The Legacy of it All

“Good mentorship makes for great teaching.” Brian Bailey, Sr (IG: @BrianBaileySr), Aspiring Boarding School Founder, History Teacher, Substitute Teacher, Pastor “I did not have a Black male teacher, K-12, not one.” On this episode, we are joined by aspiring boarding school founder Mr. Brian Bailey. Throughout his career, his exposure to various school cultures and teaching opportunities have shaped his unique approach to education. Tune in to hear how his “learning facilitator” approach nabbed him the Rookie Teacher of the Year award, the unique spin he puts on parent-teacher conferences to highlight student accountability, and why building relationships with the gatekeepers at your school is vital for success. We’re talking about the classroom to prison pipeline, interactions laced with implicit bias, what “defund the police” means for us, and how understanding intersectionality will help educators create spaces dedicated to supporting the whole student. Brian breaks it down, and shares his dream vision for building an unapologetically Black boarding school for Black boys… it’s about the legacy of it all.