Meet Your Programs Administrator
Kelly Matthews
Mr. Matthews brings to the table 17 collective years of experience in academia, reinforced with studies in Organizational Leadership, Organizational Management, and Academic Curriculum Development and Instruction on both the Bachelor’s and Master’s Levels. Underpinning his background in academic studies, Mr. Matthews has gone on to obtain Instructional and Coaching Licenses on the Elementary and Secondary School Levels alike as well as obtaining his License in Public School Administration in and for the State of New Mexico.
Professionally, Mr. Matthews began his journey while serving as Academic Facilitator and Athletics Director for a small Juvenile Detentions Facility in West Texas. Moving beyond those roles, Mr. Matthews went on to spend an extended amount of time in Public Education in the Foreign Languages field as a Level I American Sign Language Instructor.
In the years following, he returned to Correctional Facility based academia, serving as both Classroom Instructor and Education Programs Administrator for Adult and Youthful Offender populations alike. As those roles transitioned one into the other, Mr. Matthews worked to develop his knowledge and hone his Instructional and Supervisory skills for the purpose of facilitating and directing those programs within his scope of responsibility.
Through proven success in the areas of Adult Basic Education, GED and HiSet Readiness and Testing, as well as studies and testing specific to Adult Literacy and a wide array of Life Skills Reentry Programs, Mr. Matthews has demonstrated his ability to direct and lead these programs in powerful ways. Additionally, in drawing from his own challenges as a displaced, at-risk youth, Mr. Matthews brings to the table a deep understanding of the academic and life skill challenges facing at-risk youth and at-risk adults today.
