Teacher in the Clear!

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Stanley G. Buford was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at Illinois State University and holds master's degrees from National-Louis University in Management/Human Resource Development and DePaul University in Curriculum Development. He has worked as a "results driven" teacher in Chicago Public Schools, the Archdioceses of Chicago and as a Charter School Employee.Stanley has appeared as a guest on the nationally televised show, "Heartbeat of America, " in a frank discussion concerning challenges to climbing corporate and educational ladders. He owns and operates a state certified management consulting business, Terkat Consultants Inc. He has been quoted in news articles, while lecturing at schools such as Northwestern, DePaul and the University of Illinois, on a variety of contemporary issues. An avid marathoner, actor, playwright and visionary. Stanley has served as the Program Director of the School Partnerships Program, a school improvement project at DePaul University. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at Concordia University. He founded his mentoring program, From Boys To Men Network Foundation, in 1991, to improve the quality of life for school-age boys in Chicago's inner city. In this realistic-fiction novel/memoir, Teacher in the Clear! Stanley reflects on incidents from his stellar 20 plus year teacher career in public, parochial and charter schools in Urban America. Using the "clear" metaphor, this book lives up to its expectations that are characteristic of Buford's Award-winning writing style with drama, adventure, humor and a dose of reality!This work is a follow-up to his Amazon.com bestseller: Not All Teachers Are Parents, But All Parents Are Teachers, endorsed by President Barack Obama as: "An interesting book on parenting!