The end of the year brings a time of reflection. As I continually want to remember the things that have brought me to this point in my professional career, I try to add to my personal timeline every year:
1983
Mr. Hoggatt begins working for his degree in Communications from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO). He takes classes to add a secondary teaching certificate to his degree program.
1985
Mr. Hoggatt graduates from USAO.
1986
Mr. Hoggatt completes his student-teaching requirements at Yukon High School and Mustang Middle School (Oklahoma) and receives his teaching credentials.
1986
Mr. Hoggatt is hired at The Wilds, soon becoming the manager and education director for the outdoor park.
1989
Mr. Hoggatt returns to USAO for a year to fulfill requirements for a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education.
1990
Mr. Hoggatt becomes a fifth grade history and reading teacher at the Page-Woodsen Fifth Year Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1990
Mr. Hoggatt transfers to Buchanan Elementary School in Oklahoma City, where he teaches gifted second graders in a room with no walls.
1991
The principal encourages Mr. Hoggatt to teach a class of gifted first graders.
1992
Mr. Hoggatt is thrust into a combination class of gifted first and second graders, "looping" with the latter. The staff nominates him to be the Teacher of the Year for Buchanan elementary, but he has too little experience to qualify by the district's standards.
1992
The Oklahoma City School District selects three teachers to attend the Student Team Learning Conference at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Hoggatt is one of the three.
1993
Mr. Hoggatt wins a small grant for math manipulatives.
1993-1995
For the first time, Mr. Hoggatt teaches the same grade (second) in the same room for two years in a row.
1983
Mr. Hoggatt begins working for his degree in Communications from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO). He takes classes to add a secondary teaching certificate to his degree program.
1985
Mr. Hoggatt graduates from USAO.
1986
Mr. Hoggatt completes his student-teaching requirements at Yukon High School and Mustang Middle School (Oklahoma) and receives his teaching credentials.
1986
Mr. Hoggatt is hired at The Wilds, soon becoming the manager and education director for the outdoor park.
1989
Mr. Hoggatt returns to USAO for a year to fulfill requirements for a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education.
1990
Mr. Hoggatt becomes a fifth grade history and reading teacher at the Page-Woodsen Fifth Year Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1990
Mr. Hoggatt transfers to Buchanan Elementary School in Oklahoma City, where he teaches gifted second graders in a room with no walls.
1991
The principal encourages Mr. Hoggatt to teach a class of gifted first graders.
1992
Mr. Hoggatt is thrust into a combination class of gifted first and second graders, "looping" with the latter. The staff nominates him to be the Teacher of the Year for Buchanan elementary, but he has too little experience to qualify by the district's standards.
1992
The Oklahoma City School District selects three teachers to attend the Student Team Learning Conference at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Hoggatt is one of the three.
1993
Mr. Hoggatt wins a small grant for math manipulatives.
1993-1995
For the first time, Mr. Hoggatt teaches the same grade (second) in the same room for two years in a row.
1995
Mr. Hoggatt is the lead teacher in the school when a terrorist explodes a massive truck bomb outside the federal building in downtown Oklahoma City (4 1/2 miles away). With the principal at a meeting, Hoggatt locks down the building.
1995
Mr. Hoggatt joins his wife who has recently acquired an engineering job in Joplin, Missouri. On his second day in town, he is offered and he accepts a job teaching fourth graders at Cecil Floyd Elementary. The last half of his job interview is conducted in the storm shelter area of the school building as the area is placed under a tornado warning.
1996
Mr. Hoggatt enters a classroom video in a local media competition and wins a monthly prize. Later the video, depicting a classroom cave, is selected as the grand prize winner for the year, earning the classroom $1000.
1999
Mr. Hoggatt acquires his Master's Degree in Elementary Teaching from Pittsburg State University (Kansas).
2002
Mr. Hoggatt's Earthquake! unit is selected as Pi Kappa Delta's Excellent Education Program of the year.
Mr. Hoggatt is the lead teacher in the school when a terrorist explodes a massive truck bomb outside the federal building in downtown Oklahoma City (4 1/2 miles away). With the principal at a meeting, Hoggatt locks down the building.
1995
Mr. Hoggatt joins his wife who has recently acquired an engineering job in Joplin, Missouri. On his second day in town, he is offered and he accepts a job teaching fourth graders at Cecil Floyd Elementary. The last half of his job interview is conducted in the storm shelter area of the school building as the area is placed under a tornado warning.
1996
Mr. Hoggatt enters a classroom video in a local media competition and wins a monthly prize. Later the video, depicting a classroom cave, is selected as the grand prize winner for the year, earning the classroom $1000.
1999
Mr. Hoggatt acquires his Master's Degree in Elementary Teaching from Pittsburg State University (Kansas).
2002
Mr. Hoggatt's Earthquake! unit is selected as Pi Kappa Delta's Excellent Education Program of the year.
2004
Mr. Hoggatt receives the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Golden Apple Award, nominated by students and their parents for the third time.
2005
Mr. Hoggatt is chosen to represent Joplin Schools as the district's Teacher of the Year. He also represents the district as a nominee for the state Teacher of the Year.
2005
Mr. Hoggatt is a nominee for Disney's American Teacher Awards.
2009
Mr. Hoggatt's class website and blog wins the Missouri State Teachers Association award for having the Outstanding Class Website of the year.
Mr. Hoggatt receives the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Golden Apple Award, nominated by students and their parents for the third time.
2005
Mr. Hoggatt is chosen to represent Joplin Schools as the district's Teacher of the Year. He also represents the district as a nominee for the state Teacher of the Year.
2005
Mr. Hoggatt is a nominee for Disney's American Teacher Awards.
2009
Mr. Hoggatt's class website and blog wins the Missouri State Teachers Association award for having the Outstanding Class Website of the year.
2011
Mr. Hoggatt teaches tornado safety to a fourth graders in Joplin, Missouri, two days prior to the town (including Hoggatt's school) being struck by a destructive EF5 tornado.
2011
Mr. Hoggatt assists in coordinating disaster relief efforts with the church of Christ at 26th and Connecticut. When Summer School begins, he teaches fifth graders for the month of July.
2012
Mr. Hoggatt travels to Atlanta, Georgia, to meet and observe teachers and students at the Ron Clark Academy.
2015
Mr. Hoggatt completes five years as the president of the Joplin Teachers Association (local MSTA).
2016
One of Mr. Hoggatt's homemade lyric videos wins third place at the annual PBIS film festival.
2017
Mr. Hoggatt's class is featured in a two-part news report about soft skills. The report is the recipient of the Missouri State Teachers Association media award for the year.
2017
Mr. Hoggatt is one of the 100 Alumni You Should Know for USAO.
Mr. Hoggatt teaches tornado safety to a fourth graders in Joplin, Missouri, two days prior to the town (including Hoggatt's school) being struck by a destructive EF5 tornado.
2011
Mr. Hoggatt assists in coordinating disaster relief efforts with the church of Christ at 26th and Connecticut. When Summer School begins, he teaches fifth graders for the month of July.
2012
Mr. Hoggatt travels to Atlanta, Georgia, to meet and observe teachers and students at the Ron Clark Academy.
2015
Mr. Hoggatt completes five years as the president of the Joplin Teachers Association (local MSTA).
2016
One of Mr. Hoggatt's homemade lyric videos wins third place at the annual PBIS film festival.
2017
Mr. Hoggatt's class is featured in a two-part news report about soft skills. The report is the recipient of the Missouri State Teachers Association media award for the year.
2017
Mr. Hoggatt is one of the 100 Alumni You Should Know for USAO.
2018
Mr. Hoggatt is accepted to participate in the George Washington Teacher Institute in Virginia. He spends five nights on the property at Mount Vernon in 35 hours of scholarly lecture and participates in after hours tours and events.
2019
Mr. Hoggatt attends the Fort Ticonderoga Teacher Institute in Upstate New York. He spends a week at this important location, studying the French and Indian War and recalling the American Revolution.
2020
Mr. Hoggatt will begin his 31st year in education, with 26 in the same fourth grade classroom at Cecil Floyd Elementary in Joplin, Missouri.
Mr. Hoggatt is accepted to participate in the George Washington Teacher Institute in Virginia. He spends five nights on the property at Mount Vernon in 35 hours of scholarly lecture and participates in after hours tours and events.
2019
Mr. Hoggatt attends the Fort Ticonderoga Teacher Institute in Upstate New York. He spends a week at this important location, studying the French and Indian War and recalling the American Revolution.
2020
Mr. Hoggatt will begin his 31st year in education, with 26 in the same fourth grade classroom at Cecil Floyd Elementary in Joplin, Missouri.
