After a rewarding 2 and half years as the Assistant Principal at Wilkins Elementary STEAM Academy, a PK-5 school also in the Woodland Hills School District, where his major roles include leading the Student Assistance Program, analyzing student data as a member of the building MTSS team, and improving the school climate through collaboration with the restorative justice coordinator and the behavior interventionist, Mr. Howell is excited to continue his role as an educational leader and proud Woodland Hills Wolverine with a new group of amazing faculty and students.

Mr. Howell earned a Pennsylvania Administration PK-12 certificate in 2019 from Robert Morris University. He also holds an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from California University of PA and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. An over 14-year career in education has made Mr. Howell a confident professional with diverse experiences across grade levels. Beginning as an elementary school educator, general subjects, he later transitioned into teaching language arts, first in fifth and then sixth grade, completing his time in the classroom as a sixth-grade math teacher. These experiences have helped Mr. Howell develop a passion for building positive student relationships and strong bonds between school and community stakeholders. This desire to leverage community resources to improve the educational outcomes of students is what ultimately led to his out-of-school work. He served as the lead writing teacher for Camp WOW (Wonders of Writing), a collaboration between the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project and Greater Valley Community Center in Braddock, PA and sits on the Board of Directors for the Braddock’s Battlefield History Center, a local museum dedicated to preserving an important piece of local history for area school students.

As a self-proclaimed bibliophile, gamer, and fiber arts enthusiast, in his free time, Mr. Howell enjoys reading for pleasure (either a fantasy novel or a piece of middle-grade fiction to share with students), joining friends for a game (eurogames, tabletop RPGs, or video games), or getting creative with some fiber crafts (knitting, crochet, weaving, etc.). Additionally, he loves to worship the Lord through song as a member of the praise team and the choir at Allegheny Center Alliance Church on Pittsburgh’s North Side.