Monday, January 4, 2016

Coach Biographies: Meet Roland!

Good morning,

Since the holidays are now over, we are going to continue our 'Meet the Coaches' series. Today we are featuring Roland Agorkle!


Professor Roland Agorkle was born in Ghana- West Africa to American citizens. In Ghana, he consistently topped his class and received a full scholarship from the President of Ghana. At the age of 16, Roland travelled to the US through a sponsorship from his American father. He then attended Mount Vernon High School, where he graduated at the top of his class and was named the best African American student. He received a full scholarship to attend George Mason University. At George Mason University, he double-majored in Math and Pre-med and taught as a teacher’s assistant.

As he taught, he began to gain insight on how to impart knowledge by equipping students to do things themselves instead of telling or just simply showing them. After graduating from college, he took his passion of educating others to low performing schools in DC. Most of these schools were filled with students from disadvantaged backgrounds who had many emotional and social problems. He took on the challenge and taught as a Biology high school teacher, then as a Middle school science and math teacher, and even as an Elementary school teacher. He went on to teach as a special education teacher, creating IEP plans and overseeing their implementation. He also worked with Local Education Agency’s and parents of special needs students. He has been issued a transitional teacher license from the Office of the School Superintendent of Education to teach special needs students.

In 2011, he was invited to compete for an entry level Professor of mathematics appointment at Fortis College. He delivered a lecture to the college faculty on “Slopes and the Real World.” After careful deliberation by the college faculty, he was surprisingly appointed an entry level Professor where he taught college mathematics for three years on an Adjunct basis.

Roland also enjoys writing, and has written short stories that have captured his community.

His poem “Sleepless night” was named as one of the best poems by poetry.com.

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