Mr. Mitchell is a certified Evaluator and Metaevaluator, obtaining his certification the University of South Florida under the internationally renowned evaluator Dr. Liliana Rodríguez-Campos. He has performed numerous program evaluations and metaevaluations for various clients. He is also a former National Board Certified High School teacher teaching marine science, biology, anatomy and physiology, and computer technology at Florida SouthWestern Collegiate. His master’s degree is in Marine Science and he worked at the then Florida Marine Research Institute (now the Florida Wildlife Research Institute), helping to develop the statewide Fisheries Independent Monitoring Program. Mr. Mitchell coauthored multiple peer-reviewed scientific articles in the marine fisheries field. He has introduced the concept of integrating the Model for Collaborative Evaluations for use in educator evaluations in the publication with Dr. Rodríguez-Campos entitled “Collaborative Teacher Evaluations: The Model for Collaborative Evaluations as a Framework for Teacher Evaluations.” Mr. Mitchell also was a computer consultant, building several commercially used database programs and provided systems and network support to businesses. Currently, in addition to his teaching and consulting activities, Mr. Mitchell is a Ph.D. candidate in the program for Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation at the University of South Florida.