Inducted Class of 2019
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Victor is a graduate of Anderson University (AU), Anderson, Indiana (1971 BA, Mathematics Major) and Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (1979 MAE). While at AU, he played football for the Ravens, earning his starting position of offensive quick guard as a true freshman, and contributing to the Raven’s success as a first team starter at that position for four years. During that time the Ravens won the Hoosier College Conference (HCC) Championship two years (1965 & 1969), and earned a Co-Championship another year (1968). The 8-1 1969 Raven team is still recognized as one of the best in the 75-year history of AU football, with the one loss to the number one ranked small college football team in the Nation; all season long the Ravens were ranked in the top 10. Brown, #67, was honored as HCC 2nd Team All-Conference. Since his playing days, he was also honored as one of the Raven’s “The Honored 100” when AU celebrated its 50th anniversary of playing college football. “The Honored 100” are the 100 players, chosen from over the 50-year period, recognized for their commitment and excellence to the Anderson University football program.
Brown has over 25 years’ experience teaching middle school/high school mathematics in urban, suburban, and rural school districts in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. During this time, he also coached varsity football for 22 years, including three years as head coach of the Dayton Green Devils (1975-78) and ten years as an assistant at Highlands High School (1978-87), where he coached offensive guards and defensive linebackers, while also serving as the offensive line coordinator. During this time, Highlands’ teams not only won 94 football games, but also won two Kentucky AAA Football State Championships, including the 15-0 1982 team that was also recognized as the number one overall high school football team in Kentucky, because of their season opening Recreation Bowl win over the eventual Kentucky AAAA State Champ. USA Today also recognized the 1982 team as one of their “Super 25.” Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr. commissioned the entire Highlands’ football staff as Kentucky Colonels for the ‘82 football team’s accomplishments.
In addition, Brown has six years’ experience (1988-1993) representing Silver Burdett Ginn (SBG), a Simon and Schuster Educational School Group (S&SESG) K-8 mathematics publishing company, as their National Mathematics Consultant. During this time, he greatly enjoyed and benefited from the mentoring of Drs. S. Krulik and J. Rudnick, problem-solving gurus from Temple University and lead SBG authors. As National Mathematics Consultant, Brown supported the SBG editorial and marketing departments, but his major role was to create, design, and present professional developments wherever there were English and/or Spanish speaking mathematics educators with focused mathematics questions/needs. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards documents drove his professional developments, with emphasis on Problem Solving, Communication, Connections, Representations, and Reasoning and Proof. In late 1992, after his superior presentation to the State Textbook Commission of Florida, and a come-from-behind acceptance by the Commission, Brown was personally congratulated by the S&SESG president as “one who does not give up.”
Brown was invited to serve two years (1999-2001) as a Kentucky Highly Skilled Educator (HSE) in support of systemic school improvement in Kentucky. He assisted the first school to which he was assigned in increasing their mathematics scores over 38% and the second school to which he was assigned in increasing their writing portfolio scores over 108% and their mathematics scores over 22%. This successful HSE work was recognized and rewarded by Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton by commissioning him and HSE colleagues as Kentucky Colonels. His personal achievements were also recognized and rewarded by the directors of the Kentucky HSE program by offering him the opportunity to serve a third HSE year.
At the district level, Brown has served three different Kentucky school districts over an eight year period as their mathematics consultant/coach, in support of their successful adoption and implementation of K-12 Standards-Based/Reform Mathematics Curricula (with emphasis on Investigations, Connected Math, and Core-Plus). During this time, he served on Kentucky’s PRISM Secondary Mathematics Initiative.
At the regional level, he has served for two years as a Regional Coordinator (RC) of the Kentucky Center for Mathematics (KCM) Demonstration/Training Site at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), mentoring the professional growth of mathematics coaches and mathematics intervention teachers.
Brown is currently a mathematics education ABD graduate student; one of seventeen students in Cohort 2 offered a scholarship by the Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM) doctoral program.
Victor’s professional accomplishments include…
*serving on the Kentucky Metric Task Force,
*serving as Vice President and then President of the Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM),
*selection to the Governor’s Commonwealth Institute for Teachers,
*serving on the Kentucky Mathematics Content Advisory Committee,
*receiving Outstanding Educator Award from the Governor’s Scholars Program for having an extraordinary impact on the educational development of high achieving students,
*serving as professional development provider at four International (including two keynote addresses), six National, and over twenty Regional conferences,
*planning for and presenting mathematics professional development activities in 46 states, and in the following countries: Canada, Belgium (ELMLE in Brussels, including keynote address), China (CERCOS in Hong Kong), Japan (JCIS in Tokyo, including keynote address), South Korea (EARCOS in Seoul), Columbia, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Bermuda, Germany, England, Italy, and US Virgin Islands (VITEMS on Saint Thomas, including keynote address),