Tom Kraft completed a 35 year career in the Milwaukee Public Schools, retiring in June of 2010. Tom was the Assistant Principal at Clement J. Zablocki Elementary School, a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, as well as having served in the same capacity at Humboldt Park K-8 Charter School. Tom also served for varying lengths of time as AP at many other MPS schools, including Benjamin Franklin, Brown Street Academy, 37th Street School, 38th Street School, Victory, Manitoba, the Academy of Accelerated Learning, Tippecanoe, Burdick, 20th, 21st and 27th Street Schools. Tom began his career after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as a teacher of emotionally and behaviorally disordered (EBD MRP) at Elm Creative Arts and Congress Schools (he established the first EBD class at each of these schools.) He also served as a special education program support teacher, serving on many IEP teams.
An IGS instructor for the past decade, Tom has been an instructor partner with acclaimed IGS instructors John and Kitty Bowen in classes such as 'Creating Higher Student Achievement’, ‘Facilitating Learning through a Caring Schools Approach’' , "Current Issues and Concerns in Education" and brings a wealth of online instructional experience and ideas to each of his IGS courses. Caring for students, adapting to each educational setting and making the course interesting and practical are strong IGS and Bowen class features that are always a part of Tom's courses. In Tom's online courses, each student has an individual identity and receives full support and interaction, making the course uniquely personal and tailored to each individual's own work setting.
Tom currently serves as a Visitor Assistant at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Come see the fantastic exhibit, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt"
