1969
Is a National Teacher Corps Elementary School Intern and Master of Education candidate, graduating from Springfield College in 1971.
1971
Is an EdD research associate with the Fine Arts Center and the Amherst Elementary Teacher Program, graduating from UMass in 1975.
1975
Is a curriculum development specialist, Right-to-Read Center director, and education division chairperson at Bishop College until 1978.
1978
Is a subdistrict staff development coordinator for 29 school campuses in the Dallas Independent School District until 1978.
1980
Is a Drug and Discipline Intervention Specialist working with School Problem-Solving Teams, and a Districtwide Staff Development Specialist in the Dallas Independent School District until 1983.
1983
Is an assistant principal at Preston Hollow Elementary School until 1985.
1985
Is principal of the Arlington Park Early Childhood Learning Center until 1987.
1987
Is principal of C.F. Carr Elementary School, earning in 1987 the Governor’s Educational Excellence Award, until 1990.
1990
Is an area coordinator for 13 prekindergarten – grade 8 school campuses until 1991.
1991
Receives the J.C. Penney Corporate Golden Rule Award.
1991
Is area coordinator for 23 pre-K through grade 12 school campuses until 1992.
1992
Is specialist and elementary coordinator for the Dallas Alternative Teacher Certification Program until 1995.
1995
Is clinical professor for Educational Leadership UTA in the School of Education at the University of Texas at Arlington until 2002.
1999
Is Founder and CEO of the nonprofit Jesse Jai and Pearl Lee Walker Educational Foundation for Ecumenical Leadership until 2020.
2002
Approved by the Texas Education Agency as the first business to prepare principal certification candidates for the McNeil Educational Foundation.
2003
Is an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University until 2004.
2003
Is bestowed with an Outstanding Texan Award from the State of Texas Legislature.
2004
Commences formal retirement and continues his retirement as president, CEO, and lead trainer of his educational leadership preparation business.
2008
Is inducted into the Hall of Fame of the African American Education Archives and History Program.
2018
Is inducted into the John Muir High School Hall of Fame in Pasadena, California.