Teacher Feature: Brady Frost

After starting the school year without a DECA advisor, Gloucester High School found an unexpected leader in Brady Frost. A former Division I pitcher and business professional, Frost stepped up to the plate to fill a teaching vacancy that opened unexpectedly in September.  He now teaches Info-tech and Marketing and has brought new life to the DECA program.

The Concord, New Hampshire, native graduated from Concord High School and went on to study political science at the University of Vermont. Frost played baseball his whole life and went on to play division one baseball in college, and is also in the UVM hall of fame as a pitcher.  After graduating in 1993, he went on to play Professional Baseball for the Montreal Expos until 1995. Fun fact: You can still buy his baseball cards.

“I was a right-handed pitcher,” Frost said. “I even have my own baseball cards.”

After stepping away from the pitching mound, Frost went on to live in Washington, D.C., working in marketing and sales for the Discovery Channel. After, he had a series of different jobs in marketing and product management, a startup mobile payments company out of Toronto,  for Fidelity for eight years, and for Planet Fitness. 

Frost moved to Beverly in 2003, raising two children of his own as well as two stepchildren. 

“I hadn’t really spent much time on the North Shore until I moved to Beverly,” Frost said. “My family and I love it here; we couldn’t imagine not being near the beach, and it’s a short drive to the mountains.”

Frost then became a substitute teacher in hopes of transitioning into becoming a full-time teacher. 

“I have been in the corporate world for 30 years, it was good work, and I got to raise my family and put my kids through college,” Frost said. “But, I was not getting the feeling that I was helping people on a regular basis.”

On top of being a first-year teacher, Frost started teaching around six weeks into the school year. He has also attended and chaperoned the district and state DECA conferences.

“Deca has been a whirlwind between fundraising, field trips, and preparing for districts and states; there is a lot of time outside of the classroom,” Frost said. “But the whole experience has been fantastic. The students are very energetic, intelligent, and fun to be around.”

Over twenty Gloucester students competed in the state competition this past weekend in Boston’s Seaport District.

“SCDC was crazy but a blast. I was very proud of how everybody performed. I am proud of Aleena for moving on to ICDC [International Career Development Conference] and Julian for winning two scholarships.”

When asked what his goal was as a new teacher, Frost said, “I hope that in some small way, I can be a positive influence to as many students as possible, develop relationships, and help young people.”