Leaders offer guidance, a sense of purpose, and principles that govern professional performance. But most of all leaders lead by example. As a Florida Virtual School instructional leader, Brian Marchman leads by the example of his career, beginning as a respected teacher, and continuing as an effective administrator and researcher.
Many of the principles that govern Dr. Marchman’s career were formed many years ago in a one-room schoolhouse. That is where his great grandmother made an essential difference in the lives of her students. On a larger level, Dr. Marchman’s great grandfather served as district superintendent. A generation later, his grandparents served as teachers and administrators. And his father taught middle school science for 35 years. It is a family tradition that has reached across the generations.
Dr. Marchman began his own tradition as a social studies teacher. He taught at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School administered by the University of Florida. He also taught AP U.S. History and AP U.S. Government at Gulf High School in New Port, Richey, Florida. Dr. Marchman moved to administration as an assistant principal at P.K. Yonge, while also serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida’s College of Education.
At FLVS, Dr. Marchman provides leadership as the administrator of one of his school’s schoolhouses. In that capacity, he provides guidance, professional development, and modeling of high expectations to his teachers. He inculcates in his faculty the traditions and core values of FLVS that make the needs of students the highest priority. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the University of South Florida’s Department of Educational Leadership & Policy.
Dr. Marchman earned his Ph.D. and Ed.S. in Educational Leadership, his M.Ed. in Social Science Education, and his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida. He also attended Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education Principals’ Center Summer Institute.
