Rafe Esquith
Rafe Esquith is an award-winning teacher.
Life
Esquith graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles . He has been teaching at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School in Los Angeles, California , since 1984 . There are many students from families with little education and with a migration background, 92% of the students there live below the poverty line. All of his students are non-native speakers.
His students perform Shakespeare plays every year , including a. at the Royal Shakespeare Company , the Globe Theater and the Ahmanson Theater . In 2005 the documentary "The Hobart Shakespeareans" was shot about it.
Awards
- 1992: Disney National Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award
- Sigma Beta Delta Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University
- Oprah Winfrey's US $ 100,000 Use Your Life Award
- Parents Magazine ’s As You Grow Award
- 2003: National Medal of Arts
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (honorary member)
- Compassion in Action Award from the Dalai Lama
Publications
- There Are No Shortcuts (2003) ISBN 0-375-42202-1 - published in 2003, this book is a required reading for EDCI 205 (Exploring Teaching as a Career) at Purdue University .
- Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire (2007) ISBN 0-670-03815-6
- Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World (2009; ISBN 0-670-02108-3 ) - a slim (208-page) book is addressed to parents but organized around a class trip to Dodger Stadium , with sections revolving around concepts including Punctuality, Focus, Decision Making, Taking Pride in What You Do, Selflessness, Humility, Patience, and Teaching Kids to Grow.
- Real Talk for Real Teachers: Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: "No Retreat, No Surrender!" (2013; ISBN 978-0-670-01464-4 )
Web links
- http://www.hobartshakespeareans.org
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473215
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/31/eveningnews/main2419497.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
- http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2009/03/for_monday.html
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esquith, Rafe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |