Russell "Keith" Martz

Dynamic educator with a proven track record at Lewisville ISD, fostering student engagement through innovative lesson creation and strong parent relationships. Expert in curriculum development and classroom management, empowering students to gain confidence and apply their skills in real-world settings, ensuring a supportive and inclusive learning environment.

During the course of career taught Physics, Geology, Marine Science, 7th and 8th Grade Science, PE (7th and 8th grade) and Outdoor Education (2000-Current).

Freshman Baseball Coach at The Colony High School in 1995 and subsequently coached travel baseball with the Highland Village Storm, Dallas Dodgers and Texas Stix.

Outdoor Trails (Outdoor Education) has been the almost exclusive focus since 2000. Students in Outdoor Trails have the opportunity to get their Hunter Education Cards, Boater Education Cards, and CPR Certification. The students learn Hunter Safety, Archery, Angling, Outdoor Cooking, CPR/First Aid, Survival, Camping, Trip Planning, Boater Education, and Outdoor Games.

Students are provided opportunity to demonstrate skills outside of the classroom with hunting, camping, fishing and ecotourism. To facilitate these opportunities, the 501c3 Doc's Memorial Outdoor Adventures was created. (www.docsmemorialoutdooradventures.com ).

Awarded the Texas Parks and Wildlife 2018 Hunter Education Instructor of the Year. Awarded the "President's Volunteer Service Award for Lifetime Achievement" by President Biden for volunteer work for youth with Texas Parks and Wildlife. Served on the board of the Texas Hunter Educator Instructor Association from 2018-2024. Currently the longest tenured NASP Archery Instructor in the State of Texas. Featured as one of the "Men of Influence" in The Cross Timbers Magazine June 2023

Founded the reptile education program For Goodness Snakes in the late 1990's and travel with reptiles to schools, camps, scouts, churches and individuals to educate students about reptiles of all types.

Conducted "Outdoor Skills Camps" each summer for incoming 2nd through 7th graders. Camp focused on fishing, archery, survival skills, first aid, camp set up and outdoor cooking.

• Secondary Composite Science
• Secondary PE
• TPWD Hunter Educator
• TPWD Boater Educator
• TPWD Angler Educator
• TYHP Huntmaster
• CPR/First Aid
• National Archery in the Schools Basic Archery Instructor
• Olympic Level 1 Archery Coach
• Graduate of Safari Club International American Wilderness Leadership School, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

I started an elective on my campus called "Outdoor Trails". The course began as a one semester class with one section. It evolved into three full-time, year-long instructors with almost half of the student body participating in the course in any given year. In the course the students earned their Hunter Safety Cards, Boater Education Cards, and CPR/First Aid Certification. A competitive NASP archery team evolved out of the curriculum and a campus team competed in the state tournament perennially. Students in the course traveled across the United States and Costa Rica exploring the great outdoors through camping, hiking, fishing, hunting and ecotourism. To facilitate these excursions, I created Doc's Memorial Outdoor Adventures, a 501c3 non-profit. The non-profit offsets or pays for the supplies and costs of the excursions. During the course of a school year, I will spend between 400-600 hours afield with the students or in preparation for the excursions. Doc's facilitates hunting, fishing and camping trips through the Texas Youth Hunting Program, Texas Wildlife Association and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Association. It also exists because of the generosity of landowners and dedicated volunteers that help with the excursions. These volunteers are former students, student parents, or educators who want to give back to a program that impacted their lives.