http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/ en jasonhaap@fuse.net Copyright 2011 2011-03-27T15:07:49+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/experience_summary/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/experience_summary/#When:15:07:49Z At Purcell Marian (a diverse and inclusive Catholic school in Cincinnati), I gained experience working in creative curricular environments – featuring alternating-day block scheduling, and a collection of unique elective courses (which you will find described on my resume). I served as a member of the English Department’s AP vertical team, and when Dr. Anne Bauer from the University of Cincinnati wrote a book on inclusive education (Adolescents and Inclusion, 2001), I was one of her sources. At Harmony Community School (an urban charter school for at-risk youth), I taught grades 10-12. While there, I served on the school’s Executive Committee. I also chaired the English Department and the Graduation Portfolio Committee. I helped implement new programs – such as Hip-Hop Arts, which was designed in collaboration with a downtown non-profit organization. I maintained the school’s web page and also worked as their media relations advisor. At Princeton High School, I have taught college prep, honors, and elective courses—and I also helped develop a course called “Reading Connections” for kids significantly behind grade level on reading. Additionally, my administration asked me to serve on the school’s Building Leadership Team and on the Vertical Alignment Team with the middle school. 2011-03-27T15:07:49+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/princeton_high_school_experience/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/princeton_high_school_experience/#When:15:07:31Z August 2008 – Present Core courses taught: CP English 9, Honors English 9, CP English 10, Honors English 10, Reading Connections. Elective courses: Sports Literature, Creative Writing. Curricular experience: helped develop, design, and implement high school “Reading Connections” – a best practice literacy approach to working with kids behind grade level in reading. Administrative experience: member of the school’s Building Leadership Team, member of Vertical Alignment Team between Middle School and High School (grades 6-12). Most Valuable Team Player, September 2008. Instructional Leader Award, October 2008. 2011-03-27T15:07:31+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/harmony_community_school_experience/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/harmony_community_school_experience/#When:15:06:31Z August 2006 – June 2008 Core courses taught: English 10, English 12. Elective courses: Theatre Arts, Hip-Hop Arts. Experience with inclusive learning environment, urban and at-risk youth, and extended block scheduling. Marketing and Public Relations: revised and updated the school’s web page, edited a promotional DVD, regular sending of press releases to area media, assisting with fundraising concepts and networking. Administrative experience: Executive Committee, English Department Chair, Graduation Portfolio Committee Chair. Boys’ Academy Teacher of the Year, 2008 2011-03-27T15:06:31+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/purcell_marian_experience/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/purcell_marian_experience/#When:15:05:49Z August 1997 – May 2006 Core courses taught: College Prep and Advanced Freshman Literature; General, College Prep, and Advanced Sophomore Literature; College Prep Senior Literature. Elective courses: African American Studies, The Tree, The Devil of Faith and Fiction, Current Events, Yearbook. Intersession courses (week-long mini courses between quarters): Small Towns, Shopping Malls, and Wal-Mart; Food Changes and Food Chains – Meet Your Meat; Community Garden (award winning from Make Cincinnati Beautiful). Experience with alternating day block schedule, rotating schedule, A.P. Vertical Teaming, portfolios, performance assessments, and inclusion. Most Promising Young Teacher Award, 2000. 2011-03-27T15:05:49+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/deland_mccullough_former_principal_harmony_community_school/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/deland_mccullough_former_principal_harmony_community_school/#When:15:01:44Z Deland McCullough, former principal, Harmony Community School Jason Haap has a strong desire to educate and to inspire. During his time at Harmony Community School, he engaged his students and he made their education meaningful and challenging.  He was an out of the box thinker, and he was dynamic at creating and sustaining a buzz surrounding current or upcoming initiatives.  His classes were lively, standards based, and consistently laced with items that sparked lifelong learning. As a part of our building leadership, he constructively challenged the role of the educator and of the administration with new ideas and different approaches. He was a team player and a true champion for education and the doors it opens. 2011-03-27T15:01:44+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/dr._hope_davis_literacy_expert_indiana_university/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/dr._hope_davis_literacy_expert_indiana_university/#When:14:58:14Z Dr. Hope Davis, former English Department Chair, Purcell Marian High School, current professor of literacy, Indiana University I have known Jason Haap for over ten years, and in that time I have marveled at his ability to encourage and cultivate critical thinking and creativity in his students. In his classes, Jason held his students to high standards, and the students rose to meet them, regardless of how they performed or were perceived in other classes.  Jason’s drive to educate students went beyond earning passable grades to instilling an expectation that they were responsible for their own learning and achievement, both within and outside the school walls, and the students responded.  Demonstrating a true belief in and passion for social justice and personal intellectual curiosity, Jason inspired the students to push themselves beyond what they thought they were capable of doing, and I watched this type of rigorous growth and development occur in his classes year after year. Jason’s expectations for his colleagues were as rigorous as his expectations for the students in his classes. As a teacher in the English department at Purcell Marian High school, Jason was never satisfied with the status quo, and continually directed his energy and talents toward learning about, implementing, and refining educational practices that required students to be thoughtful and reflective – and he worked to share those ideas and strategies with others. 2011-03-27T14:58:14+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/richard_hague_former_department_chair_purcell_marian_high_school/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/richard_hague_former_department_chair_purcell_marian_high_school/#When:14:56:44Z Richard Hague, former English Department Chair, Purcell Marian High School If I were interested in the means and ends of education, and had no books to consult, and no first-hand experience of the classroom, I would talk with Jason Haap. In a few hours, I would have several things to do that just might fix it, and several more things to think about which he has thought about: justice, appropriateness, reform, the good riddance of stupidity and inertia. Though deeply embedded in the practice of education, he is able to see it more clearly than many, and we ought to listen to, and act on, his descriptions of what he sees. 2011-03-27T14:56:44+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/jan_kennedy_former_principal_purcell_marian_high_school/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/jan_kennedy_former_principal_purcell_marian_high_school/#When:14:51:10Z Jan Kennedy, former Principal, Purcell Marian High School Jason Haap is one of the most effective and innovative teachers with whom I have had the pleasure to work. His students routinely complain about him until they realize that he has taught them to think, critically and creatively. 2011-03-27T14:51:10+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/billie_jean_remix_at_ogt_prep_rally_march_2011_princeton_high_school/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/billie_jean_remix_at_ogt_prep_rally_march_2011_princeton_high_school/#When:17:27:15Z In 2009, Jason Haap had the idea for Princeton High School to implement “prep rallies” each morning for the OGT.  These gave all the sophomores a chance to get to school on time for the test, and to get some breakfast.  They also were an opportunity to get kids excited about taking the test.  In 2011, Jason Haap teamed with colleague Kristin Coey Grote, and the two performed this remake of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” with new lyrics meant to match the Reading Test. This footage was captured by another teacher who happened to have a video camera handy. 2010-05-31T17:27:15+00:00 http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/content/comments/recommendation_from_susan_spraul_princeton_hs_parent/ http://www.jasonhaap.com/index.php/contents/recommendation_from_susan_spraul_princeton_hs_parent/#When:18:44:24Z Recommendation Letter from Susan Spraul, PHS Parentvar docstoc_docid=“80423730”;var docstoc_title=“Recommendation Letter from Susan Spraul, PHS Parent”;var docstoc_urltitle=“Recommendation Letter from Susan Spraul, PHS Parent”; 2010-05-26T18:44:24+00:00