In our opening episode of Chalk Talk, PLC Associate Dr. Margy Jones-Carey speaks to our special guest, Tracy McGee, CEO, Concepts Charter School. Together, they examine two youth-led projects that engaged young people as part of the solution, rather the problem, in regard to community and school life.

Biography - Tracy McGee:

McGee has 25 years of extensive experience in the youth development field and in the
administration of strength-based education and youth empowerment/leadership programs for the hard to reach populations. He has facilitated trainings for community-based organizations, Juvenile Justice Systems, educational institutions and agencies that serve youth. Tracy McGee has obtained degrees from Erie Community College - Associate of Science, State University at Brockport College - Bachelors of Science, Buffalo State College - Masters of Science- Canisius College-Masters of Science, and an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.

His fields of study have ranged from sports and recreation leadership to physical education,
multidisciplinary studies in Urban Education, and Educational Administration and Supervision. McGee is a nationally recognized and award-winning educator. Tracy has received several national and New York State awards for serving young people considered to be at-risk. Through Tracy’s leadership of a  program titled: Youth Voices, he  received the prestigious Black Achievers’ Educational Incentive Award for Educating and Empowering Youth and Communities and was selected as one of the top four 4-H youth development programs in the nation by the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA) Urban 4-H Programming Task Force.

He is the author of “Answering the Call: from Risk to Resiliency; from Passion to Purpose." In addition to being an author and speaker, Tracy is currently the CEO Global Concepts Charter High School and previously worked in the public school system’s Regional Resource Center, providing training to twenty school districts throughout Western New York on School Climate and Culture; Building Cultural Competence; and Positive Youth Development. 

Tracy is married to Tami Hollie-McGee and has two beautiful children, Treykel and Jada. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family, reading, and playing an occasional basketball game.