Kevin McDonald is a District Lead and School Leadership Coach with Instructional Empowerment. A culturally relevant practitioner, he enjoys helping leaders to grow in their understanding of the academic and social needs of their students and staff. As an Instructional Empowerment faculty member, Mr. McDonald enjoys working with school teams to help them learn about and implement strategies that not only develop social, emotional, and cognitive learning in the classroom but also help students to excel as lifelong learners. Mr. McDonald has worked in Florida public schools for 23+ years, with nine of those years serving as an administrator in a large urban district. Mr. McDonald has served a variety of roles from music educator, elementary classroom teacher, assistant principal, and principal. Most of his service was spent in high needs schools. Mr. McDonald received his Bachelors of Music Education from Florida State University, and his Master’s in Educational Leadership from University of South Florida. Mr. McDonald continued his studies at University of South Florida completing his ED. S. in Turnaround Leadership with capstone study of science inquiry and culturally relevant pedagogy as a vehicle for curriculum and instructional equity. Mr. McDonald is currently working on his Doctorate in Educational Leadership with a focus on Turnaround Leadership Principal Competencies using a transformative leadership framework.
