Biography

Brendon has been a part of the AFS community since 2021. Brendon brings extensive professional experience facilitating organizational and adult learning to his practice. He is a practiced school leader, classroom teacher and racial literacy consultant with 14 years in public and private school environments including The Haverford School, The Browning School, The Baldwin School, Penn Charter School, Central High School (PA), St. Peter’s School, The Waldorf School of Philadelphia, Wilmington Friends School, Penn School of Design and more. Recently, he has been recognized as a “Top Teacher” by Main Line Today Magazine and has published articles on talking with kids about race and the need for emotional intelligence in schools in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Brendon’s favorite part about working in the AFS community: “I love that Abington Friends School is a community that holds both student voice and faculty freedom to teach in ways that are best for students in high regard. In my short time here, I have witnessed the power of relationships between the people that form the heartbeat of AFS. The PEOPLE who decide each and every day to gather together in this meeting for learning. Who decide to live out their adventures in teaching, learning and mentorship in this place.” 

What Brendon finds most meaningful in his  profession: “I consider myself a futurist in hopeful and generative ways. I have always been inclined to imagine or dream about the world as it could be despite the context of any present moment I may be living. Working with the development of youth today keeps me in a position to not only support my own visions for the future, but also have my imagination broadened in unexpected ways by the brilliant light that emanates from kids and the sharp inquiry that emerges from the ever evolving practices of educators responsive to their interests and needs.”

Fun fact about Brendon: “I sang in acapella groups in college and LOVED it”

Brendon’s favorite spot on campus: “Faulkner Reading Room”