With mindful teaching,
we can rediscover the grandeur of education.
Dennis Shirley in Seoul, South Korea  |  Video Source: TBS

One of the Education Sector’s Most Inspirational Speakers

Dennis Shirley is a scholar of educational change who helps schools around the world to improve teaching and learning. A dynamic keynote speaker, Dennis is best known for his skills in assisting educators in diverse environments to work together across disciplines and schools. He draws upon his extensive international experience to enable educators in any context to develop new practices using the most advanced research findings on school improvement.

He has three new books out, all co-authored with Andy Hargreaves. The first is entitled Five Paths of Student Engagement:  Blazing the Trail to Learning and Success.  The second is called Wellbeing in Schools: Three Forces That Will Uplift Your Students in a Volatile World. A third book, The Age of Identity: Who Do Our Kids Think They Are… and How Do We Help Them Belong? will be available in November 2023.

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Change Leader/Speaker/Author

Dennis is the inaugural Florencia and Marc Gabelli Family Faculty Fellow and Professor of Formative Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  His best selling books have been translated into many languages and are used around the world for staff development. He has a doctorate from Harvard University.


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Latest Posts

#NewPost: “Relish the freedom you have and find the balance”: A Conversation with Jón Torfi Jónasson on Educational Change in Iceland (Part 2)

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We are running a Deeper Learning Ed Camp in upstate New York, July 9th - 13th. Come learn with @RonBergerEL, @alisaberger16, @DevonLaRosa, Jason Glass, @Shannon0Michele, @jhalbert8 and @kaser_linda -- a truly all-star cast of deeper learning teachers and leaders. Strands for…

What impact do climate change & the climate crisis have for professional cultures in schools? Pls consider submitting relevant work to this special issue of the high ranked @JPCCJournal https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/together-addressing-challenges-climate-crisis-rethinking-professional-cultures
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Still some mountains to climb. My good friend ⁦@dennisshirley⁩ takes one last climb with me in Arctic 🇳🇴 as we finish our work with leaders on engagement & head home. ⁦@SolutionTree⁩ ⁦@mountaingirlak⁩ ⁦@bclynchschool⁩ ⁦@AndrewCulberson⁩ 🗻

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