The Haberman Foundation

President Delia Stafford and Senior Researcher Vicky Dill have, between them, over twenty years of experience in alternative teacher certification.

Dr. Martin Haberman

Over the past forty years, Martin Haberman has developed more teacher education programs which have prepared more teachers for children in poverty than anyone in American education. The most widely known of his programs was The National Teacher Corps, which was based on his intern program in Milwaukee. He is an advisor to alternative certification programs around the country and has developed effective ways of bringing more minorities into teaching. His interviews for selecting teachers and principals who will be successful with children in poverty is used in cities throughout the country. Currently, his developmental efforts are focused on helping to resolve the crises in urban schools serving fifteen million at-risk students by helping these school districts "grow their own" teachers and principals. Dr. Haberman is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He served six years as editor of the Journal of Teacher Education, and eleven years as a Dean in the University of Wisconsin.

Ms. Delia Stafford-Johnson

Delia Stafford-Johnson is the President & CEO of The Haberman Educational Foundation, Inc. In Houston (TX). For nearly a decade, Ms. Stafford-Johnson directed the nation's largest school district-based alternative teacher certification program in Houston Independent School District. She was twice recognized at White House ceremonies for her success in that program and her advocacy in finding good teachers for children at risk and in poverty. In addition to research interests in alternative teacher certification and teacher selection, Ms. Stafford-Johnson's publications include urban school district-based teacher education, violence prevention, beliefs of effective teachers, student resilience, and research implementation. Ms. Stafford began The Haberman Educational Foundation in 1994 for the purpose of making visible and lasting improvements in the education of America's 15 million diverse children in poverty.

Dr. Vicky Dill
In addition to authoring Alternative Teacher Certification, Chapter 43 in the Handbook of Research on Teacher Certification (MacMillan, 1996), Dr. Dill has authored numerous articles available on ERIC and in refereed education journals nationwide. As a team leader and monitor for the State Department of Education in Austin, Texas, she was responsible for building and monitoring a variety of models of alternative teacher certification programs in Texas and elsewhere. Her interests are embedded in broad knowledge about the field of education; she released a book, A Peaceable School, on school violence in 1998 published by Phi Delta Kappa.