Tim Brown

Tim Brown has been a principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and has implemented the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ model in his district. At his last school, Campbell Elementary in Springfield, Missouri, where 87 percent of the student population was eligible for free and reduced lunch, Tim and his staff instituted the principles of PLCs with amazing results. The school became a flagship of success and has been recognized as one of Missouri’s Most Improved Schools. The school also received recognition as an Exemplary Practices School and gained national recognition for its unique model of connecting the school to the business community.

With over 20 years of experience in administration at both the elementary and secondary levels, Tim excels at creating a positive school climate based on collaboration among educators. After retiring from Springfield Public Schools, Tim became a project director for the Missouri Professional Learning Communities Program. Working at a variety of school sites, he developed presentations and training programs, conducted team meetings, and helped teams examine data and write SMART goals. The schools he worked with all reported increases in student achievement. In 2005, he was selected to represent his state as the National Distinguished Elementary Principal. Now a full-time Solution Tree associate, Tim has been active in numerous professional committees and task forces and received several awards and honors for his leadership.

Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in special education from the University of Central Arkansas, as well as master’s and specialist degrees in educational administration from Missouri State University.  Tim has worked with Hawker Brownlow Professional Learning Solutions on a number of Professional Learning Communities at Work (™) Institute across Australia in 2010 and looking forward to returning in the near future.