M. Brandon Doubek is a Professional Development Associate for The Leadership and Learning Center who brings more than 25 years of experience to his work as a leader, teacher, professor, consultant, and researcher. He has provided seminars and implementation on site school visits for Common Formative Assessments, Engaging Classroom Assessments, Data Teams, Decision Making for Results, Advanced Data Driven Decision Making, Powerful Strategies for Effective Teaching, Writing to Learn, Response to Intervention, Differentiated Instruction, Five Easy Steps to Balanced Math, and Daily Disciplines of Leadership. He has also modeled instructional and assessment strategies for K-12 classrooms in all content areas. Brandon is known for engaging participants and students through humor and breaking down complex ideas into manageable pieces of information that can easily be implemented.
As a consultant, Brandon has provided leadership, instruction, curriculum, and assessment strategies for districts across the U.S. and Canada. He has also been a keynote speaker in fifteen districts and a featured presenter at several national conferences, including the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Teaching for Intelligence, 90/90/90 School™ Summits , and the International Conference on the Arts and Humanities. His most recent articles appear in the International Reading Association’s journal, New Directions in Reading Research, and the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching, as well as chapter contributions on Standards and Assessment in Data Teams Overview: The Big Picture and Contexts of Standards and Assessment in Standards and Assessment: The Core of Quality Instruction.
Brandon was the director of evaluation for the National Urban Alliance for three years in addition to his role as a literacy and thinking skills consultant in ten school districts in the United States for over six years. His knowledge of quantitative (statistical) and qualitative research methods in education led to 12 documents that evaluated existing achievement gaps in districts across the U.S. as diagnostic measures for future school action plans. With this information, Brandon helped initiate projects in four districts at their inception. He was also a trainer of new consultants, specializing in K-12 education and transformational leadership during four summer institutes. Brandon performed multiple linear regressions and factor analyses for Dr. Douglas B. Reeves on Planning, Implementing, and Monitoring data which resulted in a recent book by Dr. Reeves: Finding Your Leadership Focus: What Matters Most for Student Success.
Brandon entered the education field in California as a teacher of English and progressed to senior counselor and assistant principal. As a secondary language arts teacher in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Houston for 15 years, he served as department chairperson, AP and IB English teacher, and grade-level leader for several English departments. He has written an Annenberg Grant for School Reform, the initiation of his consulting, and he is cited in Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers. However, his most prized accomplishment is the continued communication with former students and participants across the country and internationally, many of whom he has not seen in over 10 years, but who continue to write.
Brandon specializes in curriculum development, assessment alignment, systems program evaluation, language arts methods, differentiated instruction, career awareness, research methodology, vertical alignment, multicultural education, educational leadership, the arts in education, and gifted and talented education. He holds a bachelor of music degree in vocal and piano performance from Baylor University, graduate certifications from California State University, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, and a doctor of education degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Houston.
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What Clients Say
“Thanks for being with us this past week. You provided direction/focus for us in the development of our Safety-Net Curriculum and curriculum maps – actually, you made us realize how far we are from having a finished product. I loved the instructional strategies you shared with us on Thursday; all so easy to implement. Thanks for reminding us to consider the taxonomy.”
—Donna Garrett Miller, Director, Curriculum and Instruction, Berkely County Schools, Martinsburg, WV
“We are extremely pleased with Brandon’s work. Brandon and Kennie have been extremely accommodating. I am very impressed with quality of our trainings and professionalism of your staff.”
—Barbara A. Bonnes, Curriculum Coordinator, Mentor Public Schools, OH
“We are so pleased with the assistance that Dr. Doubek has and is providing to the district. He is a model more than a critic. He continually goes into classes and demonstrates what he is doing. He has been a powerful influence on our teaching staff and administrators.”
—Keith Brown, Washington Court House City Schools, Washington Court House, OH
