Rich Kitchens graduated from El Cerrito High (1969) and U.C. Santa Cruz
(1974), majoring in politics. He received his teaching credential from San
Francisco State University. Rich Kitchens also has a master's degree in educational
leadership (M.S., C.S.U., Hayward) and a law degree (J.D.) from John F. Kennedy
University.
He has taught at Oakland High School, Vacaville Adult School, Vanden
High School (Travis Air Force Base), Fall River Jr.-Sr. High School, and at
Piedmont High School. During his more than 30 years of teaching he has taught
mostly social studies to students from grades 7-12. He coached basketball for
more than 20 years, as well as, from time to time, baseball, track, and cross
country. He has been chosen “Coach of the Year” on multiple occasions and has
been named a “Lois Blair Rawlings Inspirational Teacher.” He has been at
various times the athletic director, the student activities director, President
of the teacher’s union, a contract negotiator, summer school principal, Assistant
Principal, and Principal at Piedmont High. He has also been an Adjunct
Professor of Law at Golden Gate University and taught “Special Problems in
Constitutional Law” at GGU. He has also taught “Education Law” there. As an
adjunct at John F. Kennedy University Law School he taught “Education Law.”
He
practices law in Concord, California (http://teacherlaw.com) and focuses
on school-related legal issues. He has worked with students, parents, teachers,
administrators, and school district officials in a variety of disputes. Recently
he wrote and published California Public School Law. He has also written
and published a textbook, Constitutional Law, now in its 5th
edition, which is used in Con Law and government courses in many high schools
throughout the country. He is Director of the Constitutional Law Education
Project (http://conlawed.com) He is a trained facilitator using the
“Interest-Based” model and a mediator of education-related issues. His teaching
has won awards from the Lois Blair Rawlings Foundation, Johns Hopkins
University, and his award-winning unit about the law of “Sexual Harassment” was
recognized by Court TV. In 2013 he was named the John F. Kennedy University Law
School “Alumnus of the Year.”
He is an
engaging speaker and has given lectures, presentations, and workshops around
the state of California on the following topics (most recent presentations
listed first, partial listing):
·
AB
1825 Harassment Prevention Training for Administrators and Supervisors
·
“We
Are All in This Together” (for elementary school staff regarding
harassment/bullying)
·
What
Teachers (and others) Need (and Want) to Know about the Law
·
Teaching
Civics as a Course in Constitutional Law
·
Teaching
About the Fourth Amendment
·
Teaching
about Sexual Harassment and Privacy in the Secondary School Classroom
·
The
Constitution and the Public Schools
·
Teaching
About the First Amendment
·
Using
Interest-Based Problem Solving in the Public Schools
·
Sexual
Harassment, Schools, and the Law
·
Classroom
Management, Organization and Techniques
He is
married to former Campolindo High School Principal Carol Kitchens and has two adult
daughters. He likes to cook Cajun food and makes his own tasty hot sauce.
Membership: Education Law Association,
National Council for the Social Studies, California Council for the Social
Studies, Contra Costa Bar Association, State Bar of California Bar, Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) among other organizations.
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