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Raymond J. Golarz
Raymond J Golarz holds his B.A. and B.S. degrees from St. Joseph’s College in Indiana. In addition he received his M.S. and Ed.D. Degrees from Indiana University. He taught as a middle school and h...view moreRaymond J Golarz holds his B.A. and B.S. degrees from St. Joseph’s College in Indiana. In addition he received his M.S. and Ed.D. Degrees from Indiana University. He taught as a middle school and high school teacher and then served as the Director of Child Welfare Services supervising delinquency prevention and intervention programs and working with delinquent gangs and directing drug intervention programs.
At the college level, he taught an array of psychology courses at St. Joseph’s college, Purdue Calumet, Indiana University Northwest and City College in Seattle. For ten years he taught Psychology for law enforcement officers near Chicago to hundreds of law enforcement officers.
He has served as an assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools and has keynoted conferences in virtually every Canadian Province as well as almost every state in the United States. Currently, Ray does work as a newspaper columnist featured in Yahoo news, USA Today and the Bloomington Herald Times while Marion continues work as a content editor.
With Marion his wife of 56 years he has co-authored The Power of Participation, Sweet Land of Liberty, and the Problem Isn’t Teachers. In addition, he has co-authored Restructuring Schools for Excellence through Teacher Empowerment and is the author of On My Way Home I Bumped into God. Finally, his earlier writings include Yellow Jacket Football in Hard Times and Good and
a companion book When the Yellow Jackets Played, two books focusing on the strengths of the early immigrants who came to America.
He and Marion have six children: Tanya Scherschel, Michael Golarz, Scott Golarz, Jocelyn Morris, Daniel Golarz and Thomas John Golarz and they presently have eleven grandchildren. They reside in Bloomington, Indiana with their calico cat Nola and their Boxer dog Cooper.
All of his life Ray has enjoyed sketching, oil painting, and carpentry. The final enjoyment of carpentry he considers a gift from his father and grandfathers.
As a consequence of his keynoting he has been given many special gifts. His most prized possession is the White Buffalo Indian Robe given to him after keynoting the National Native American School Boards Convention.
He can be contacted at their email address mjgolarz@live.comview less
Books by Raymond J. Golarz
Sweet Land of Liberty Snapshots of God’s Caring Presence: Heartwarming and Inspirational Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn My Way Home I Bumped into God: But Not Really by Chance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Teacher's Storybook: Lessons Learned over Time, Lessons of a Different Kind Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Teacher’s Storybook: Expanded Edition—80 Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Problem Isn't Teachers: Stories and Essays That Tell the Truth About the Real Plight of American Education Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings