Mitchell Owens

Background

About Mitchell Owens

I am an educator in Rowan County, North Carolina at West Rowan High School where I have taught for the past 6 years. I teach United States Government and Politics, as well as Civics and Economics. I graduated from East Tennessee State University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with an emphasis on political theory. I also completed my Master of Arts in Teaching at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte in 2015. During my collegiate years I took an interest in humanitarian aid, traveling and working extensively throughout Central America and the United States. I also completed a study abroad program through the North China Institute of Science and Technology in the Heibei Province in June and July 2009. As an educator I am strongly focused on collaboration and technology in the classroom to prepare my students with the skills needed to be successful in our increasingly connected and interdependent world. In the 2019-2020 school year I served as a PBL Coach at West Rowan and worked to implement a school wide project that ran for 16 weeks during the year. I am also currently a member of the Rowan-Salisbury Innovation Team that is made up of around 75 educators across the county, this has been since 2018. From 2015-2018 I was a trainer and educator selected for the Literacy Design Collaborative initiative in Rowan County. My hope is to use every opportunity as one in which I can learn about cultures and peoples that will help me increase learning in the classroom. I was the head JV coach for the basketball team for 5 seasons, and now serve as the Director of Basketball Operations. I have also been an assistant soccer and football coach in the past, and have served as an assistant to the Athletic Director for the previous 2 years.