Brenda Duncan-Davis

Brenda Duncan-Davis is an education consultant who specializes in bridging education and industry through initiatives such as work-based learning opportunities, registered apprenticeship programs, and professional development focused on workplace readiness and employability skills. Her work centers on helping schools and educators better align classroom instruction with the expectations of the modern workforce, particularly in the development of students’ soft skills and career readiness.

She is the coauthor, with Christi McBride, of Ready for the Workforce: Engaging Strategies for Teaching Secondary Learners Employability Skills, a practitioner-focused guide that introduces the Youth Employability Skills (YES!) framework and offers strategies for integrating employability skills into secondary classrooms. Written for teachers and administrators, the book provides concrete tools and approaches to foster confident, career-ready learners and has been adopted in schools across the United States.