About BT
Bryan Twarek (“BT”) is a San Francisco-based educator who is originally from Kansas City, Missouri.
He graduated from Yale University with a degree in human neuroscience and psychology, where he primarily studied neural imaging and infant social cognition. However, it was during his time off from college--while teaching English in Mexico, China, Argentina, and the U.S--that he discovered his true passion for education.
After graduating from Yale, BT joined Teach For America in the Bay Area and worked at KIPP Bayview Academy (KBA) in southeastern San Francisco from 2010 to 2014, where he served as dean and sixth grade English-language arts teacher. Over these four years, BT worked to develop an integrated literacy curriculum and transform the school's literacy model. In 2013, his sixth grade students outperformed all other KIPP schools in terms of growth on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) reading assessment.
At KBA, BT also worked to utilize technology in his instruction. In 2012, he earned a grant to procure a class set of Chromebooks and then created a paperless classroom, in which students used their Chromebooks to access his personalized English curriculum online. As technology integration specialist, he led the implementation of a one-to-one program throughout the rest of the school and trained and coached teachers to use technology more effectively in their classrooms. In 2014, BT decided to leave the classroom to focus on education technology.
Most recently, BT joined San Francisco Unified School District’s Curriculum & Instruction department. As an education technology content specialist, he trains teachers to leverage technology tools to improve their instruction, personalize learning, build 21st century skills, ease the transition to the Common Core State Standards, and maximize efficiency.
In his free time, BT enjoys hiking, playing sports, photography (in the darkroom, when possible), and people watching.
He graduated from Yale University with a degree in human neuroscience and psychology, where he primarily studied neural imaging and infant social cognition. However, it was during his time off from college--while teaching English in Mexico, China, Argentina, and the U.S--that he discovered his true passion for education.
After graduating from Yale, BT joined Teach For America in the Bay Area and worked at KIPP Bayview Academy (KBA) in southeastern San Francisco from 2010 to 2014, where he served as dean and sixth grade English-language arts teacher. Over these four years, BT worked to develop an integrated literacy curriculum and transform the school's literacy model. In 2013, his sixth grade students outperformed all other KIPP schools in terms of growth on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) reading assessment.
At KBA, BT also worked to utilize technology in his instruction. In 2012, he earned a grant to procure a class set of Chromebooks and then created a paperless classroom, in which students used their Chromebooks to access his personalized English curriculum online. As technology integration specialist, he led the implementation of a one-to-one program throughout the rest of the school and trained and coached teachers to use technology more effectively in their classrooms. In 2014, BT decided to leave the classroom to focus on education technology.
Most recently, BT joined San Francisco Unified School District’s Curriculum & Instruction department. As an education technology content specialist, he trains teachers to leverage technology tools to improve their instruction, personalize learning, build 21st century skills, ease the transition to the Common Core State Standards, and maximize efficiency.
In his free time, BT enjoys hiking, playing sports, photography (in the darkroom, when possible), and people watching.