Leadership Profile
John McGee
John McGee
Leadership Development Strategist
John McGee is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric. After earning his juris doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law, John worked as a criminal defense attorney in Miami, Florida.
John’s career in education began when he worked for a Fort Worth law firm that represented school districts. This was followed by a job in the human resources office of White Settlement ISD, where he co-authored school board policies, mediated staff concerns, and represented the school district in hiring conferences. John’s passion for students and the classroom blossomed in 2007 when he implemented the Capturing Kids’ Hearts processes into his English classroom.
After teaching Teen Leadership to ninth and tenth-grade students and establishing a peer mentor program with eleventh and twelfth-grade students, John joined the Flippen Group as a summer Capturing Kids’ Hearts trainer. In 2013, he joined the Flippen Group as a leadership development strategist, training educators in the Capturing Kids’ Hearts processes and assisting teachers and administrators in establishing meaningful connections with their students and staff.
John lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Blanca, his two children, Gavin and Paloma, and the family’s three dogs. John enjoys coaching youth basketball and cheering on his children in their various sports activities. He credits his success in the classroom to the fact that his students knew that he cared about them as people first. He captured their minds by first capturing their hearts.
John McGee
Leadership Development Strategist
John McGee is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric. After earning his juris doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law, John worked as a criminal defense attorney in Miami, Florida.
John’s career in education began when he worked for a Fort Worth law firm that represented school districts. This was followed by a job in the human resources office of White Settlement ISD, where he co-authored school board policies, mediated staff concerns, and represented the school district in hiring conferences. John’s passion for students and the classroom blossomed in 2007 when he implemented the Capturing Kids’ Hearts processes into his English classroom.
After teaching Teen Leadership to ninth and tenth-grade students and establishing a peer mentor program with eleventh and twelfth-grade students, John joined the Flippen Group as a summer Capturing Kids’ Hearts trainer. In 2013, he joined the Flippen Group as a leadership development strategist, training educators in the Capturing Kids’ Hearts processes and assisting teachers and administrators in establishing meaningful connections with their students and staff.
John lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Blanca, his two children, Gavin and Paloma, and the family’s three dogs. John enjoys coaching youth basketball and cheering on his children in their various sports activities. He credits his success in the classroom to the fact that his students knew that he cared about them as people first. He captured their minds by first capturing their hearts.