Christopher Harvey

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Dr. Christopher Harvey was born and raised in East and Northeast Austin. Work colleagues note his exemplary leadership in: campus/district administration, teacher/administrator leadership development, program design/transformation/evaluation, building community/business partnerships, and directing state and federal programs Dr. Harvey is currently listed on special assignment in Manor ISD, Manor, Texas. He responsibilities entail, implementing Restorative Practices, Mentoring Leaders, Internal & External Research, and Building Academic Partnerships. Previously, as the principal of the Manor Alternative Program, he worked to end the school-to-prison pipeline through restorative justice practices, teaching at-risk students academic, social, and behavioral skills, preparing students for college, career, and/or military readiness, providing enrichment activities and family education workshops. In just two-years his team has reduced discretionary discipline placements for the entire district by 49%. Dr. Harvey works part-time as a per course instructor for Texas State University (Organization, Workforce, and Leadership Studies Department) and Concordia University Texas (College of Education) each semester. He also owns and operates a consultancy firm. In addition, Chris has studied education in several states in the US, particularly in poverty stricken areas, as well as traveling to study education in Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, and France, where he presented and served on panel discussions. Dr. Harvey’s quantitative dissertation explored the relationship of Algebra I and graduation rates for African-American and Hispanic students Texas urban high school students. The data sample included students from traditional urban high schools in 3 major districts in Texas. In 2013, Dr. Harvey received an all expense paid trip to the INACOL National Conference in Orlando, Florida where he was 1 of 6 people in the United States presented a Transformation Award by K12. In 2020, the nationally recognized African American Youth Harvest Foundation awarded him the Community Leadership Award for unparalleled contributions, commitment, and excellence in Central Texas. He has presentation experience at local, state, regional, and national conferences. His last few major speaking opportunities were at TASA MidWinter (2019), National Educators for Restorative Practices (2018) Central Texas African-American Family Support Conference (2019), National Council on Educating Black Children 2013 (Chicago), Dream Deferred by College Board (2013), and a 2013 poster presentation acceptance by College Board (New York). In addition, Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Harvey was elected to serve the City of Manor on the City Council, Place 3 position on November 5, 2019. His areas of focus are Infrastructure, Economic Development, Family & Community Engagement, Job Training/Creation & Workforce Development, Recreation/Arts, and Long-range Strategic Planning.

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