About Me
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Make a life worth living!
My name is Ross Braun. I am a forever educator with a mission to make an impact on students! As an 18 year old HS graduate, that mission was to be a positive male role model for every child in my future classroom and player on the sports team I was coaching. As my educational career grew, leadership was natural and leadership roles had a way of finding me. As I transitioned in the school setting that passion for making an impact grew and a fire was lit inside me. On my educational journey I have been a substitute teacher, athletics coach, classroom teacher, athletic director, clubs sponsor, assistant principal, and principal. As of June of 2023, I made one of the hardest decisions of a lifetime to step out of the principalship and into the business world. I am now the VP Business Development for an incredible company called School Life. A decision needed not only for my professional journey but for myself, my health and most of all, my family. Today, I am on a mission to make a position impact on as many students as possible through the work with schools, leaders, teachers and staff across the nation.
In conjunction with my role at School Life, I am also a national presenter and speaker. I love working with schools and educators to inspire, improve and educate. While I speak on just about every topic in education, I am especially passionate about literacy and school culture because literacy opens doors for all possibilities and a safe, loving and exciting learning environment is what every child deserves!
Personally, family is everything. I am a proud dad to 3 amazing kids, Frances, Evelyn and Ripton and a lucky husband to the best kindergarten teacher out there, Mackenzi. Together, we raise our family in small town America. As a family, we love nightly walks into our small town, trips to our little lake place and living the simple life.