Po Haung: Illustrator

Po Haung is a retired anesthesiologist who worked for over 30 years in his field. Painting and drawing have always been another of his passions, but never had the time to pursue them until he retired. Po is currently an art student at McHenry County Community College who bravely volunteered to help us with this project.

Po would like to dedicate his work to his two grandchildren. Jaiden (3) and Kamlyn (1)

Kathleen A. Schoener: Author

Kathleen has 24 years of teaching experience. She moved to Illinois in 2001 and although her teaching career ended, her work with animal welfare organizations began. During the past five years, she has dedicated her time to writing humane education lessons and dog bite prevention lessons. Her ability to understand how young learners think and learn has been instrumental in the development of these creative and highly captivating lessons.

In Kathleen's words:

"As an educator, I have always recognized the importance of motivating children through creative and meaningful activities that are somehow connected to other ideas or other curricular areas. Learning does not take place in isolation or with isolated concepts. It is a process that must first engage learners and then take them to performance - where ultimately their own learning is recognized.

Not only does the 4Mat Instructional Model promote this more holistic approach to learning, it does much more. It reaches all learners. I hope other educators find these lessons to be engaging, thought provoking, meaningful and well designed. Most importantly, I hope my work will help to end the alarming number of dog bites that occur each year in this country."