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Jon Konen is a K-6 elementary principal and freelance writer in Great Falls, Montana. He has taught most all grade levels K-6, and has been a K-12 principal of a rural school. As a 5th grade teacher, in 2010, he won the Presidential Award for Elementary Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST). As a principal, his school won the 2012 Blue Ribbon Award. In 2018, he won the National Distinguished Principal Award (NDP). In 2019 he won the National No Kid Hungry Breakfast Hero Award. He is the author of three guides published on teacher.org: "An Educator's Guide to Combat Bullying & Bully Prevention"; "Teacher Evaluation: A Transition Guide to Exemplary Performance"; and "You are the Wild Card: Infusing Fun Back into Curriculum". He has authored a children's picture book that was released January 2019 titled "Benjamin's Visit to Principal Read's Office-- Again!" (available at archwaypublishing.com)