Rise Above the Status Quo; ASPIRE HIGHER
Educational and Leadership Consultant and Coach Educator/Administrator/Professor/Author
Aspire higher, says Dr. Jo Ann Pierce who describes herself as an educational mountain climber. She was a Top 5 Finalist for Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year in 1990, one of three Distinguished Principals in Oklahoma in 2006, a faculty consultant for the HOPE Foundation in Bloomington, IN where she facilitated school improvement using Alan Blankstein’s Failure Is Not an Option Six Principles for sustaining professional learning communities. In 2010, she opened ASPIRE HIGHER Educational and Leadership Consulting, LLC contracting as an instructional designer for an online course based on Failure Is Not an Option for Corwin Press. In an administrative leadership role or helping districts across the country, Dr. Pierce is committed to interactive learning that motivates students, teachers, and administrators to be their best. She has worked with engineers, attorneys, pharmacists, and other businesses to help them become better leaders, teachers and trainers. No matter the climb or size of your mountain, Dr. Pierce shares a focused sense of direction, a dose of reality, and best practices to help you reach your learning and leadership summit. She is an author and keynote speaker.