Jasonn L. Denard

Over the past 20 years, Jasonn L. Denard has worked as a teacher, teacher-leader, Principal, and Director in Paterson and Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Denard is a Newarkborn educator and graduate of University High School (1999). He holds a B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Kean University (2004) and an M.A. in Educational Leadership, Management and Policy from Seton Hall University (2008). He was a middle and secondary English teacher before accepting a position as a Humanities Department Chair in 2009.

In 2013, he completed the Pre-K – 12 circle, so to speak, serving as a Vice Principal of a Pre-K-8 school and later as Principal of multiple schools. He has been a school board member for a local charter school and has worked with MAT students entering the field of education at Concordia University and Eastern Oregon University.

Mr. Denard currently serves as the Director of Teaching and Learning at College Achieve in Paterson, NJ and a Project Manager with The Reimagined Classroom. Mr. Denard’s passion is recruiting, supporting, and retaining men of color in education.

Mr. Denard is also a proud black male educator, husband, and father of two.