Professional Biography
Brendon Jobs promotes equity and inclusion as a Director at the Haverford School. He also teaches Modern World History and Modern Black Lives as a member of the Upper School Faculty. At Penn GSE, Brendon is a History Methods Lecturer in the Independent School Teaching Residency program. In addition, he serves as Vice President of the Board of Trustees at The Waldorf School of Philadelphia and is a racial literacy trainer with Lion’s Story, Inc. His facilitation style offers a mindful approach to building healthy multiracial communities.
Brendon previously served as a teacher leader in Philadelphia Public Schools collaborating with educators throughout the city to create transformative learning experiences. Early in his career, as a classroom teacher, Brendon won competitive fellowships through the James Madison Fellowship, Lehrman Fellowship, the National Constitution Center and Education Pioneers. Brendon believes in the power of mentorship and the urgent need for diversification of America's teacher workforce. As an on-site consultant for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he wrote "Diversity in the Teacher Workforce: The Demographic Imperative & Talking about Race in Schools."
Brendon holds a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, an M.S.Ed. in Teaching, Learning, & Curriculum from the University of Pennsylvania, and a graduate certificate in American Constitutionalism from Georgetown University.
