Michael S. Gordon is a Music Educator for Band and General Music at Middlebrook School in Wilton, Connecticut. He is also District co-Music Instructional Leader for Fine And Performing Arts, District Instructional Leader for Equity and Inclusion for Wilton Public Schools, Director of Equity and Inclusion for A Better Chance of Wilton, Western Region Liaison for Equity & Advocacy for CMEA. Formerly, he served as Resident Director of ABC Wilton Boys’ house. He has a B.A. in Music and a M.S in Education from the University of Bridgeport, and is in his 6th Year of Educational Administration at the University of Connecticut.
Michael shared the following: “I am excited about working with colleagues towards helping students, particularly students from historically marginalized groups, develop enhanced social-emotional learning skills, specifically with regard to their self-esteem, self-awareness, emotional resilience, social awareness, and conflict resolution skills. Prior to pursuing a career in music education, I studied to be an electrical engineer. After a summer internship at a renowned company, I realized I wanted a career I would enjoy. I combined my talent for music with my passion for mentoring young people and began my journey of becoming a music educator. My philosophy: Conversations lead to collaboration, collaboration influences our understanding, understanding fosters trust, trust evokes compassion, compassion inspires inclusion, inclusion cultivates empathy, empathy engenders equity.”
