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Hello

my name is

Daren H.

Mr. Hill

AKA

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Recruit, Prepare, Place and Retain Black male teachers in elementary schools.

OUR VISION:

Is that all students have the opportunity to attend schools staffed with racially and culturally diverse teachers and leaders, reflecting the students' race, ethnicity, and cultures, thereby creating an environment that affirms students for who they are. Black Men Teach creates the environment and conditions where Black male teachers can thrive, because our children’s schooling experience will never be complete without them.

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Daren embodies the spirit of Black Men Teach in the classroom—empowering students, modeling excellence, and cultivating a learning environment rooted in purpose, representation, and integrity. As a teacher, their impact goes beyond academics, shaping the hearts and minds of future leaders while uplifting the community they serve. This is his story.

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Hello reader, thanks for reading my story!

Daren is a versatile artist who explores abstract art through murals, paintings, photography, and digital art. He has a rich background, having worked as an assistant curator at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in New York City and as a contributing writer at The Source magazine. Hill's work has been featured on album covers, City Pages, FOX 9 News, the Spokesman-Recorder, KFAI, and in numerous art exhibitions across the Midwest and East Coast.

Alongside solo art projects, Daren engages with communities through the creation of large murals. He holds a B.S. in Entrepreneurial Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and is also an Art Teacher at Zanewood Community School in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Hello reader, thanks for reading my story!

My name is

Daren H.

But my wonderful students call me

Mr. Hill

I teach

Art

at BMT Partner School

Teaching Fellow

Did you know in the State of Minnesota only

1 in 200

elementary teachers are Black Men? That's half of 1%.

I am a Black Male Teacher,

I am an impactful and inspiring leader.

My name is

Daren H.

But my wonderful students call me

Mr. Hill

I am proud half-percent, this is my story.

Daren

BMT Teacher

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BMT Teacher

Daren

BMT Teacher

Teaching Fellow

Daren is a versatile artist who explores abstract art through murals, paintings, photography, and digital art. He has a rich background, having worked as an assistant curator at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in New York City and as a contributing writer at The Source magazine. Hill's work has been featured on album covers, City Pages, FOX 9 News, the Spokesman-Recorder, KFAI, and in numerous art exhibitions across the Midwest and East Coast.

Alongside solo art projects, Daren engages with communities through the creation of large murals. He holds a B.S. in Entrepreneurial Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and is also an Art Teacher at Zanewood Community School in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Daren is a versatile artist who explores abstract art through murals, paintings, photography, and digital art. He has a rich background, having worked as an assistant curator at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in New York City and as a contributing writer at The Source magazine. Hill's work has been featured on album covers, City Pages, FOX 9 News, the Spokesman-Recorder, KFAI, and in numerous art exhibitions across the Midwest and East Coast.

Alongside solo art projects, Daren engages with communities through the creation of large murals. He holds a B.S. in Entrepreneurial Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and is also an Art Teacher at Zanewood Community School in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Hello Reader!
Thanks for being here and reading my story. I appreciate you taking the time to get to know me and Black Men Teach.

My name is

Daren H.

But my wonderful students call me

Mr. Hill

I teach

Art

at a BMT Partner School!


Teaching Fellow

THIS IS MY STORY

Daren is a versatile artist who explores abstract art through murals, paintings, photography, and digital art. He has a rich background, having worked as an assistant curator at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in New York City and as a contributing writer at The Source magazine. Hill's work has been featured on album covers, City Pages, FOX 9 News, the Spokesman-Recorder, KFAI, and in numerous art exhibitions across the Midwest and East Coast.

Alongside solo art projects, Daren engages with communities through the creation of large murals. He holds a B.S. in Entrepreneurial Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and is also an Art Teacher at Zanewood Community School in Brooklyn Park, MN.

9 QUESTIONS

WITH

Daren

1

How many years have you been teaching?

3

2

What does it mean to be a Black male teacher?

I think it is important for scholars to see someone who looks like them and can relate to them.

I hope that I am planting seeds of creativity in them—while allowing them to be their authentic selves.

3

What grade did you have your first Black male teacher? What's one big takeaway you gained from that experience?

I've never had a Black Male teacher. It was not until college that I had a Black woman as a teacher and it was a public speaking course. I think that class gave me confidence to pursue my artistic career.

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4

What's your favorite subject to teach? Why?

Art, I am an artist so I enjoy seeing kids express themselves creatively. My goal with art is to make it feel accessible to everyone and by teaching art it is the perfect way to do that.

5

What's a one-liner you use all the time in the classroom?

We have 2 ears and 1 mouth so we listen twice as much as we talk.

6

List three words your students would use to describe you.

Fun

Drippy

Awesome

7

What is your favorite activity to do with your students?

Charades!

8

If you could take your students on a field trip to any place around the world, where would you take them?

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art in NYC!

9

What’s your favorite movie or TV show, favorite book, and go-to after-school snack?

Favorite Movie or TV Show:
Attack The Block

Favorite Book:
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

Go-To After-School Snack:
Chips

3

1

How many years have you been teaching?

1

I think it is important for scholars to see someone who looks like them and can relate to them.

I hope that I am planting seeds of creativity in them—while allowing them to be their authentic selves.

2

What does it mean to be a Black male teacher?

2

I've never had a Black Male teacher. It was not until college that I had a Black woman as a teacher and it was a public speaking course. I think that class gave me confidence to pursue my artistic career.

‍

3

What grade did you have your first Black male teacher? What's one big takeaway you gained from that experience?

3

Art, I am an artist so I enjoy seeing kids express themselves creatively. My goal with art is to make it feel accessible to everyone and by teaching art it is the perfect way to do that.

4

What's your favorite subject to teach? Why?

4

We have 2 ears and 1 mouth so we listen twice as much as we talk.

5

What's a one-liner you use all the time in the classroom?

5

Fun

Drippy

Awesome

6

List three words your students would use to describe you.

6

Charades!

7

What is your favorite activity to do with your students?

7

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art in NYC!

8

If you could take your students on a field trip to any place around the world, where would you take them?

8

Favorite Movie or TV Show:
Attack The Block

Favorite Book:
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

Go-To After-School Snack:
Chips

9

What’s your favorite movie or TV show, favorite book, and go-to after-school snack?

9

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