Kevin Beiser  lives in San Diego and is a teacher at Granger Junior High School in National City.

Kevin has received many awards for his work with children, including San Diego Math Teacher of the Year as the "Outstanding Math Teacher 2008-2009" by the Greater San Diego Math Council and the Distinguished Service Award for commitment and support to the program for Gifted and Talented Education.  Kevin was chosen by Granger students as the Most Inspirational and Most Caring Teacher.

Kevin has been a leader in many different roles such as Mathematics Department Chair, Professional Learning Community Team Leader, Faculty Advisory Committee, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment District Committee, Link Crew Adviser, Math Field Day Adviser, Math Club Adviser and "Cat in the Hat" for literacy night, and was the winning coach for the football team and math team. Kevin has a proven track record of building coalitions to solve problems.

Kevin was the first person in his family to graduate from high school and to attend college.  Kevin earned a BA degree in political science with a minor in speech communications at Willamette University in Oregon.  Kevin worked for several years in business management gaining valuable experience balancing budgets, making payroll and identifying opportunities to reduce expenses. 

Kevin returned to graduate school to fulfill his dream of helping children. Kevin earned his Masters Degree in Education at the University of Phoenix in San Diego and has teaching credentials for both social sciences and mathematics. 

Kevin resides in Serra Mesa and has called San Diego home for over a decade.

Dear Friends,

As a math teacher, I know we need to keep class sizes small.  Our children shouldn't pay for our budget mistakes with their education.  As the only person in my family to graduate from high school and go on to college, I know firsthand that reducing our drop out rate is critical to our children's future.

I grew up in a large family and learned at an early age the value of education as the hammer to break the cycle of poverty. With many of our children in San Diego schools living in poverty, we must ensure they receive a quality education so that they too can succeed and become contributing members of our community.

I will work hard to reduce class sizes, protect art, music and career vocational education, and improve graduation rates.  On the School Board, I will work with parents, teachers, principals and support staff to improve education for all our children.

Before becoming a math teacher, I gained valuable experience in business management. For twelve years, I balanced budgets, worked to reduce expenses on profit and loss statements and met payroll obligations. The private sector is a very different experience which requires fiscal discipline and effective resource allocation.  We must leave no stone unturned in our efforts to allocate more resources to the classroom and put our children first.

For years, I have experienced the joy of helping students learn and grow.  After teaching at Camp Barrett , a juvenile hall facility, and O'Farrell Community Charter School, I joined the team at Granger Junior High School in National City. 

Granger Junior High School was the worst school in the Sweetwater Union High School District.  We worked together to raise our Academic Performance Index (API) from 604 to 795, and were named a "National School to Watch" this year--a model example of what a school can do to improve student learning.  I am proud to have been a part of Granger's success over the past five years and have held several leadership positions:

• Math Department Chair
• Faculty Advisory Committee
  
• District Strategic Planning Committee (budget)
  
• AVID Site Team
  
• Professional Learning Community Team Leader
• District Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee
• Link Crew Adviser
• Math Field Day Coach
• Football Coach
  
• Algebra Bowl Adviser

My commitment to help children has not gone unnoticed;

• Greater San Diego "Outstanding Math Teacher 2008-2009"
  

• GATE "Distinguished Service Award"

The Students at Granger Junior High School voted;

• "Most Caring Teacher of the Year"

• "Most Inspirational Teacher of the Year"

If communities, families, students and teachers work together towards a common goal, there is no limit to the greatness our children can achieve.

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The future belongs  to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" and I strongly believe that we must help our children realize their dreams and achieve their goals.

Sincerely,

Kevin Beiser



I believe we must build strong bonds between our children, families and teachers to provide a rigorous curriculum to help all of our children learn and succeed.