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Baruti Kafele
Principal Kafele Consulting LLC
PRINCIPAL KAFELE CONSULTING, LLC

A highly-regarded urban educator in New Jersey for over twenty years, Principal Baruti Kafele distinguished himself as a master teacher and a transformational school leader. As an elementary school teacher in East Orange, NJ, he was selected as the East Orange School District and Essex County Public Schools Teacher of the Year and New Jersey State Teacher of the Year finalist. As a middle and high school principal, Principal Kafele led the turnaround of four different New Jersey urban schools, including "The Mighty" Newark Tech, which went from a low-performing school in need of improvement to national recognition, which included U.S. News and World Report Magazine recognizing it three times as one of America's best high schools. Principal Kafele is the author of fourteen books including his most recent release, What Is My Value Instructionally to the Teachers I Supervise? And he's a highly sought-after speaker with over 3000 keynotes and seminars delivered over his 40 years of public speaking.