We have instructors for all of the following areas:
Bob Fink
Bob Fink is the founder of Educational Resources of Minnesota and the author of many graduate level courses. Four of the courses he has written, Achieving Peak Performance, Developing Excellence in Others, Connecting With Today’s Youth, and Teaching to Make the Grade are week long classes that are taught at various locations throughout the Midwest. He has also written ten video courses, Setting the Standard for Excellence, Leading to Make a Difference, Teaching to Impact Lives, Creating an Environment for Success, Teacher Toolbox 101, Teacher Toolbox 201, Teacher Toolbox 301, Teach to Reach, The Relationship-Driven Classroom and Energize Your Environment. He has also written several independent study courses.
Thousands of k-12 educators throughout the United States have thoroughly enjoyed Bob’s classes because they are up-to-date, practical, usable and “real life.” The concepts discussed in all of his courses are beneficial and applicable to anyone who works with today’s youth. He is deeply committed to making a positive, significant, lasting difference in the way kids learn.
Bob has been an elementary classroom teacher for the past 24 years. He is currently a fourth grade teacher in Springfield, a small rural community located in Southwestern Minnesota. Bob earned his Masters Degree in Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Along with his teaching duties, he has coached and advised numerous sports and extracurricular activities and is currently the head baseball coach. In 2014 he was recognized with the Outstanding Educator award presented by the WEM Foundation. He was honored in the Teacher Achievement category which recognizes exemplary teachers who support, inspire and assist students to attain greater learning as evidenced by student achievement.
Bob and his wife, Heidi, have three children; Alex, Taylor and Isaac.
Holli Hoffman
Holli received her B.A. in Theatre Arts and English from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and her M.A. in Secondary Education from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul. She has been an English teacher at Southwest High School (Minneapolis Public Schools) since 1997. Holli is strongly committed to public education and engaging students with creative and academically rigorous curriculum. Holli currently teaches students through interdisciplinary collaborations and artistic residencies within the community. This type of approach allows her and her colleagues to research and support partnership-based education reform that brings the arts to the core of the curriculum. In 2005, Holli was one of two teachers in the state of Minnesota to be the recipient of the NBA Timberwolves ‘Holiday Heroes’ Award.
Bob Fink
Bob Fink is the founder of Educational Resources of Minnesota and the author of many graduate level courses. Four of the courses he has written, Achieving Peak Performance, Developing Excellence in Others, Connecting With Today’s Youth, and Teaching to Make the Grade are week long classes that are taught at various locations throughout the Midwest. He has also written ten video courses, Setting the Standard for Excellence, Leading to Make a Difference, Teaching to Impact Lives, Creating an Environment for Success, Teacher Toolbox 101, Teacher Toolbox 201, Teacher Toolbox 301, Teach to Reach, The Relationship-Driven Classroom and Energize Your Environment. He has also written several independent study courses.
Thousands of k-12 educators throughout the United States have thoroughly enjoyed Bob’s classes because they are up-to-date, practical, usable and “real life.” The concepts discussed in all of his courses are beneficial and applicable to anyone who works with today’s youth. He is deeply committed to making a positive, significant, lasting difference in the way kids learn.
Bob has been an elementary classroom teacher for the past 24 years. He is currently a fourth grade teacher in Springfield, a small rural community located in Southwestern Minnesota. Bob earned his Masters Degree in Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Along with his teaching duties, he has coached and advised numerous sports and extracurricular activities and is currently the head baseball coach. In 2014 he was recognized with the Outstanding Educator award presented by the WEM Foundation. He was honored in the Teacher Achievement category which recognizes exemplary teachers who support, inspire and assist students to attain greater learning as evidenced by student achievement.
Bob and his wife, Heidi, have three children; Alex, Taylor and Isaac.
Holli Hoffman
Holli received her B.A. in Theatre Arts and English from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and her M.A. in Secondary Education from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul. She has been an English teacher at Southwest High School (Minneapolis Public Schools) since 1997. Holli is strongly committed to public education and engaging students with creative and academically rigorous curriculum. Holli currently teaches students through interdisciplinary collaborations and artistic residencies within the community. This type of approach allows her and her colleagues to research and support partnership-based education reform that brings the arts to the core of the curriculum. In 2005, Holli was one of two teachers in the state of Minnesota to be the recipient of the NBA Timberwolves ‘Holiday Heroes’ Award.
Jeremy Best
Jeremy Best has served in the education and coaching professions for 19 years. His undergraduate work was completed in 1996 at Bluffton College, with a degree in Elementary Education/Special Education. In 2002 he earned his Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Bowling Green State University. He has taught at various levels ranging from fifth grade to seniors in high school. Best has taught 14 of his 19 years in special education classrooms. He currently is an Intervention Specialists at the middle school level and is completing his Administrative Licensure through Wright State University.
Jeremy has coached various sports including track (2yrs), football (2yrs), baseball (2yrs), and golf (13yrs) over the span of his nineteen years. He has been a head basketball coach for 17 years, 13 of those years at Convoy Crestview High School. His 2002-03 team played in the OHSAA Division IV State Championship Game. In the 20013-14 hoops season, Coach Best and his team captured the Division IV State Championship, with a 29-0 record.
He is a 4-Time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year. Best was also a recipient of the 2013 and 2014 District 8 Coach of the Year honor. In 2014 he was named the AP Division IV State Coach of the Year as well as the State Coaches’ Association Coach of the Year. He is a member of the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association and District 8 Coaches Association. Jeremy is married to Jennifer and they have two children, Ethan (11) and Lillie (7). In his spare time he enjoys his family, exercise and following Cincinnati Reds baseball.
David Burkett
Instructor David Burkett will complete his 30th year in education. David graduated with his B.S. degrees in Health Education and Physical Education from Ashland College in 1987. He received his Master degree in Sports Administration from Ashland University in 1995. His experiences include 6 years of teaching MS P.E., 7 years of Health education, 22 years as a MS & HS Athletic Director, and 30 years of coaching experience. David has coached 7/8 Volleyball and basketball, HS basketball and currently a head baseball coach for the last 22 years. He has been on the Ohio H.S. Baseball Coaches Association’s board of directors for 20 years, serving as president in 2005 and currently the historian. David officiated varsity HS basketball the past 18 years and serves as the President of the Stark Area Athletic Administrators Association. David has been married to his wife, Amy for 28 years. They have two sons, Trevor, 24, a graduate of The Ohio State University majoring in education and Brock, 19, is a freshman at Bowling Green State University in the Music School of education. David has taught at Colonel Crawford (14), Sandy Valley (6) and presently at Tuslaw. He enjoys collecting baseball memorabilia, attending major sporting events, golfing and fishing. His parents are retired teachers/administrators along with his eldest brother and you can say education is in his blood.
Lee Day
Lee Day has been instructing summer leadership courses for Educational Resources since 2003. The 2016-17 school year is his 38th year in education. Lee graduated from Ohio Northern University with a Mathematics degree in education in 1979 and then earned his Masters in counseling from Xavier University in 1983. After teaching high school math, he became head of the guidance department at Lebanon High School in 1990 and served in that capacity until he retired in June of 2014. He now serves as the District Head Counselor at Middletown HS. Lee has coached sophomore basketball (1 year), varsity football (9 years of which 3 as head coach), reserve golf (14 years), head golf (13 years) and reserve baseball (2 years) all at Lebanon. At the completion of the 2010 baseball season, Lee retired as Lebanon’s Head Varsity coach after 29 years. He served on the state baseball coaches’ association executive board for 14 years and was President in 2013. Lee also has officiated high school and college basketball for 37 years, retiring in 2017. He has been fortunate to have worked 8 OHSAA state championship basketball tournaments. He is a member of the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2000) and a member of the Middletown Basketball Officials Association Hall of Fame (2006).
In his spare time, Day enjoys playing golf. He and his wife Jodi were married in 1980 and have two sons, Trevor and Clint. Both boys played golf and baseball at Lebanon High School and earned many academic and athletic awards. Trevor lives and works in Georgetown, SC and Clint is an assistant vice-president at LCNB National Bank in Lebanon.
Tom Held
Tom Held has been instructing summer leadership courses with Educational Resources since 2004. With conclusion of the 2014-15 school year, he will have completed 29years in education. Tom Held is the current Head Baseball Coach (1999 – present) at the Defiance High School in Northwest Ohio. In 1984, he earned his teaching degree in Comprehensive Business Education from Defiance College. In 1995, he earned his Masters of Education in Administration from the University of Toledo. He coached basketball for 13 years at Elmwood and Bryan High School. With the upcoming 2015 season, Tom has coached baseball for 29 years and 28 as a head coach at Elmwood, Bryan and Defiance. He was the Ohio Coach of the Year in 1999, 2008, 2012 and 2013. Tom is also a member of the Acme Baseball Board of Directors. He has had the fortune to have over 80 former players go on to play college baseball and nine have played professionally. Currently four former Bulldogs are playing professionally. Two in MLB (Chad Billingsley – Philadelphia Phillies, Jon Niese – NY Mets) and two in the minor leagues (Dace Kime – Cleveland Indians, Justin Hancock – San Diego Padres.) He was inducted into the Ohio HS Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame 2012 and the Defiance College Hall of Fame in the fall of 2012. Tom resides in Defiance with his wife, Deanne, and has three children, Chayse, 31, Cassidy, 19, and Cal, 14.
