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Stoughton
6th-grade teacher Stan Johnson was elected to a three-year term as president
of the Wisconsin Education Association Council in 2001. He was re elected
in 2004 and is currently serving his second three-year term.
Johnson was a driving force behind WEAC’s Great Schools effort. He chaired the 1999 statewide task force of WEAC members who developed Great Schools, which is a long-term statewide effort that seeks to engage communities in efforts to define and create the public schools they want.
All WEAC activities revolve around Great Schools.
Johnson grew up in Chicago and attended Chicago public schools. He earned a B.S. in elementary education and an associate degree in radio and television from Milton College. Johnson has taught in Stoughton public schools for 25 years. He is a language arts teacher and has also taught 2nd, 3rd and 7th grades, social studies, and math.
He coached varsity football, girls’ basketball, and both boys’ and girls’ track.
Johnson has been an active association leader at the local, state and national levels throughout his career.
He has chaired WEAC’s Minority Affairs Committee, and served as WEAC’s vice president from 1995 to 2001. Nationally, Johnson was chair of the National Education Association’s Public Relations Committee, vice president and president of the NEA’s Board of Directors Black Caucus, and has served on the NEA’s Justice for All Task Force, which concentrates on African-American members’ concerns.
Johnson has been in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities and Who’s Who in American Teachers. Johnson is married to Amy Johnson, a teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools.
Johnson has one daughter, Courtney.
Updated November 5, 2004
