Brian K. Brown

State:

Pennsylvania

Testimonial from a participant:

“Brian Brown is as captivating and inspiring as any professor I’ve had. His ability to relate content to meaningful and applicable situations is remarkable. I HIGHLY recommend taking any class of his.” Dennis R., PLS participant in western PA

PLS Courses I Teach:

• Building Communication and Teamwork in our Classroom®
• Classroom Management: Orchestrating a Community of Learners®
• Meaningful Activities to Generate Interesting Classrooms®
• Purposeful Learning Through Multiple Intelligences®
• Reading to Learn: Comprehension Instruction™
• Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility®

Year started with PLS:

2005

Why I love teaching PLS courses:

A local teacher once told me, “A good teacher must be an actor and a salesman – he must entertain his students while selling them on education.” This philosophy works for me as a PLS instructor: I love giving people tools that make a real difference in the quality of their lives. PLS courses accomplish this objective admirably, and do so in an engaging way.

Education:

• B.A. Grove City College: English Secondary Education / Literature / Communications certification
• M.A. Youngstown State University: English

Teaching Experience:

• 1996-present: Grove City High School English teacher
• 1995-1996: North Penn Jr. / Sr. High English and Communications teacher

Related experience, recognition, awards, etc.:

• Presented “Teachers Coaching Teachers: Integrating Standards and Reading Strategies Throughout the Secondary Curriculum” at The Summit: Tri-State Area School Study Council (11.1.05)
  
• Advised the Board on curriculum decisions as English department representative on GCHS Curriculum Council (2000-2005).
  
• Facilitated programming for Mercer County’s School Performance Network (2003).
  
• Honored with top 2% of nation’s teachers in more than one edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2000, 2002, 2005).
  
• Conducted two Narrative Writing workshops as a consultant for 2002 Cooperative Professional Development Conference (2.15.2002).
  
• Conducted two Informational / Persuasive Writing Workshops as consultant at 2000 Cooperative Professional Development Conference (2.18.2000).
  
• Presented grant-funded programming on PSSA Narrative Writing for area teachers (8.3.2000).

What I love most about teaching:

Igniting a passion in students for reading, writing, speaking, thinking, and teaching.

My favorite moment in teaching:

These are impossible to count. I strive to make each teaching moment a memorable one.

Personal information:

When I’m not teaching, I love spending time with my wife and boys, reading, riding my motorcycle, white-water kayaking, cross-country skiing, and hiking.