Teacher of the Month

Mark Liverio an ABE/GED/VPI instructior at the Brewster HITEC campus.

 

Current Stats:

 

•100% pass rate for GED students

 

•LCP/OCP nearly double last year’s (up 90% from 47%)

 

•2007-2008 HTCAA Outstanding Rookie Teacher of the Year

 

•volunteer ESOL teacher

 

•family literacy grant request co-writer - over $50,000 in awarded funds

 

•volunteer family literacy and ESOL fundraising events

 

•volunteer women’s self-defense instructor for employees of Hillsborough County Public Schools

 

 

Philosophy:

 

Mark endlessly tells his students to set goals and only make decisions that takes them closer to their dreams. To highlight this, Mark continues to pursue his own dreams. So far, it seems to be working.

 

Accomplishments:

 

2010-2011 Brewster Center Teacher of the Year

 

2007-2008 HTCAA Outstanding Rookie Teacher of the Year

 

 

Mark was recently admitted into Saint Leo University. Pursuing a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Critical Incident Management and a focus in Terrorism.

 

Mark Liverio is a veteran of US Naval Intelligence (Persian Gulf War).

 

He's a Tampa-native, educated kindergarten through B.A. in Tampa.

 

He's the co-author of the Mil-Tech (military fiction) novel Unseen Terror, which he published under the pseudonym Brian Lee, along with Captain Ben Liner, USN (Ret).

 

He's in Who's Who Poetry International - whatever that means - for his poem Antonia.

 

He is the 2007-2008 HTCAA Outstanding Rookie Teacher of the Year and the 2010-2011 Brewster Technical Center Teacher of the Year.

 

Lieutenant Mark Liverio is a Combatives instructor with Marshall Protection & Investigation (www.marshallpi.com)

 

 

Movie and Stage Stuff:

He will be working on larger film projects this summer.

 

* Fight Choreographer for the 2010 short film Blood Debt, directed by Kyle Cohenour.

* Received Special Thanks from Producer Grace Santos-Feeney for the 2010 Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center stage production of Cowboy vs. Samurai.

* Fight Choreographer for Little Women the Musical directed by Tammy Modica - 2010.

* Fight Choreographer for the 2010 short film Privileged by Aasem Alhajussein.

* Training Partner in 2010 Kombat Arts Institute school advertisement.

* On-site Protection Specialist (with Marshall Protection & Investigation) for the 2010 Caged Dreams by the Guzzo brothers.

* Associate Producer, Male Lead, and Co-Fight Choreographer for the 2009 Infinity Films Worldwide short The Tunnel by Jack Arena Flores.

* Weapons Advisor (Firearms) for the 2007 short film Grace Over Karma by S. Roy Saringo.

* VIP Club Patron in 2004's The Punisher by Lions Gate Films - Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh.

 

Martial Credentials:

 

- 2nd Dan Black Belt Hapkido

- 2nd Dan Black Belt Taekwondo

- Shodan (1st Dan Black Belt) Torite-jutsu

- Junior Black Belt Yong Sung Lee Hapkido (now called Hapmudo)

- Sihing Red Belt Kombat Arts Institute

- Gamay Luzviminda Arnis Kali

- Instructor Marshall Combatives

 

- Dean of Hapkido Daimyo College

- Board of Directors Martial Arts Friends

 

- Appears in Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine (Jul '10)

- KICKPICS Calendar Contest Winner (Jan '10)

- Featured Kicker KICKPICS Photo Gallery (Dec '09)

 

Academic Credentials:

 

* BA English/Creative Writing from the University of South Florida ('02)

* Magna Cum Laude

* Provost's Scholar

* Arts & Sciences Honor Society

* USF Honors College

* Invited to Golden Key Honor Society

 

* Received an academic scholarship to the BA Screenwriting program at the University of Miami ('00)

 

* AA Mass Media Communications from Hillsborough Community College ('99)

* High Honors

* Dean's List

* Phi Theta Kappa International Honour Society

* Editor-in-Chief Hawkeye Student Newspaper

* Staff Writer Triad Magazine

 

Done