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, Florida certificate number 243395; and has 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-Present Citrus County School Board, 1007 West Main Street, Inverness, Florida, 34450.

1985-2000 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 the last 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, and sponsored the 1992-2000 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, Photographed social events and news, set up the newspapers 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.

B-PROFESSIONAL ART CAREER;

2/23/2001- Visiting Lecturer at Troy State University, Troy, Alabama.

2001- On going exhibition at BSD Galleries, Lake Wales, Florida.

4/13/2000- National Arts Education News Edition, April Issue, contains an article on the recent art award in Italy.

3/28/00-6/25/2000- RtMark/Whitney Museum Biennial 2000 web site.

1/6/00-1/27/2000- Art works and web site were featured on ArtBaby!Art a web site showcasing contemporary artists. www.artbabyart.com/foa/james/langston.htm.

1999 Post Florence/American Exhibit- Angel Orensanz Foundation- New York City.

12/21/99-1/11/2000. 1999 Gold Medal at Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea- Florence, Italy.

12/3/99-12/12/99. 1999 Millionaire Magazine- Page 222, December issue.

1997 Show at Pasco-Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, Florida3/13/97-4/6/97. One-man exhibition.

1995 Showed art work at the National Arts Education Association Electronic Gallery, Houston, Texas.

1995 Show at Citrus National Bank Gallery, Crystal River, Florida. Group show for one month.

1994 Part of the Teachers' Art show at the Art League Cultural Arts Center, Citrus Hills, Florida.

1992 Art Show at Citrus National Bank Gallery 8/3/92-8/29/92- Group show.

1989-1995 Yearly Exhibits at the Citrus County Art Teachers Bi-Annual Art Exhibits. Citrus County Art League, Citrus Hills, Florida.

1974 Donated art works to both the Crystal River Art League and the Crystal River Junior Women's League for fund raising.

1974-1976 Artworks shown at the Sergeant-Neville Gallery, Evanston, IL.

1973-1984 Yearly donations of art works to the P.E.S.O., a televised auction in Orlando, Florida (fund raising organization for major cultural associations of the central Florida area, including the Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Loch Haven Art Center, the Orlando Science Center, Central Florida Civic Theatre, the Council of Arts and Sciences, the Pine Castle Center of the Arts, the Southern Ballet Theatre, and the Orlando Opera Company.)

1973-1975 Had an artwork accepted in the St. Paul, Minnesota- "Drawing-1973" exhibition, on display for six months in the Minnesota Museum of Modern Art, then the work traveled to fifteen U.S. museums for a two-year period.

1972 Art works shown at the Trend House Gallery, Tampa, Florida.

1972 Created two covers for the Lakeland Yacht Club magazine.

1971-1972 Co-sponsored the first two Outdoor Art Shows, held on Main Street in downtown Crystal River, Florida.

1970-1972 Initiated the Annual Teachers' Art Show in Citrus County. Shows were held at Crystal River Primary School.

1969 and 1970 Received Honorable Mention in Drawing both years, Cedar Key Art Show, Cedar Key, Florida.

1968 Created all the photography for volume 2, No.3, of "Le Voyage", Troy University Press, Troy, Alabama.

1972 Donated art works for fund raising at the Crystal River Public Library.

1967 Part of a two-man Photography Exhibit, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama.

1967- Had the first color photographs exhibited in the National Arts Education Association Journal, edition 10 / No.9, pp. 25-28.

AWARDS and CERTIFICATES- OUT OF FIELD

Personal web site located at http://www.jameslangston.com , which is used to instruct students to develop their own web sites. The site has won several web-based awards in the past two years.

1999 Certificate of Appreciation Plaque from the Nature Coast Football League for designing and maintaining their web site.

10/31/98- Certificate of Significant Contribution to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

1995- Certified in the Training in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- Inverness, Fl.

12/19/88 Crystal River Police Department Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation.

1988 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Hunter Safety program.

1988- Department of the Army, Office of Civilian Marksmanship.

6/8/88 U.S. Power Squadron, Certificate of Appreciation, Crystal River, Fl.

8/84-8/01 Training Counselor, National Rifle Association. Several certificates for safety education programs in Florida.

1982- Certificate of Appreciation, Florida Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

1980-2001 National Arts Education Association Member.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Married for thirty-two years; father of two grown daughters, grandfather of three. Lived for two years in Wiesbaden, Germany, as a military dependent and attended the University of Maryland in Frankfurt, Germany, for one year.

P.O.BOX 602, CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA 34423

Contact James: langston60@earthlink.net