Meet The Founder
Dr. William McHenry is the founder of The Other Grammys and has over 20 years of experience in education. His experience has been in urban school settings where he has taught a variety of English classes and worked as an adjunct professor in preparing preservice teachers to become transformative educators. Dr. McHenry also intimately understands the relationship between race and class and how it impacts the quality of education students receive. His career has been dedicated to advocating and creating spaces whereby students thrive and excel regardless of their race, class or gender.
Dr. McHenry's mission, and that of his organization is focused on providing strategic support to uplift students, teachers, and administration. In addition, Dr. McHenry has extensive experience in guiding school communities through cultural-change, strategic planning, leadership development. mentoring and curriculum design. Prior to The Other Grammys, LLC, Dr. McHenry obtained his Doctorate in Education with a specialization in Curriculum and Instruction from DePaul University.
Approach
Issues of equity in education are often the underlying cause for minority students not having access to a quality education that supports their goals and aspirations post secondary. Our approach to dismantle this construct is as follows:
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Collaboration with communities to ensure that the strategic plan is inclusive of multiple voices to bring to fruition a specified stated mission.
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Research based solutions that are rooted in equity and social justice that are methodical about addressing the individual needs of students.
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Culturally responsive teaching and curriculum that promotes the culture and socioemotional needs of students.
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Ethical practices that are student centered and focus on the whole student.
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