Patrick Burke *
Patrick Burke *
Teacher Advisory Council Member
Patrick Burke is a Lead 3rd/4th Grade Humanities teacher at an Washington D.C.-area charter school, and also holds an MEd in Education Policy and Leadership from the American University. His dedication to teacher advocacy and equity education represent TEAL’s most central values.
As a member of TEAL’s Teacher Advisory Council, Patrick helps ensure that our organizations trajectory and actions truly reflect a teacher-centered, teacher-led mission which involves current, active classroom educators in education development decisions.
“Witnessing the ‘lightbulb moment’ when students begin to understand a concept inspires me to work in education. I’ve seen it when a student reads a word fluidly after stumbling through the first few tries, connects parallels between two stories, or helps a classmate through a rough time and celebrated the interactions. These positive associations with general academic and social emotional learning make teaching an incredible career.”