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John D Evans
Learning Behavior Specialist, Chicago Public Schools
Location: Oak Park, IL United States
Joined: Oct 9th, 2007

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John D. Evans is a renaissance man. A native Chicagoan, Mr. Evans is an educator, humanitarian, folklorist, author, executive producer, artist, lyricist, philosopher, and poet whose fifth installment of The Evans Poetry Collection, Diary of A Renaissance Man, was chosen and named a Children's Choice book (2008) by the International Reading Association, the Children's Book Council, and 10,000 schoolchildren.
In the summer of 2000, John D. Evans began to publish what would become a contemporary classic, The Evans Poetry Collection, with Acres Of Green And Oceans Of Blue: Diary Of A Runaway being the premiere book in the collection. He followed this literary work with More Than A Club Kid: Man Versus Self (2002); Things That Make My World Go ‘Round: A Poetic Memoir (2003); How Deep I Can Be: Lessons And Confessions (2005); Diary Of A Renaissance Man: Axioms, Aphorisms, Art, and Poetry (2007); J.D.’s Groove: Poetry by John D. Evans (2008); Between The Sun And The Shade: Thanksgiving with the Davis Family (2009); From Shining Doorknobs to Sporting Diamonds: Poetry and Nuggets of Wisdom (2009); and Washin' My Hands (2010), a spoken word CD and the first audio recording of The Evans Poetry Collection, capturing over 200 years of African American poetry from such poets as Phyllis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Mr. Evans recently published The Adventures Of Snout Series: A Modern Fairy Tale Series, a four-volume children’s book (2013).
A candidate for Doctor of Education (Educational Leadership), Mr. Evans is dedicated to educating and inspiring others. Mr. Evans is a member of the Poetry Society of America, The Academy of American Poets, the Illinois State Poetry Society, The Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society of Education and Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity of America, Inc.
For more about John D. Evans and The Evans Poetry Collection, visit www.jdpoetry.com, Facebook.com, or Twitter.com (#Musology).

Current Whereabouts:

I am a Special Education Case Manager and Learning Behavior Specialist in the Chicago Public School System.

Website:

http://www.jdpoetry.com

Education (request update)

Morris Brown College class of 1996

Undergrad Major: Marketing

Campus Organization:

Phi Mu Alpha

Claim To Fame:

Published The Evans Poetry Collection, eight books of poetry and poetry-related products and The Adventures of Snout the Brown-Snout Pig: A Modern Fairy Tale Series (all of which are available via iUniverse.com and Amazon.com); pursuing Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Higher Education; Teaching at one of the world's best high schools, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (Chicago, IL)

Most Memorable Moment:

A Sinfonian, I remember singing the National Anthem before a basketball game.

Experience

I currently work with Chicago Public Schools as Learning Behavior Specialist
I have 10 years of experience working in the Teaching / K-12 Education industry.

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