Meet our faculty - Mrs. Deborah Brown, English

We are excited to share with you a little bit about our newest faculty member, Mrs. Deborah Brown.

Deborah Brown comes to RTHS from her position as English Department Chair at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School. Mrs. Brown is a National Board Certified Teacher with a Master’s Degree summa cum laude from Syracuse University. She holds four teaching licenses in secondary and middle school English, Speech Communications, and Theater Arts and has over 20 years of teaching experience, including time teaching in New York and Boston, and more locally at Green Hope High School in Wake County. 

Her specialties include Speech and Debate and student journalism, and she has coached Debate teams, Mock Trial Teams and Drama performances to competitions at the local, regional, state and even national levels. She is trained in the New Tech model of Project Based Learning and is one of the original facilitators for the iLead 21 leadership development course, piloting the first national model and serving as a consultant and contributor to writing the advanced levels of the program. She has been a presenter at county and state conferences on topics such as student leadership in the classroom and using social grouping to encourage closer textual readings. Her projects and writings have been published on national platforms, including DailyKos and The Huffington Post. Mrs. Brown has been honored as a teacher-of-the-year nominee at the school level and was named a North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Scholar in Residence. She is looking forward to many “firsts” at RTHS—first yearbook, first newspaper, first debate team, and more, and is excited to work with a great community of students, parents, and colleagues in this shared vision of a new way to “do school.”

Meet our faculty - Mr. Richard Jowers, PE and Health

We are excited to share with you a little bit about our newest faculty member, Mr. Richard Jowers. 

My name is Richard Jowers. I received my degree in Health and Physical Education K-12 with a minor in coaching from Elizabeth City State University. During my years at Elizabeth City State, I earned three letters while on the football team. I also have held positions on campus such as the president of my fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Inc., as well as serving as a campus photographer for sports and activities. My coaching experience includes coaching football for the 2010 state championship runner-ups 2AA Northeastern High School and the 2011 CIAA Runner ups Division 2 Elizabeth City State University. My basketball coaching experience ranges from high school to AAU girls and boys teams for almost four years.

I have a background in many sports from basketball to tennis. I attended four high schools between Virginia and North Carolina so I believe I have a good understanding of the different demographics, culture and politics. I have a background as a rehabilitation technician and working with mentally and physically disabled children. I have many different certifications such as NCI (North Carolina Intervention), CPR and even Photoshop/Adobe series.

I believe that I can offer RTHS leadership, group cooperation and initiative. I offer students a wealth of knowledge beyond the classroom that will help them in life. I also believe that I have the ability to engage all students and make them value education. I don’t believe I can change the world, but I believe I can help our children do so.