Resume

Publications

• “A Vision for a School: An unexpected bedrock for change” published in Principal Leadership, March 2018
• “How I Learned the Value of a True PLC” published in Phi Delta Kappan, March 2014
• “Collaborative Teaming – The Principal’s Best Friend” article on ASCD: MyTeachSource, July 2017

Philosophy

• “I love to make difficult things seem simple.” – Brig
• Whether it is the PLC process, formulating a shared school vision, crafting essential skills as a team, or developing consensus as a large group, these can be broken down into very doable steps
• “Focused discussion increases the learning.” – Brig
• When working with others, it is my experience that whoever is doing the talking, the reading, and the writing… that person is doing the learning.

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering with Honors, United States Coast Guard Academy
• Master of Arts, Educational Leadership, Colorado Mesa University
• Master of Arts, Business Administration, Colorado Mesa University

…more info about Brig

Under Brig’s leadership as principal, Fruita Middle School’s organizational health index grew from the lowest to the highest levels. This collaborative transformation propelled a school previously known for teacher independence to national model PLC status, one of only three schools in the state to receive this designation. During the transformation, Fruita Middle School was the only middle school in the district recognized for achieving student growth above the state median in every tested subject, in all grades, and with every demographic subgroup of students measured by the State of Colorado. His school was recognized twice on GettingSmart.com’s annual list as one of 85 schools in the nation that educators should visit.

As a teacher, Brig learned the power of the PLC process firsthand, as his math team grew students more than any other team, in any grade, in any tested subject in his 22,000-student school district.

Education is Brig’s second career, following his successful service as an officer in the US Coast Guard, having attained the rank of lieutenant commander. He graduated with honors from the United States Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and served as an officer for many years on humanitarian missions around the nation. He was selected as a Troops-to-Teachers recipient and has a master’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Colorado Mesa University.

Brig, his wife Kim, and their three daughters live in Grand Junction, Colorado