Kevin S. Walker
Founder, President & National Director
Project Appleseed
St. Louis Public Schools: Accreditation and Education
@pledgeappleseed
Living Education eFocus News discussed St. Louis Public Schools: Accreditation and Education with Kevin S. Walker, Founder, President & National Director, Project Appleseed.
Kevin Sterling Walker is Project Appleseed's founder, president and national director. He oversees all of the current and future programs of the organization. As president and national director, he provides leadership in program development, organizational and financial planning while working with the volunteers, staff and board to carry out plans and policies. Hands-on work is frequently required at all levels of the president's job. Mr. Walker represents the organization's point of view to news organizations, government, agencies, organizations, and the general public.
Like President Barack Obama, Kevin Walker began working as a community organizer in the early 1980's. Mr. Walker is a leading advocate of public school parents in the United States. Mr. Walker is a national award winning organizer and public policy professional and has 30 years of local, state and national experience. He is the parent of four public school graduates and the founder of Project Appleseed.
Selected Key Accomplishments
Kevin Sterling Walker is Project Appleseed's founder, president and national director. He oversees all of the current and future programs of the organization. As president and national director, he provides leadership in program development, organizational and financial planning while working with the volunteers, staff and board to carry out plans and policies. Hands-on work is frequently required at all levels of the president's job. Mr. Walker represents the organization's point of view to news organizations, government, agencies, organizations, and the general public.
Like President Barack Obama, Kevin Walker began working as a community organizer in the early 1980's. Mr. Walker is a leading advocate of public school parents in the United States. Mr. Walker is a national award winning organizer and public policy professional and has 30 years of local, state and national experience. He is the parent of four public school graduates and the founder of Project Appleseed.
Selected Key Accomplishments
- Created National Parental Involvement Day & Public School Volunteer Week.
- Top Ten People In American Education, Teachermagazine.
- Recipient of Parenting magazine's Parenting Leader Award.
- Named one of "10 Unsung Nonprofits That Should Be Household Words".
- Advised the White House on the parental involvement provisions of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act.
- Tennessee Legislation Adopts Appleseed In Race to the Top 2009.
- Proposed and passed school report card legislation in Missouri.
- Recipient of the Focus St. Louis "What's Right With The Region" Award.
- Inducted Into the Webster Groves High School Wall of Fame 2007.