VASCD 2010 Annual Conference Speaker: ROBIN FOGARTY


Change is a Personal Journey: Celebrating Our Spheres of Influence


“Change depends on what teachers do and think. It’s as simple and as complex as that” says Sarasan. Yet, for teachers to change what they do and think, requires deep personal change, which is, at once, both a jour- ney of one and a journey with others. Personal change is not sustained


by the sheer energy and spirit of one. It depends on the influence of others; spheres of influence imprinting on our lives in subtle and dramatic ways. This talk explores those spheres of influence in our personal journeys of change, looking at readings, school cultures, colleagues, mentors, and the children who have impacted on each of us, personally and professionally.


President of RFA: A Robin Fogarty Company, a Chicago-based, minority-owned, educational publishing/consulting company, Robin received her doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University of Chicago. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Robin has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies.


She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consult- ed with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, Korea and the Netherlands.


Robin has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan and the Journal of Staff Development. She is the author of numerous publications, including Brain-Compatible Classrooms, Literacy Matters, Ten Things New Teachers Need, How to Integrate the Curricula, The Adult Learn- er, A Look at Transfer, Close the Achievement Gap, Twelve Brain Principles, Nine Best Practices, and From Staff Room to Classroom: Planning and Coaching Professional Learning.


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