About Dr. Arnold Heller
Arnold Heller earned B. A. (1968) and Masters of Education (1971) degrees from Pace University, New York City, and a Ph. D. from Georgia State University in Atlanta (1978) for Curriculum & Instruction and taught in the Atlanta Public Schools (1972 – 2004) Northside (1978 – 92) and North Atlanta High Schools (1992 – 2004).
Arnold Heller, Ph. D., educator, specializes in:
- Developing innovative social studies and global entrepreneurship programs for high schools
- Preparing groups / organizations to plan, engage, and host student exchanges of varying sizes, missions and themes
Achievements
- Received many awards for excellence in academic, entrepreneurship, international education
- Organized / facilitated / hosted 25 student exchanges 1989 – 2011 including 6 super-exchanges
- Coordinated major Atlanta forum 1980 – 2004: Distinguished Lecturer & Critical Issues Seminar Series
- Doctoral Dissertation (1978) produced a statistically valid prejudice reduction treatment and tools for measuring success of school’s infusion of multi-cultural education applications / processes into the curriculum stream.
- American Councils for International Education, ACTR – ACCELS, Fulbright Teacher Exchange to Karagonda, Kazakhstan Oct. 18 – Nov. 1, 1999
- Kezai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social & Economic Affairs) Study Tour of Japan – Fellowship Programs for American, Australian, British and Canadian Social Studies Educators
- Northside School of the Arts Tour Show Student Exchange with Moscow Aviation Institute’s Soviet Youth Visa group Dec. 22, 1989 – Jan. 6, 1990. Received $51,000 Coca Cola Foundation grant and $17,000 Anne Cox Chambers grant to fund the exchange featured in One Moment in Time video.
International Relations – Global Studies Curriculum
- UNIT 1: Geographical Literacy
- UNIT 2: Historical Trends & Cycles
- UNIT 3: Intellectual Equality of All Racial Groups
- UNIT 4: Introduction to Nationalism and Imperialism
- UNIT 5: Collective Security
- UNIT 6: China, India, Japan, Russia, Germany, US – Comparison
- UNIT 7: International Trade – Importance, Impact & Issues
- UNIT 8: Middle East – Israel, Palestinians, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Sister Cities
The mission and purpose of sister cities is to foster friendship and trade between two cities; the means is by facilitating joint projects such as economic development initiatives, people to people exchanges, cultural and religious endeavors. Dr. Heller, since 1995, has served as a Member of the Atlanta Sister Cities Commission.
- 1995 – 98: Chaired the Atlanta – Rio de Janeiro Sister City Committee
- 1999: Founded the Atlanta – Ra’anana Sister City Committee with great help from many wonderful people
- 2001: Atlanta – Ra’anana Committee established as Atlanta’s 17th sister city