Brendan Klein
Senior Program Coordinator at College Possible
- Role
- Head Speech and Debate Coach at Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brendan Klein
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Experience
Head Speech and Debate Coach
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191
Nov 2019 — Present · Burnsville, MN, US
I assist high school students with developing, presenting, and researching original speeches or arguments that will be performed competitively during the Speech & Debate season. I hold weekly individual and group practices to refine student performances. On Saturdays, I help judge at local tournaments, providing constructive critiques for competitors. My primary categories are Original Oratory, Congressional Debate, and Discussion, with secondary categories being Extemporaneous Speaking, Drama, Poetry, Informative, Lincoln-Douglas, and Duo. I also manage our team activity account, raised over each year from fundraisers, arranged bussing logistics to tournaments, and manage our team invoices and registrations.Notable Student Accomplishments-In 2025, I had a student place in the top 100 for Impromptu Speaking at the NSDA National Tournament and compete at the NSDA National Tournament in Extemp Speaking-In 2025, I had a student of mine place in the top 60 students at the NIETOC Tournament in Extemp Speaking-In 2023, a student of mine qualified for the National Speech and Debate Tournament in U.S. Extemp Speaking-In 2023, two students of mine qualified for the NIETOC tournament in Original Oratory-In 2023, two students of mine qualified for the AA State Speech Tournament in Discussion, both placing top 10 in state and placing first and second in our Section Tournament-In 2022, a student of mine qualified for the NIETOC tournament in Original Oratory and placed in the top 100 competitors. I judged 6 rounds at this national tournament, including the Quarterfinal round for Extemporaneous Speaking-In 2022, a student of mine was a National Qualifier semifinalist for Original Oratory in the Minnesota Southern District, placing 8th overall-In 2022, the six members of my Discussion team broke to final rounds a total of 17 times, with three placing in the final round at the Bloomington Tournament and one taking 1st overall.
Education
Metro State University
Master's degree, Advocacy and Political Leadership
Thomas Jefferson High School
High School
2011 — 2015
Saint John's University
Economics
2015 — 2019
Saint John's University
Political Science and Government
2015 — 2019
Skills
- Leadership Development
- Event Planning
- Educational Leadership
- Music
- Creative Writing
- Public Policy
- Interpersonal Communication
- Public Speaking
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