Teacher Award (five times)
The program has also been selected as one of the nation's best by Target, the United Nations, Learning Magazine, Campbell Soup, Charles Kuralt, National Council for the Social Studies, California Council for the Social Sciences, Reader's Digest, the Perryman Foundation, Freedom Foundation, Bicentennial
Commission, the Kohl Foundation and several environmental organizations.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Speaker Open the Gate for the Gifted, Los Angeles County Conference on the Gifted
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The only teacher to ever receive national social studies awards for both curriculum and methods;
the only classroom teacher to receive the Robert Cherry Award for Great Teaching in competition against educators throughout the English speaking world, and receive two Golden Bell Awards for the best program in California.
STATE EXAMINATION INCREASES
As a mentor, and department head, my curriculum increased CAP\CLAS test scores from the 22nd percentile to the 94th percentile. This was the largest gain in California history. The program was selected as exemplary on the state and national level and lead to Distinguished School status.
Additional Accomplishments
1. Featured in McGraw Hill national textbook.
2. Students' work was selected the best from 20,000 entries and they testified before the United Nations on the importance of environmental education.
3. Student's work was selected the best from 12,000 entries earned an all expense paid trip to Washington DC to meet the President. Curriculum was selected one of 200 exemplary ones from 6300 entries by Life Touch
4. The National Wildlife Federation selected my program best from 9000 entries for teaching students about political action and the environment.
5. Student's integrated work in agriculture was chosen as one of the top 12 in the nation and was shared on national television. My student's book review was published in the National Middle School Newsletter.
6. Piloted the Close-Up Foundations National Community Service Program, ORBITAR National Project.
7. Community service curriculum resulted in earning the Disney Regional Award for a graffiti campaign that ended graffiti in the community and the school.
8. Represented California in Project Citizen for their worldwide study of voter participation. Their work was the centerpiece for the County of Los Angelessummit called by the Los Angeles Registrar of Voters
and lead to rewriting of the country voting poll rules and the state registration forms.
9. Drawing upon training from Honda, Seiko and Toyota, I introduced quality circles into the classroom education field.
10. Program was selected by the Center for Civic Achievement as a model for teachers to introduce democracy into Bosnia classrooms.
11. Developed a program that has won twenty major awards for excellence in the United States and was reviewed in both Denmark and Canada.
12. My student's work has earned trips for them to New York, Washington DC, Tampa, Atlanta, Sea World, and Disneyland. The program earned over $100,000.
13. Initiated Canada's largest basketball organization. The teams won both provincial and world honors. The wheelchair team also won many awards.
14. Third grade reading program produced nation's fastest reading students at over 2000 words per minute with over 70 percent retention.
15. Students won seven congressional writing competitions and over 20 essay and speech contests.
16. Building A Better Community 2007 was selected as a finalist in this global competition. We are the only one from the US.
AUTHOR
Writes a weekly column about CARS that was reviewed by Forbes Magazine
Author of Horace Mann's Reach Every Child.
NetHappenings Newsletter written by Al Haskvitz
Columnist Education News.org read An Interview with Al Haskvitz: About Teaching and Teacher Training Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings Newsletter