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KC GEORGE

About me.

educator · artist · activist · leader

KC george

Arts educator, instructional leader, and creative strategist working at the intersection of visual culture, literacy, and educational equity.

My mission is to dismantle the systemic barriers that prevent brown communities from accessing quality education and creative expression.
S.B.L CERTIFIED
Visual Arts Certified
Curriculum Designer
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILIATOR
MINDFULNESS INSTRUCTOR
DIGITAL DESIGNER
// the story

My journey began in Grenada, where I learned a foundational principle: "one hand washes the other." That idiom became my gateway to understanding leadership, community, and the connections that shape our collective journey.

"one hand washes the other"
— the philosophy at the core of everything I do

In 2006, I crossed an ocean of anticipation. New York transformed from a distant dream to a tangible reality. The raw streets of Brownsville required me to redefine myself — fueling a resilience that education became the compass for.

Today I work as a middle school art educator and instructional coach, designing inclusive, interdisciplinary learning experiences that center student voice, identity, and access. Alongside school-based work, I collaborate with artists and educators through The Black School to create liberatory learning spaces that honor Black imagination and community knowledge.

 

// who I work for
schools & orgs

Credentialed Building Leader

NYS School Building Leader certified. 8+ years driving instructional turnarounds in NYC's highest-need schools — including tangle YoY growth in academic outcomes. Actively seeking my next building-level role.
COMMUNITIES

BIPOC Education

Free curriculum, lessons, and resources built specifically for brown and BIPOC learners — rooted in identity, joy, and access. Education as an act of hope.
colaborators

Creative & Strategic Partner

7+ years designing for social justice orgs including The Black School and Athenaeum. Open to curriculum co-development, design work, and liberatory learning partnerships.
// education & training
[ degrees ]
2025
Brooklyn College
NYS School Building Leadership certification
Educational Leadership: School Building Leader; School District Leader, M.S.Ed.
GPA 3.93
2022
Hunter College
NYS Visual Arts K–12 certification, Independent study with Nari Ward
Visual Arts Education, M.A.
GPA 3.97
2019
City College
Editor of The Paper, formerly known as Tech New, historic Harlem newspaper and magazine.
Digital Design (Art), Public Relations and Advertising (Media and Communications)
GPA 3.8, Phi Beta Kappa, The Dream.US National Opportunity Scholarship, Dean's List, S Jay Levy Fellow (Valedictorian)
[ fellowships & traaining ]
2024
National Endowment for the Humanities
American Women, American Citizens 1920–1948
New-York Historical Society
2023
Relay Graduate School of Education
Certified to facilitate equity & inclusive culture PDs
DEI Facilitator Certification
2023
Uncomon Schools
Two-year leadership residency on school-building leadership and instructional coaching
Dean of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment FellowshipFellowship
2022
University of Georgia
Guest lectures on bell hooks' pedagogy & community building
Jack Davis Distinguished Lecturer
2021
Breathe for Change
SEL strategies, wellness & de-escalation
200-Hr Mindfulness Certification
// areas of expertise
instructional leadership
CR-SE
UDL
Data-Driven Instruction
Curriculum Mapping
Teacher Coaching
Engaged Pedagogy
Bloom's Taxonomy
Multiple Intelligences
Designing inclusive, interdisciplinary learning experiences rooted in student voice, identity, and access — from weekly DDI cycles to building-wide curriculum coherence.
school leadership
Improvement Science
MTSS
Restorative Justice
SCEP / CEP
PDSA Cycles
Crisis Management
Family Engagement
Root Cause Analysis
Operationalizing whole-school systems — from restorative culture and MTSS to strategic planning and building-level leadership residency.
art education & philosophy
Educational Connoisseurship
Student Agency
Arts Integration
Afrofuturist Curriculum
Liberatory Pedagogy
Social Justice Education
Visual Culture
Identity-Based Curriculum
Teaching art as a means of change — building classrooms where creativity, academic rigor, and cultural identity are mutually reinforcing, not separate tracks.
creative & technical
Adobe Creative Suite
HTML / CSS / JS
Zine-making
Digital Design
Brand Strategy
PowerSchool
Tableau
Salesforce
From designing for social justice orgs to building data dashboards — bridging creative vision and technical execution across education and design contexts.
// teaching philosophy
"One hand wash the other, and both hands wash the face."
A Grenadian principle at the core of everything — community, leadership, and the belief that when we lift each other, we all rise.
[ PILLARS ]
01 //
Student as Artist
Classrooms that mirror the practices of professional artists — independence, artistic thinking, and the creative process as the primary artifact of learning.
02 //
Teacher as Agent of Change
Teachers are cultural agents of social justice — with a role that extends from the classroom to the statehouse, and from the personal to the political.
03 //
Belonging Before Learning
Students cannot fully learn unless they feel seen, valued, and loved. Belonging is the foundation — not a bonus — of quality education.
04 //
Joy as Pedagogy
School should be a place of learning and joy — where laughter, play, and limitless potential exist alongside rigorous academic growth.

I believe in educational connoisseurship — treating curriculum development as an artistic endeavor. This means shifting from traditional, one-size-fits-all instruction toward student-centered learning that promotes collaborative problem-solving, student autonomy, and conceptual understanding. The process matters as much as the outcome.

My approach is grounded in Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education, bell hooks’ Engaged Pedagogy, and Universal Design for Learning — frameworks that center the whole child: their identity, community, and lived experience. I design for every learner, particularly those that traditional systems have failed.

"The teacher's role is to prepare learners to be conscious cultural producers in their lived environments."
— Kacy George
Social transformation takes place when attitudes and values change. Teachers are uniquely positioned to shift cultural structures of oppression — not only by what they teach, but how they teach, who they center, and what they refuse to accept as inevitable. My work is grounded in that belief: that education, at its core, is an act of hope.
// CTA
hire
LEARN
connect

About me.

educator · artist · activist · leader

KC george

Arts educator, instructional leader, and creative strategist working at the intersection of visual culture, literacy, and educational equity.

My mission is to dismantle the systemic barriers that prevent brown communities from accessing quality education and creative expression.
S.B.L CERTIFIED
Visual Arts Certified
Curriculum Designer
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILIATOR
MINDFULNESS INSTRUCTOR
DIGITAL DESIGNER
// the story

My journey began in Grenada, where I learned a foundational principle: "one hand washes the other." That idiom became my gateway to understanding leadership, community, and the connections that shape our collective journey.

"one hand washes the other"
— the philosophy at the core of everything I do

In 2006, I crossed an ocean of anticipation. New York transformed from a distant dream to a tangible reality. The raw streets of Brownsville required me to redefine myself — fueling a resilience that education became the compass for.

Today I work as a middle school art educator and instructional coach, designing inclusive, interdisciplinary learning experiences that center student voice, identity, and access. Alongside school-based work, I collaborate with artists and educators through The Black School to create liberatory learning spaces that honor Black imagination and community knowledge.

 

// who I work for
schools & orgs

Credentialed Building Leader

NYS School Building Leader certified. 8+ years driving instructional turnarounds in NYC's highest-need schools — including tangle YoY growth in academic outcomes. Actively seeking my next building-level role.
COMMUNITIES

BIPOC Education

Free curriculum, lessons, and resources built specifically for brown and BIPOC learners — rooted in identity, joy, and access. Education as an act of hope.
colaborators

Creative & Strategic Partner

7+ years designing for social justice orgs including The Black School and Athenaeum. Open to curriculum co-development, design work, and liberatory learning partnerships.
// education & training
[ degrees ]
2025
Brooklyn College
NYS School Building Leadership certification
Educational Leadership: School Building Leader; School District Leader, M.S.Ed.
GPA 3.93
2022
Hunter College
NYS Visual Arts K–12 certification, Independent study with Nari Ward
Visual Arts Education, M.A.
GPA 3.97
2019
City College
Editor of The Paper, formerly known as Tech New, historic Harlem newspaper and magazine.
Digital Design (Art), Public Relations and Advertising (Media and Communications)
GPA 3.8, Phi Beta Kappa, The Dream.US National Opportunity Scholarship, Dean's List, S Jay Levy Fellow (Valedictorian)
[ fellowships & traaining ]
2024
National Endowment for the Humanities
American Women, American Citizens 1920–1948
New-York Historical Society
2023
Relay Graduate School of Education
Certified to facilitate equity & inclusive culture PDs
DEI Facilitator Certification
2023
Uncomon Schools
Two-year leadership residency on school-building leadership and instructional coaching
Dean of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment FellowshipFellowship
2022
University of Georgia
Guest lectures on bell hooks' pedagogy & community building
Jack Davis Distinguished Lecturer
2021
Breathe for Change
SEL strategies, wellness & de-escalation
200-Hr Mindfulness Certification
// areas of expertise
instructional leadership
CR-SE
UDL
Data-Driven Instruction
Curriculum Mapping
Teacher Coaching
Engaged Pedagogy
Bloom's Taxonomy
Multiple Intelligences
Designing inclusive, interdisciplinary learning experiences rooted in student voice, identity, and access — from weekly DDI cycles to building-wide curriculum coherence.
school leadership
Improvement Science
MTSS
Restorative Justice
SCEP / CEP
PDSA Cycles
Crisis Management
Family Engagement
Root Cause Analysis
Operationalizing whole-school systems — from restorative culture and MTSS to strategic planning and building-level leadership residency.
art education & philosophy
Educational Connoisseurship
Student Agency
Arts Integration
Afrofuturist Curriculum
Liberatory Pedagogy
Social Justice Education
Visual Culture
Identity-Based Curriculum
Teaching art as a means of change — building classrooms where creativity, academic rigor, and cultural identity are mutually reinforcing, not separate tracks.
creative & technical
Adobe Creative Suite
HTML / CSS / JS
Zine-making
Digital Design
Brand Strategy
PowerSchool
Tableau
Salesforce
From designing for social justice orgs to building data dashboards — bridging creative vision and technical execution across education and design contexts.
// teaching philosophy
"One hand wash the other, and both hands wash the face."
A Grenadian principle at the core of everything — community, leadership, and the belief that when we lift each other, we all rise.
[ PILLARS ]
01 //
Student as Artist
Classrooms that mirror the practices of professional artists — independence, artistic thinking, and the creative process as the primary artifact of learning.
02 //
Teacher as Agent of Change
Teachers are cultural agents of social justice — with a role that extends from the classroom to the statehouse, and from the personal to the political.
03 //
Belonging Before Learning
Students cannot fully learn unless they feel seen, valued, and loved. Belonging is the foundation — not a bonus — of quality education.
04 //
Joy as Pedagogy
School should be a place of learning and joy — where laughter, play, and limitless potential exist alongside rigorous academic growth.

I believe in educational connoisseurship — treating curriculum development as an artistic endeavor. This means shifting from traditional, one-size-fits-all instruction toward student-centered learning that promotes collaborative problem-solving, student autonomy, and conceptual understanding. The process matters as much as the outcome.

My approach is grounded in Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education, bell hooks’ Engaged Pedagogy, and Universal Design for Learning — frameworks that center the whole child: their identity, community, and lived experience. I design for every learner, particularly those that traditional systems have failed.

"The teacher's role is to prepare learners to be conscious cultural producers in their lived environments."
— Kacy George
Social transformation takes place when attitudes and values change. Teachers are uniquely positioned to shift cultural structures of oppression — not only by what they teach, but how they teach, who they center, and what they refuse to accept as inevitable. My work is grounded in that belief: that education, at its core, is an act of hope.
// CTA
hire
LEARN
connect