Celebrating Excellence:
Bryan Butcher Jr. Named
2024 Oregon Teacher of the Year!

It is with immense pride that we celebrate Bryan Butcher Jr., a math teacher at Beaumont Middle School, who has been honored as Oregon’s 2024 Teacher of the Year! Bryan was celebrated during a heartfelt assembly on October 2, 2024, surrounded by colleagues, students, family, friends, and distinguished guests, including the new Portland Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong, and State Superintendent, Dr. Charlene Williams.

 

Read Bryan Butcher Jr.'s Bio:

Bryan Butcher Jr is currently a seventh grade mathematics teacher at Beaumont Middle School in Portland, OR. Butcher, a Portland native, graduated from Grant High School in 2008. He attended Morehouse College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. Butcher graduated, Magna Cum Laude, and was selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Butcher led Morehouse Baseball as the all-time hits leader.

 

Following graduation, Butcher joined Teach for America. He moved to Brooklyn, NY to teach at Excellence Boys Charter School, while earning a Masters in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education. In 2014, Butcher returned to Portland to teach fifth grade at Chief Joseph/Ockley Green School. Three years later, Butcher returned to his alma mater, Boise-Eliot Elementary School, as a School Climate Specialist. 

 

Missing the classroom, Butcher returned to teach math at Beaumont. At Beaumont, Butcher takes on a significant role in creating culture for the entire school. Butcher has been a catalyst in the execution of many whole school events. For the last five years, he has also led Beaumont’s Black Student Union.

 

When visiting Butcher’s classroom, he wants you to see a thriving community of learners, working together. With two guiding principles of respect and effort, Butcher believes maintaining high standards and expectations allows students to flourish. Respect and effort provide an environment where students feel comfortable asking questions, participating in discussions, and taking risks. In Butcher’s class there is an expectation and joy that comes from learning, everyday.