Fischler Alumnus Inducted Into National Teacher’s Hall of Fame
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Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice alumnus Erick Hueck, Ed.D., has been inducted into the National Teacher’s Hall of Fame.
Hueck, who has served as an educator for more than 36 years, is the 152nd inductee to the Hall of Fame. There are currently 160 inductees.
The National Teachers Hall of Fame was founded in Emporia, Kansas, in 1989 to honor teachers and the teaching profession through a recognition program and museum. Nominees must be certified public or non-public schoolteachers, active or retired, with at least 20 years of experience in teaching grades pre-K through 12th grade.
Hueck was part of the class of 2023, along with four other inductees. He currently teaches chemistry and advanced placement chemistry at Miami Senior High School, where he has worked since 1988.
Hueck was previously named Miami Dade Teacher of the Year in 2003. He also received the 2011 Florida Governor’s Excellence in Education Award, was named as an Outstanding Science Educator in 2013 by the Florida Association of Science Teachers, and in 2022, he received the Yale Educator Award and the NEA California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence.