“I use the humor of what they go through on a daily basis and challenge them with a topic,” Brooks said. “Like, I’ll do a video about a crazy parent and give them some ideas of how they can deal with it.”
Brooks spent six years in the classroom, two years as an intervention specialist and 12 years as an administrator, according to his website.
But he gained nationwide fame when he started to share his one-man comedy bits, in an exaggerated southern drawl, about daily life in America’s schools. He mixes skits like “The real reason your child’s teacher is having a bad day,” and “The school nurse Grinch,” with serious commentary about educational issues including standardized testing and teacher-parent relationships.
Brooks served as the keynote speaker in DPS’ summer professional development session taking place between this week. There will be four additional training days throughout the 2023-2024 school year.
“I’m just using humor to encourage them and help them walk out of here being better than they came in,” Brooks said, giving parting advice to teachers: “Continue to hang in there, have a great summer, focus on yourself this summer and be ready to come back next school year.”
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