Bryan Butcher Jr. is currently a seventh grade mathematics teacher at Beaumont Middle School in Portland, Oregon. Butcher, a Portland native, graduated from Grant High School in 2008. He attended Morehouse College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. Butcher graduated magna cum laude and was selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Butcher led Morehouse baseball as the school’s all-time hits leader. Following graduation, Butcher joined Teach for America. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, to teach at Excellence Boys Charter School while eBryan Butcher Jr. is currently a seventh grade mathematics teacher at Beaumont Middle School in Portland, Oregon. Butcher, a Portland native, graduated from Grant High School in 2008. He attended Morehouse College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. Butcher graduated magna cum laude and was selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Butcher led Morehouse baseball as the school’s all-time hits leader.

Following graduation, Butcher joined Teach for America. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, to teach at Excellence Boys Charter School while earning a master’s in teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education. In 2014, Butcher returned to Portland to teach fifth grade at Chief Joseph/Ockley Green School. Three years later, Butcher returned to his alma mater, Boise-Eliot Elementary School, as a school climate specialist.

Missing the classroom, Butcher returned to teach math at Beaumont. At Beaumont, Butcher takes on a significant role in creating culture for the entire school and has been a catalyst in the execution of many whole school events. For the last five years, he has also led Beaumont’s Black Student Union.

Butcher wants visitors to his classroom to see a thriving community of learners working together. With two guiding principles of respect and effort, Butcher believes maintaining high standards and expectations allows students to flourish. Respect and effort provide an environment where students feel comfortable asking questions, participating in discussions and taking risks. In Butcher’s class, there is an expectation and joy that comes from learning every day.arning a master’s in teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education. In 2014, Butcher returned to Portland to teach fifth grade at Chief Joseph/Ockley Green School. Three years later, Butcher returned to his alma mater, Boise-Eliot Elementary School, as a school climate specialist. Missing the classroom, Butcher returned to teach math at Beaumont. At Beaumont, Butcher takes on a significant role in creating culture for the entire school and has been a catalyst in the execution of many whole school events. For the last five years, he has also led Beaumont’s Black Student Union. Butcher wants visitors to his classroom to see a thriving community of learners working together. With two guiding principles of respect and effort, Butcher believes maintaining high standards and expectations allows students to flourish. Respect and effort provide an environment where students feel comfortable asking questions, participating in discussions and taking risks. In Butcher’s class, there is an expectation and joy that comes from learning every day.