of Prospect Schools employees identify as persons of color
Average number of years of teaching experience
of Prospect faculty have advanced degrees (Masters and above)
Video Spotlight
Get to know Arkeeda Jones, math teacher at Downtown Elementary School.
Staff Spotlights
Stephanie Marchena
DIRECTOR OF STEAM, CLINTON HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Matt Ellis
PRINCIPAL, CLINTON HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
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AJ Ryan
PRINCIPAL, DOWNTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Mari Watson
Director of Afterschool and Extended-Day Programming, PROSPECT SCHOOLS NETWORK
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Wes Web
Musical Theater and Film Teacher & Department Head, Clinton Hill Middle School
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
FROM STUDENT TO TEAMMATE
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Selwyn “Sully” Robertson
Resident Teacher
Selwyn “Sully” Robertson grew up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. A bright child who excelled at a nearby Catholic School, his parents found Brooklyn Prospect on a whim and excitedly enrolled him after he got a lottery spot in the founding class. Sully thrived in middle school, moving on to Brooklyn Prospect High School and later graduating from St. Joseph’s University in Brooklyn. Did he ever think he’d become a resident teacher and Arts Department Head at the same high school he attended? “I had a hunch I’d come back.”
2023 was Sully’s first year managing his own classroom. “I feel great happiness helping my students achieve what they want while ensuring their emotional and mental health is top of mind and that they’re respected as human beings and people, not just seen as students.”
In their words
Our team recently sat down to answer the question, "What is Culture?" Here, get to know teammember Thaddeus Evans, Director of K-1 at our Downtown Elementary School (DTES).