School: Maple Creek Middle School

Grade/subject teaching: Eighth-grade social studies

Education: IPFW, bachelor’s degree in education, master’s in education

Years teaching: 33

City born and raised: Fort Wayne

Current hometown: Fort Wayne

Family: Wife, Janet; daughter, Rachel; son, Ross

Last book read: “To The Last Man” by Jeff Shaara

Favorite teacher: Mrs. Beebe in fourth grade and Mr. Hall in sixth grade. Mrs. Beebe made school fun, and Mr. Hall saw something in me and challenged me to become a better student. It was in his class that I started to realize how much I enjoyed history.

Favorite class in school: History

Favorite teaching memory: Having students get excited about history. Sometimes students like to bring items from home to share with everyone. You can see the excitement on their face when they tell you about it.

Do you think teacher evaluations should be tied to student test scores?

Evaluations should include the overall picture of what a teacher does, which often goes beyond testing.

Nominated by: Scott Campbell

Reason for nomination: “Mr. Green was an extremely efficient, knowledgeable, interesting and passionate teacher. His interest in history was inspiring, his class was enjoyable even during daily lecture, and he did an outstanding job of preparing all of us who had him for our future classes. It’s been three years since I’ve graduated from the Mr. Green experience, and I continue to appreciate all that he taught me in one school year.”

– Devon Haynie