JAMES P. LANGSTON

P.O.BOX 602 8980 WEST SUE LANE CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA 34423

E-MAIL: langston60@earthlink.net

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Citizenship- U.S.A.;

      JAMES P. LANGSTON, born in Montgomery, Alabama, October 17, 1944: in a military family, lived on several military bases in many different locations; began teaching at Crystal River Primary in 1968 and continued to work in the same county his entire teaching career while serving the community. His professional life has been devoted to teaching young people the skills necessary to succeed in life through a student-centered classroom, where creativity, concentration, problem solving, self-efficiency and self-discipline are stressed.

EDUCATION;

A- ART EDUCATION;

1974- Master of Arts Degree in Art Education- University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620-6950.

1968- Bachelor of Science Degree- Troy State University- Troy, Alabama 36082.

1964- Associate of Science Degree- Gulf Coast Junior College- Panama City, Florida. 1963- Bay High School, 1200 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, Florida. 32401

1968-1999- Updated course work for continued teacher re-certification every five years.

1992- Participated in Discipline Based Art Education Workshop, Lecanto High School, Citrus County, Florida.

1984- Completed the Florida Performance and Measurement Course becoming a Certified Observer in the Training of F.P.M.S. (Florida Performance Measurement Standards), Inverness, Florida.

B- EDUCATION, OTHER AREAS;

12/28/93 U.S. Federal Communication Commission Amateur Radio License.

1988- Certification in Florida Standards for Police Radar.

1987- Florida Department of State, Division of Licensing- State Certified Firearms Instructor.

3/1/1987- Certified as Police Firearms Instructor.

1984- Police Firearms Instructor Training- N.R.A. Police Training, Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

12/7/1983- Completed 40 Hour First Responder and C.P.R., Inverness, Florida. .

1983- Police Academy (Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training), Withlacoochee Technical Institute- Law Enforcement class - Certificate of Compliance, Inverness, Florida.

WORK HISTORY;

A-EDUCATIONAL FIELD;

1968-2003 Citrus County School Board, 1007 West Main Street, Inverness, Florida, 34450.

1985-2003 Crystal River High School, teacher in the classroom and in charge of student displays; Art Festivals and the yearly Crystal River Mall exhibit; 1995 through 1998- United Way sponsor; 1995 Teacher of the Year; Head of the Fine Arts Department for six years; 1996-1998 School Safety Committee; 1994-1997 Student Study Team for student placement related to discipline; Senior Class sponsor for five years; Junior Class sponsor for four years; sponsored the 1992-2003 Crystal River High branch of the National Arts Honor Society. 

1971-1984 Crystal River Middle School, duties included managing classroom activities and serving as substitute Assistant Principal; worked with a team on the curriculum guide for county art teachers; coached basketball for two years; worked in a team teaching situation for three years; taught swimming in the summer recreation program for three years; assisted in the Guidance Office for one year; sponsor of the school Safety Patrol for five years, and taught psychology in the night school at Crystal River High School for one year.

1968-1971 Crystal River Primary School, Traditional classroom duties for students in kindergarten through fourth grade in both art and physical education.

B-WORK OUT OF EDUCATION;

1995-1997 Chief instructor for the women's Firearms Safety classes, Central Florida Community College campus, Ocala, Florida.

1985-1990 Crystal River Police Department, Part-time officer with a rank of Sergeant; responsible for training and qualification of police officers with department firearms; street patrol and some under-cover work.

1983-1985 Citrus County Sheriff's Department, part-time deputy. Duties included speaking to Crime Watch groups, working with Citrus County Sheriff's Explorers Post on firearm safety and participation in the Drug Task Force.

1982-1990 Training Counselor/ Range Master, Citrus County Law Enforcement Training Facility, Crystal River, Florida.

1979-1982 Lewis Development Corporation, Crystal River, Florida, secretary/treasurer, in charge of all monies for home construction; contact person for the banks; trouble-shooter for clients and handled all detail work at the completion of each project.

1968-1978 Troy Messenger Newspaper, Troy, Alabama, Photographer; set up the newspaper's darkroom and handled events from the photograph to the actual edition.

1967-1968 Southern Bell Telephone, Montgomery, Alabama, lineman traveling through central and southern Alabama putting up telephones poles and lines and other construction projects.

1964-1966 Mueller Photographic Studio, Wiesbaden, Germany, assisted Master German photographer in his studio. Worked in both darkroom and studio.

1961-1963 Troy State University Art Department, as a student on a work study program, prepared slide library, photographed lecture series, documented the activities of various staff members at seminars around the South, and assisted in setting up the University's photographic darkroom.

COMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS;

A- ART EDUCATION and TEACHING;

2000- Certificate of Commendation from the Citrus County School Board.

1997-1998- Top School in the United Way Campaign.

1995-Teacher of the Year, Crystal River High School.

1992-1994- Letters of Commendation for participation in the Festival of the Arts in Inverness, Florida.