Brandon Walker
Houston,TX
Summary
Innovative Educator focused on engaging with students and educators to meet learning objectives and drive student progress. Committed to providing empowering leadership through building rapport and supporting an expectation of growth and data driven goal achievement.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Middle School
Presbyterian School
08.2023 - Current
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Mentored newly hired educators and provided encouragement and feedback.
- Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification.
- Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students, and teachers.
Executive Director
The Summer Institute
03.2018 - 08.2023
- Established, optimized and enforced academic practices, programming and hiring to align with nonprofit's mission and vision.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain 100% annual growth in each of last 3 years, increasing both incoming students and fundraising to accommodate growth.
- Led SWOT analysis to find opportunities for growth and threats to long-term sustainability.
- Raised over 250,000 over three years to fund academic programming.
Associate Head of Middle School
Presbyterian School
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Supported hiring, training, and disciplinary action in compliance with legal guidelines and requirements.
- Built productive relationships with parents of students facing difficult situations at school or at home.
- Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behavior modification.
- Supervised and evaluated teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.
Algebra 1 Teacher
Presbyterian School
08.2015 - 08.2021
- Led School-wide Professional Learning Communities for teacher development.
- Ensured student success and comprehension by aligning objective with daily, measurable assessments.
- Differentiated teaching strategies to meet diverse requirements of unique learners on both sides of ability spectrum.
- Developed and leveraged meaningful relationships to build rapport, maintaining high expectations and support student success in and outside of classroom.
- Aligned practices, scope and sequence to allow for greater than 80% placement into High School Geometry.
Education
Master of Arts - Independent School Leadership
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN08.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Statistics
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN05.2008
Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Policy Development and Enforcement
- Training and Development
- Relationship Building
- Strategic Planning
- Discipline Management
- Conflict Resolution
Certification
- Nonprofit Management, 2019
- Nonprofit Fundraising, 2020
Timeline
Head of Middle School
Presbyterian School
08.2023 - Current
Associate Head of Middle School
Presbyterian School
08.2021 - 08.2023
Executive Director
The Summer Institute
03.2018 - 08.2023
Algebra 1 Teacher
Presbyterian School
08.2015 - 08.2021
Master of Arts - Independent School Leadership
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Statistics
Purdue University
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