Dr. Keith Stephenson Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Thoughtful Teacher is a classroom management framework designed to transform the way teachers manage their classrooms. When implemented, Thoughtful Teacher has improved the overall performance of 85% of teachers.

Keith Stephenson Leadership Consulting (KLSC) specializes in working directly with school leaders to develop their leadership strategies to transform their schools. KSLC consultants are also experts in creating high performing school cultures in struggling schools. In addition to leadership development and school-culture transformation, KSLC provides classroom management support through its classroom management framework, The Thoughtful Teacher.Keith Stephenson, founder and CEO, possesses over a decade of successful leadership experiences with schools. As a principal, he "turned around" three poor performing schools. Believing that the principal plays the most critical role in the success of a school, Dr. Stephenson works closely with principals and district leaders in states across the country. To drive the performance of his clients, he has designed an effective leadership framework based on a proven systematic process. The leadership framework allows KSLC to customize its approach of meeting the needs of each leader. Through his company, he works to transform every principal into a high-performing school leader. Dr. Stephenson is looking to reform our educational system by transforming one leader at a time. Through personalized coaching and group professional development sessions, KSLC specializes in...- School Leadership Training- School Culture Training- Classroom Management Training- Charter Board Governance TrainingKSLC can be contracted to provide....- Keynote Speaking Engagements- Full Day Professional Development Sessions- Half Day Professional Development SessionsKSLC typically contracts with...- School leaders - Cohorts of teachers (via school leader)- School district leaders- Charter school boards- Corporations- Leadership teams- Departments- Non-profit organizations

Herndon, Va, Us

Dr. Keith Stephenson serves as a Vice President of Blended Schools for K12, Inc. While K12 is largely recognized as the leading provider of online education, Keith is responsible for blended learning schools (actual brick and mortar schools) across 6 states. For non-believers, Blended Learning is in all educators' futures. Prior to joining the K12 team, Dr. Stephenson served as a principal in both public and charter schools. Dr. Stephenson's specialty was/is transforming troubled schools into high performing educational institutions.- Serve as Vice President for Blended Schools in the following states: DE, IL, CA, PA, NJ, and MN- Create staffing and instructional models for blended learning schools- Hire and develop principals- Provide leadership to launch schools in NJ, PA, and MN- Serve as a liaison for K12 and independent school boards across 6 states- Lead strategic planning efforts to ensure academic success and satisfy state compliance requirements- Serve as a conduit between schools and K12 corporate offices to achieve organizational goals- Improved academic performance in all of my schools by an average of 25%

Washington, Dc, Us

- Taught School Leadership courses to master’s level students- Engaged in research activities- Advised graduate students- Served on search committees to hire assistant and tenure level professors

Washington, Dc, Us

- Transformed a troubled school into a high performing school based on indicators including academic achievement, student attendance data, suspension data, teacher retention data, parent supper/feedback data, and student recruitment data- Led school to meeting AYP for the first time in four years- Led the largest pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school in Washington, DC (800 students)- Reduced suspensions by 78% in one school year- Effectively managed a $7M budget

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

- Led school through a multi-million dollar renovation and transformation from a junior school in an education campus (PK 3 through 8)- Developed and implemented a full-service community school model- Increased number of students with grade point averages of 3.0 by 30%- Led the transformation of school culture removing it from “Persistently Dangerous” designation- Increased rigor of instructional program requiring all 8th grade students to take Algebra I- Strengthened local business partnerships by 65%- Created school wide discipline plan that decreased number of suspensions by 66% in one school year- Served as mentor principal for three cohorts of resident principals in New Leaders for New Schools Leadership Training Model-Implemented Byers Model Truancy Program

Ed.D., Education Administration And Policy Studies

Master'S Degree, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Bachelor'S Degree, English

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