3. Alan Haskvitz, teacher
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National Teachers Hall of Fame
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Named 100 Most Important Educators in World
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USA Today All American Educator
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Reader’s Digest Hero in Education
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NCSS Middle Level Teacher of the Year
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NCSS National Exemplary Program
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Learning Magazine Professional Best American Teacher Award
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Cherry International Great Teacher Award
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George Washington Freedom Foundation Award
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State/National Awards in economics, technology, environment, agriculture, economics, art,
service learning, journalism, English, history, photography, creative writing, civics
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Featured on NPR, CNN, Time, Newsweek, and USA Today,textbooks, national television
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Never been observed by State or Federal or non-principal District official
4. This inservice is on resources
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I learned from our school's inservice on Common
Core that the main idea can be conveyed by a
consultant by giving quotes and showing online
videos.
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Since she makes a lot of money I thought I
would give it a try.
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Here goes:
5. A Different Generation
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Students were born into cyberspace.
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Never needed an actual airline “ticket”
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A quarter of the entering students already have suffered some hearing loss.
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The Secretary of State was almost always a woman.
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There has always been football in Jacksonville but never in Los Angeles.
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Exposed bra straps have always been a fashion statement, not a wardrobe malfunction
to be corrected quietly by well-meaning friends.
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TheTwilightZone involves vampires, not Rod Serling.
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Two-thirds of the independent bookstores in the United States have closed for good
during their lifetimes.
6. You can get help from teachers,
but you are going
to have to learn a lot by yourself,
sitting alone in a room.
Dr. Seuss
7. We teach individuals
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A graduation ceremony is an event where the
commencement speaker tells thousands of
students dressed in identical caps and gowns
that 'individuality' is the key to success.
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Robert Orben
9. Ah, Differently
The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently.
Rihanna
Women bond differently, and I don't think men understand that.
Julie Garwood (romance writer)
I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.
Margaret Spellings
I'm crazy, I'm nuts. Just the way my brain works. I'm not normal. I think differently.
Justin Bieber
I think you have different soulmates throughout your life.
Kim Kardashian
12. Awesome Stories
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The Best Site forhighinterest reading.
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https://www.awesomestories.com/
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https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Ani
mals-as-Defendants
19. And Bill Gates Confirms our Value
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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the
kids working together and motivating them, the
teacher is the most important.
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Bill Gates
22. A Few Of My articles
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http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/alan-haskvitz
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What Poor Teachers can Teach Us
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http://gazette.teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/ala
n-haskvitz/what-poor-teachers-can-teach-us/
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Traits of Good Teachers
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http://www.teachers.net/gazette/JAN09/haskvitz/