Jim McCue

Jim sees education as a pursuit and experience that lives all around us — one that requires trusted relationships, critical consciousness in service to and with others, and personalized, asset-based expression of self. He didn’t quite understand how all of these factors contributed to what it meant to be a learner — or, educator — until he became an algebra teacher and cross country coach in Canton, Mississippi.
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After several years in the Magnolia State, he transitioned to Seattle to work as a community organizer in a small community of mostly East African immigrant and refugee families. Despite a deep love for and connection to the Pacific Northwest, he found a calling back to the classroom — spending the last two years as a progressive, project-based educator in San Diego. Today, he works with schools in Philadelphia to support positive identity school culture change and anti-racist pedogogical practices, as well as consults in the education policy space to build coalition around high-dosage tutoring and other student-centered support structures.

In his free time, he enjoys running the trails of the Wissahickon, cooking tasty vegetarian meals, and spending time with his partner and young puppy.