Brandon Doubek

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Dr. Brandon Doubek is a Professional Development Associate for The Leadership and Learning Center in addition to teaching several classes in curriculum and instruction at the University of Houston.  He brings more than 20 years of experience to his work as a teacher educator, professor, instructional strategy consultant, and researcher.  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 instruction, curriculum, and assessment strategies for districts across the U.S. including: Seattle, Newark, Albany, Birmingham, Minneapolis, Bridgeport, Beacon, Rahway, Princeton, and New York City.  He has also been a keynote speaker in two districts and a featured presenter at several national conferences, including the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and Teaching for Intelligence.  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.

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 10 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, Dr. Doubek helped to initiate projects in four districts at their inception.  He was also a trainer of new consultants, specializing in secondary education and transformational leadership during four summer institutes.

Brandon shifted from music performance to education in California as a teacher of English, counselor, and assistant principal.  As a secondary language arts teacher in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Houston for 15 years, Dr. Doubek 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.

Dr. Doubek specializes in secondary education, curriculum development, assessment alignment, systems program evaluation, secondary language arts methods, differentiated instruction, career awareness, 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.  He currently resides in Houston, Texas.