Aaron M. Johnson

Aaron Johnson is a writer-researcher-practitioner. In 2014, he started Archetype Consulting with the purpose to inspire educators to design schools that inspire academic excellence. He is the author of the 2018 Teachers College Press book, A Walk in Their Kicks: Literacy, Identity, and the Schooling of Young Black Males, the dissertation, Understanding the In-School Literacies of African American Males through a Sociocultural Paradigm: Implications for Teacher Professional Development, and several articles in peer-reviewed journals. His current work includes research projects on literacy proficiency, curriculum writing, and co-designing the instructional infrastructure of a school in the Metro Detroit area. Aaron’s past experiences include being a teacher, principal, central office administrator, and higher education faculty, and those experiences aided in the writing of this book. His expertise and passion have taken him across the country and to Ghana to promote literacy proficiency and education cohesion. Aaron’s consulting organization, Archetype Consulting, partners with organizations to facilitate professional learning, coaching, research projects, and parent engagement activities. You can find it at www.archetypeconsultingllc.com.