Dr. Briana G. Kidd
Berry,USA
Summary
Dynamic instructional leader and school-culture-and-climate specialist; highly conceptual thinker and educational enthusiast known for motivating students, improving faculty morale, and inviting community stakeholders to engage and invest in schools; award-winning teacher-educator; champion of meaningful teaching and learning experiences; record of academic growth and improved school attendance among chronic absentees; expertise in master scheduling, behavior management, and data-informed decision-making; unswervingly committed to purposeful, reflective pedagogy, institutional excellence, and well-rounded extracurricular opportunities to best serve the whole-child
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
English Language Arts Teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System
Sipsey Valley High School
08.2021 - Current
- Department Chair
- AP Literature & Composition; Honors English 12; English 12; Advanced English 11; English 11; ACT Prep.
- Budget Committee, Leadership Team, Title I Team, Treat Assessment Team, Attendance Team
- LEA Data Analyst for TCSS WholeChild Initiative
- Chair: Homecoming, Prom (2022, 2023), Breast Cancer Awareness/Pink Month
- Co-Chair and Data Analyst for TCSS WholeChild Initiative (2022-2025)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
08.2018 - 05.2021
- Conducted Teacher Education Program admittance interviews
- Collaborated with faculty on curriculum development and course accreditation
- Designed and delivered course content via in-person, online, and hybrid instructional methods
- Taught courses in diversity, literacy, writing, and instructional/pedagogical design
- Assisted with edTPA seminars for elementary, secondary, and MAP teacher candidates; Studied with edTPA National Consultant to inform teaching methods and strengthen course design
- Collaborated with faculty to organize workshops and guest lectures for student enrichment
- Prepared pre-service teachers for field placements and future careers in diverse settings with diverse student populations
- Collaboratively developed programs and curricular improvements in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Elementary Literacy Education & Secondary Science Education
- Coordinated panel of local city and county teachers for round-table forum on diversity, literacies, and classroom management
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
08.2016 - 05.2019
- Created websites for University initiatives; Evaluated effectiveness of field placement seminars; Assisted in the coordination of academic program reviews and accreditation processes
English language arts teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System
Hillcrest Middle School
08.2013 - 06.2016
- Regular & Academic Scholars English, 7th grade
- Cooperating Teacher: Hosted and mentored University of Alabama method students and teacher interns
- Developed and directed collaborative cross-curricular S.T.E.A.M. units
- Generated funding for class, departmental, and school-wide programs
- Chaired and served on Accreditation Committee, Adopt-a-School Committee, and Spirit Week Committee
- Collaborated with The University of Alabama on S.T.E.A.M. Integration research
Education
Instructional Leadership Certification -
University of West Alabama
Livingston, AL07-2024
Ph.D. - Curriculum And Instruction
The University of Alabama
07-2021
Master of Arts - Education
The University of Alabama
08-2015
Bachelor of Science - Education
The University of Alabama
05-2013
Skills
- Teacher Education and Mentoring
- Motivation and Collaboration
- School Attendance Improvement
- Behavior Management/Positive Behavior Intervention
- Communication and Problem-solving skills
- Faculty Recruitment and Retention
- Public Speaking
- Research and Data-Informed Decision Making
- Community Partnership Development
- Organizational Growth
- A College Ready Trained
- Large-scale Event Planning and Direction
- School Spirit and Tradition Building
- Elementary>Middle School>High School Feeder-Pattern Liaison
Websites
Affiliations
- American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2017-2021
- Literacy Research Association (LRA) 2016-2021
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2016-present
- National Education Association (NEA) 2011-present
Certification
- A+ College Ready Trained, English-language arts, A+ Education Partnership, July 2025
- Instructional Leadership Certificate, University of West Alabama, July 2024
- TCSS Aspiring Administrators Academy Completion, Tuscaloosa County School System, May 2024
- Qualitative Research Methodologies Certificate, The University of Alabama, 2018
- Alabama Class A Professional Educator Certification in Secondary English, Grades 6-12
- S.T.E.A.M. Certified Teacher, Tuscaloosa County School System, Grades 6-12
Timeline
English Language Arts Teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System
08.2021 - Current
Graduate Teaching Assistant
The University of Alabama
08.2018 - 05.2021
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Alabama
08.2016 - 05.2019
English language arts teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System
08.2013 - 06.2016
Master of Arts - Education
The University of Alabama
Bachelor of Science - Education
The University of Alabama
Instructional Leadership Certification -
University of West Alabama
Ph.D. - Curriculum And Instruction
The University of Alabama
Work History
01-2015
HONORS & AWARDS
Student-Selected Teacher of the Year, 2022/2023/2023/2024, Excellence in Dissertation Research: Honorable Mention, spring 2022, The University of Alabama College of Education, Staff of the Month, August-September 2022, Sipsey Valley High School, Adolf B. Crew Teaching Award, 2015, For excellence in teaching, Keynote Speaker, 2019, 2020, Hillcrest High School Black History Month Unity Ceremony, Keynote Speaker, summer 2020, Unity in the Community: Rally for Justice and Peace, Russellville, AL, Panelist, 2020, ForwardTogether: An Open Dialogue on Community & Progress, Tuscaloosa, AL, Southeastern Universities Graduate Research Symposium Paper Presentation Merit Award, 2020, Clinical Master Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ Teaching Supervision, Invited Speaker at The University of Alabama Summer L.E.A.P. Program, 2018, 2019, 2020, ESPRMC Graduate Research Symposium Paper Presentation Award, 2019, Knowing and Teaching Slavery and Racism Anew: Entangling Art, Affect, and Encounter, ESPRMC Graduate Research Symposium Paper Presentation Merit Award, 2018, Re(cognizing) the Ordinary: The Affective Potential of Things, Sarah L. Healy Graduate Scholarship, 2019-2020, Sarah L. Healy Graduate Scholarship, 2017-2018, Curry Besdole Adams Scholarship, 2016-2017, Tuscaloosa County Schools Teacher of the Year Nominee, 2014-2015, Student-Selected Teacher of the Year, 2013-2014
PUBLICATIONS
- Guyotte, K. W., Flint, M. A., Kidd, B. G., Potts, C. A., Irwin, A. J., & Bennett, L. A. (2020). Meanwhile:Posthuman intra-actions in/with a post-qualitative readings class. Qualitative Inquiry, 26(1), 109-121. Advance Online Publication: September 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800419868497
- Spector, K., & Kidd, B. G. (2018). The ungraspable in-between of posthuman literacies. In C. Kuby, K. Spector, & J. Thiel (Eds.), Posthumanism and Literacy Research: Knowing/ Becoming/ Doing Literacies. Expanding Literacies Series. Routledge.
- Kidd, B. G. (2017). Gilbert family teaching legacy: A tetralogy of teachers. Capstone Educator, 2017, 28-29.
- Kidd, B. G. (2024, August). “It Takes a Valley: Building School Culture and Climate toward Student Achievement.” TCSS Summit 2024, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- Kidd, B.G., Garner, M., & McQueen, A. (2024, August). “Rock Bands, Tattoos, and Cultural Taboos: Embracing Our Lived Experiences to Build Teacher-Student Rapport.” TCSS Summit 2024, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- Mudd, A., Kidd, B. G., & Obediyi, M. (2020, April). “Clinical Master Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ Teaching Supervision.” Southeastern Universities Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- Kidd, B. G. (2019, April). “‘For the First Time Today’: Encountering Slavery & Racism Anew.” Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- Spector, K., Kidd, B. G., & Tinker, A. (2019, April). “Adolescent Literature, Preservice English Teachers, and Badiou’s ‘Procedures of Truth’.” American Educational Research Association Convention, Toronto, Canada.
- Kidd, B. G. (2018, March). (Re)cognizing the Ordinary: The Affective Potential of Things. Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- Kidd, B. G. (2018, March). “Dear White Teachers [and those of us who Dream]: (Re)cognizing the Material Effects of The American Dream in Secondary Classrooms.” Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- Kidd, B. G. (2018, April). “Re(cognizing) the Ordinary: The Affective Potential of Things.” American Educational Research Association Annual Convention, New York, NY.
- Kidd, B. G. (2017, November). “Black Girl Magic and Other Affirmative Forces.” Literacy Research Association Annual Convention, Tampa, FL.
- Kidd, B. G. (2017, April). “Affective Black Girl Magic.” Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- Spector, K., & Kidd, B. G. (2017, March). “Emergent Literacies and Race.” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.
- Kidd, B. G., Pogue, T., Spector, K., Jones, S., & Johnson, L. P. (2016, November). “Advocacy as Out-of-School-Time Spaces.” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Wilson, E. K., Fowler, M., Freeman, L., Murray, E. A., Matherson, L., Kidd, B. G., Obediyi, O. M., & Mudd, A. (2019, February). “Sustaining Positive School-University Partnerships through Collaboration.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Louisville, KY.
- Kidd, B. G. (2018 November). “Dear White Teachers…And those of us who Dream,” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Houston, TX. (non-attending presenter)
- Guyotte, K. W., Flint, M. A., Kidd, B. G., Potts, C. A., Irwin, A. J., & Bennett, L. A. (2018, May). Meanwhile: Intra-active Theory/Pedagogy in a Post-Qualitative Readings Class. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. (non-attending presenter)
DISSERTATION
- KENdred Spirits: An Autoethnographic Account of Composing Closeness Between Bars
- Concentration: Literacy education; English language arts; Relational Pedagogy
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
- INTERNATIONAL
- Humanitarian Volunteer Work, 2013-present, Turkana, Kenya
- Mission Work, December 2011, 2013, Turkana, Kenya
- Education and Humanitarian Aid, summer 2011, Kingston, Jamaica
- Medical Mission and Humanitarian Aid, summer 2011, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- LOCAL
- Director, Vacation Bible School, 2022-present, Mount Olive Baptist Church
- Teacher, High School Sunday School Class, 2023-present, Mount Olive Baptist Church
- Director, Spirit Programs, 2021-present, Sipsey Valley High School
- Director, Prom, 2021-2023, Sipsey Valley High School
- Director, Pink Month for Breast Cancer Awareness, 2021-present, Sipsey Valley High School
- Volunteer, Tuscaloosa Juvenile Detention Center, 2019-present
- Member, Domestic and International Mission Team, 2018-2021, Valley View Baptist Church
- Teacher, College & Career Class, 2017-2018, Valley View Baptist Church