The Haberman Educational Foundation

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The Haberman Educational Foundation

Basic facts
Location:| Houston, Texas
Type:| 501(c)(3)
Top official:| Delia Stafford
Founder(s):| Dr. Martin Haberman
Year founded:| 1994
Employees:| 2
Website:| Official website
Budget
2014:| $524,718
2013:| $588,840
2012:| $517,314
2011:| $648,243

## Contents

* 1 Mission
* 2 History
* 3 Work
* 4 Leadership
* 5 Finances
* 6 Recent news
* 7 See also
* 8 External links
* 9 Footnotes

The Haberman Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to reform education by implementing research-based techniques for teacher and principal selection in schools for underserved populations.

## Mission[edit]

The Haberman Educational Foundation's website lists the following mission statement:[1]

“  | The unified and single goal of the Haberman Educational Foundation is to teach and implement research-based models for identifying teachers and principals, particularly educators who serve students at risk and in poverty.[2] | ”

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## History[edit]

The Haberman Educational Foundation was founded in 1994 by the late Martin Haberman, a former dean at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Haberman developed a research-based technique for understanding what attributes make for effective teachers and principals in low-income and at-risk schools.[3]

The group began with Haberman's research into effective teachers. The guiding principle behind the Foundation's work is Haberman's belief in educators, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Haberman believed that choosing the right people to become teachers and principals was more important than training, contending that those with a high level of judgment and maturity could be taught to be good educators, particularly in urban classrooms."[4]

## Work[edit]

The Haberman Educational Foundation's work is based on the belief that children who are underachieving need teachers and principals who are prepared to teach them with a particular attitude. The group believes, "Selection that is based on one's beliefs about the craft of teaching and leading accurately predicts how principals will behave in the school and how teachers will behave in the classroom."[5] To this end, the group helps to train administrators on how to select "star teachers" by showing the administration "the research based questions to ask, and how to score in order to know if a candidate for a teaching position will succeed with children and endure in the classroom."[5] Similarly, the group trains educators "how to identify principals who have the ability to transform a school into a democratic, high-achieving school."[5]

The foundation's notion of a "star teacher" is specific to those who work with some of the more difficult groups of students, according to Education World: "'Star teachers' were everyday educators who, because of their unique skill-sets, were successful teaching children who caused most educators to throw up their hands in defeat. According to Dr. Haberman, star teachers are persistent; they keep going when the tough get going."[6]

## Leadership[edit]

The Haberman Educational Foundation's Delia Stafford, and the group's lead researcher is Valerie Hill-Jackson.

The Haberman Foundation's website lists the following individuals as members of its advisory board:[7]

* Ryan Cameron, Chief Technology Officer at Sweet Rush, Inc. Corporate E-Learning
* Ricardo Fernandez, President of Lehman College
* Charles E.M. Kolb, President of the Committee for Economic Development
* Jimmy Kilpatrick, Editor & Chief of EducationNews.org
* G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D., President and CEO of Synergistic Education Solutions
* Mike McKibbin, former California Teacher Credentialing
* Carl Patton, former President of Georgia State University
* George E. Uhlig, former Dean at University of South Alabama
* Michael Wolfe, former Executive Director of Kappa Delta Pi
* Leo Klagholz, former Education Commissioner of New Jersey

## Finances[edit]

The following is a breakdown of the Haberman Foundation's revenues and expenses for the 2011 to 2013 fiscal years:

Annual revenue and expenses for the Haberman Foundation, 2011–2013

Tax Year  | Total Revenue  | Total Expenses
2014[8] | $402,772 | $524,718
2013[9] | $696,903 | $588,840
2012[10] | $466,092 | $517,314
2011[11] | $605,967 | $648,243

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms 'Haberman Educational Foundation'. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

The Haberman Educational Foundation - Google News

## See also[edit]

* Alliance for Excellent Education

## External links[edit]

* The Haberman Educational Foundation Website
* The Haberman Educational Foundation on Facebook

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The Haberman Educational Foundation, "The Haberman Educational Foundation, Inc.," accessed August 4, 2015
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
3. ↑ The Haberman Educational Foundation, Inc., "Finding and Keeping Good Teachers for Children at Risk and in Poverty," accessed August 4, 2015
4. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Professor Haberman knew power of words," January 11, 2012
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Haberman Educational Foundation, "Primary Mission and Purpose Statement," accessed August 4, 2015
6. ↑ Education World, "Could I Pass the Haberman Star Teacher Test?" accessed August 4, 2015
7. ↑ The Haberman Educational Foundation, "About the Leaders," accessed August 4, 2015
8. ↑ GuideStar, "The Haberman Educational Foundation IRS Form 990 (2014)," accessed January 18, 2016
9. ↑ GuideStar, "The Haberman Educational Foundation IRS Form 990 (2013)," accessed August 4, 2015
10. ↑ Guidestar, "The Haberman Educational Foundation IRS Form 990 (2012)," accessed August 4, 2015
11. ↑ Guidestar, "The Haberman Educational Foundation IRS Form 990 (2011)," accessed August 4, 2015

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