Shelby T. Wyatt serves as a professional school counselor at Kenwood Academy High School, in Chicago Illinois. In this capacity he provides comprehensive guidance services to an urban student body of 2000 students. Prior to Kenwood Academy he served as a teacher in Sycamore, Illinois public Schools.

A recognized leader in male mentoring initiatives, in 2004 Shelby created an afro-centric male mentoring program, The Kenwood Academy Brotherhood. The Brotherhood Program is based on his doctoral dissertation entitled, “Measuring the Effectiveness of an Afrocentric Male Mentoring Program with Adolescent African-American Males” and focuses on forming adult/student relationships that help students understand the value of a good education. This multi-faceted program has increased the graduation and college matriculation rates, empowered personal-social development, and proved to its participants that achieving the education of your mind can be fun. At a time when many African and Latino males struggle to complete high school, every single Brotherhood member has graduated. His vision is to build supportive school cultures as early as possible and put teens on the road to college through mentoring. Mentoring helps Brotherhood members develop academic success, leadership and civic engagement. Shelby’s dedication and commitment to youth exemplifies the Brotherhood creed of fraternity, responsibility, and creativity. His article, The Brotherhood: Empowering Adolescent African-American Males Toward Excellence, was published in the Professional School Counseling Journal and Shelby has authored two books, The Brotherhood: A Mentoring Program for African-American Males and My Brother’s Back.

Shelby is a national board certified counselor (NBCT) and a 2012 American School Counseling Association (ASCA) school counselor of the year finalist. He also received the Family and Community Empowerment Award from The College Board’s National Office of School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA). He is a sought after speaker and presenter and has traveled across the country assisting in the creation of school based male mentoring organizations using his male mentoring curriculum. Shelby is also an adjunct professor at Argosy University.