How radical love transformed a school
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Hamish Brewer |
TEDxChristchurch
• October 2018
When Hamish Brewer became the principal of Fred Lynn Middle School, it was one of the toughest schools in Virginia. In just a year, though, they've turned things around -- becoming accredited again for the first time in years. And it's not the first time Hamish has done this, either. So what's his secret? In this passionate, irreverent talk, Hamish Brewer -- the tattooed, skateboarding principal -- shares some of the dramatic changes he implemented to give hope back to a school and a school back to its community.
Hamish Brewer is an educational disrupter. He is the 2017 NAESP Nationally Distinguished Principal, and has won both the VAESP School Bell Award, and ASCD Virginia Impact Award. In 2018 Hamish was named a Northern Virginian of the year by Northern Virginia Magazine. Originally from New Zealand, he earned his Bachelors of Education at the University of Auckland and his Masters of Educational Leadership at VCU in Richmond, VA. He also serves at the state level as the Federal Relations Coordinator on the Board of Directors with the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals.