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Past Events
February 2, 2024
Zoom Presentations: "Fostering Grit" and "The Principal As Chief Empathy Officer"
UK's Thinking Classroom Leadership Conference
January 24, 2024
Presentation: "Every Educator Is A Chief Empathy Officer"
Middle Georgia RESA
January 10, 2024
Zoom Presentation: "Leading Through Empathy: Every Educator Is A Chief Empathy Officer"
ESSA (NY)
December 1, 2023
Zoom Presentation: "Using MI Helps Everyone Learn"
MI Educational Forum
Hong Kong
October 11, 2023
"Every Educator Is A Chief Empathy Officer, part II"
Special School District administrators
St. Louis, MO
October 4, 2023
Zoom Presentation: "MI and Culture"
Kourosh School
Karaj, Iran
September 12, 2023
Interview about MI with Heather Rose
Radio Free Roanoke
August 1, 2023
Initiation of new UMSL EdD cohort
Focusing on Character and Citizenship
July 26, 2023
Keynote: Every Educator Is A Chief Empathy Officer
For Principals: Leading Through Empathy & For Teachers: SEL: The Formative Five Success Skills
Anne Arundel County (MD)
July 24, 2023
Leading With Empathy
The School District of University City Administrators
July 18, 2023
Leading With Empathy
Administrators of The Special School District (MO)
June 23, 2023
Every Educator Is A Chief Empathy Officer
Mary Cariola Center, Rochester, NY
May 3, 2023
Thinking Classroom podcast with Mike Fleetham, UK
April 9, 2023
Zooming with NAEA members, MI and The Formative Five
March 13, 2023
An Imperfect Leader podcast with Dr. Peter Stiepleman
February 16, 2023
Zooming for The Principal As Chief Empathy Officer
February 6, 2023
Zooming for ASCD Student Chapters: Building Community
October 24, 2022
Presenting "The Principal As Chief Empathy Officer"
ESC of Northern Ohio
October 18, 2022
Presenting “The Principal As Chief Empathy Officer"
New Hampshire ASCD Principals Association
August 10, 2022
Zoom, “Every Educator Is A CEO: Chief Empathy Officer”
ISACS
Virtual, 12:30-2:00pm
August 1, 2022
“The Formative Five,” “Leading Through The Formative Five,” and “The Principal As Chief Empathy Officer”
Congregation of Jewish Day Schools
July 21, 2022
Zoom, “Using Empathy to Frame A School’s Culture”
ASCD
Virtual
June 14, 2022
Zoom: “Every Educator Is A CEO: Chief Empathy Officer”
South Carolina Center for Excellence Conference
Virtual
June 2, 2022
Presenting “Every Educator Is A CEO: Chief Empathy Officer”
Fulton County Schools
Atlanta, GA
April 26, 2022
Presenting The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer
Elementary Lutheran School Association
St. Louis, MO
April 25, 2022
Presenting “The Principal As Chief Empathy Officer”
Character Plus
St. Louis, MO
April 18, 2022
Zoom on “Developing Grit!”
Oradell Public School
Virtual
April 18, 2022
Presenting The Formative Five
Oradell Public School
Virtual
April 8, 2022
Presenting “Using Empathy to Frame A School’s Culture”
Logos School
St. Louis, MO
April 7, 2022
Zoom: “Every Educator Is A CEO: Chief Empathy Officer”
Logos School Community Forum
St. Louis, MO
March 26, 2022
Presenting The Formative Five and The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer
New Brunswick Teachers Association of Canada
New Brunswick, Canada
March 25, 2022
Presenting The Formative Five
Forest Hills School
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
March 19, 2022
Presenting Framing A School’s Culture Through Empathy
ASCD Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
March 17, 2022
Presenting The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer
School Administrators in Kenya
Virtual
January 24, 2022
Begin Teaching Graduate Class: “School Culture”
Ed Admin 6705
UM St. Louis
January 18, 2022
Presentation on Taking Social Emotional Learning Schoolwide
UMSL Circle of Educators
Virtual
December 30, 2021
Presentation to Principals in Nairobi, Kenya on “Using Student Strengths: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences”
John Templeton Foundation
Virtual
December 29, 2021
Presentation to Principals in Nairobi, Kenya on The Principal As Chief Empathy Officer
John Templeton Foundation
Virtual
December 28, 2021
Presentation to Principals in Nairobi, Kenya on The Formative Five and Virtues
John Templeton Foundation
Virtual
December 8, 2021
Presentation on “SEL and the Formative Five Success Skills”
ASCD
Virtual
December 8, 2021
Presentation on “MI, SEL, and Architecture/Space”
Association for Learning Environments (A4LE)
Virtual
December 7, 2021
Presentation on “Grit Makes the Difference!”
ASCD
Virtual
December 6, 2021
Presentation on “Being the Chief Empathy Officer”
ASCD
Virtual
December 6, 2021
Appearance on “Personal Resilience for School Leaders”
BTS Spark
Virtual
December 2, 2021
Presentation on “Grit Makes the Difference!”
ASCD
Virtual
November 29, 2021
Presentation on SEL and The Formative Five Success Skills
ASCD
Virtual
November 16, 2021
Discussing the School's Implementation of The Formative Five Success Skills with PTO Officers
Fairway Elementary School
Rockwood, MO
November 8, 2021
Talking about SEL with Principals and Film Students
Arundel High School
Gambrills, MD
October 22, 2021
Presentation of Leadership to the New and Emerging Leaders Institute Class
Tennessee Association of Independent Schools
Nashville, TN
October 18, 2021
Presenting Taking Social Emotional Learning Schoolwide
Wild Horse Elementary School Faculty
Rockwood, MO
September 21, 2021
Presentation on School Governance
The Board of the New School Montessori
Cincinnati, OH
September 16, 2021
Presenting The Formative Five
Keynote to Principals of the Lutheran Elementary School Association
St. Louis, MO
August 31, 2021
Presenting The Formative Five
The Faculty of the Port Jefferson School District (NY)
Virtual
August 18, 2021
Presenting The Formative Five
The Faculty of Wild Horse Elementary School
Rockwood School District, MO
June 23, 2021
Presenting "SEL: Building Moral and Performance Character in a Time of Uncertainty"
ASCD Annual Conference
Virtual
June 1, 2021
Talk about leadership and empathy fatigue
The Principals Academy of Singapore
Virtual
May 31, 2021
Presenting The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills Every Student Needs
The Principals Academy of Singapore
Virtual
May 18, 2021
Talk about leadership, opening schools in the fall, and social-emotional learning
Zoom Town Hall with ISACS Executive Director Mary Menacho
April 26, 2021
Presenting The Formative Five
The faculty of the Roosevelt School in Council Bluffs, IA
Virtual
April 21, 2021
Tom will be presenting “The Principal As CEO: Chief Empathy Officer”
ASCD Empowered Principal Symposium
Virtual
April 20, 2021
Tom will talk with podcast host Lisa Cypers Kamen
Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
April 9, 2021
Presenting "Empathy Fatigue is Contagious"
The Principals Academy of Singapore
Virtual
April 1, 2021
Presenting The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills Every Student Needs
The Principals Academy of Singapore
Virtual
March 30, 2021
Presenting Follow-up on The Formative Five
Sunset School Faculty
Virtual
January 29, 2021
Presenting "Lessons from A Half Century of Reflections"
The Principals Academy of Singapore
Virtual
January 20, 2021
Social Emotional Learning In A Remote Learning World
NASSAU TRACT Teachers Center
Virtual
January 14, 2021
Presenting "The Formative Five: Preparation for Life"
Colorado Academy Parents
Virtual
December 15, 2020
Presenting Follow-up on The Formative Five
The Sunrise School in Desoto, MO
Virtual
December 9, 2020
Presenting SEL in a Remote Learning World
Nassau TRACT Teacher Center
Virtual
December 1, 2020
Presenting "Empathy Fatigue"
The Principals of the Lawrence, NY School District
Virtual
November 24, 2020
Presenting a Preview of Spring Presentations
The Principals Academy of Singapore
Virtual
November 19, 2020
Presenting The Formative Five
Eastern Suffolk BOCES (NY)
Virtual
November 17, 2020
Presenting The Formative Five
The Sunrise School in Desoto, MO
Virtual
October 21, 2020
Presenting The Formative Five
Zooming with the Slavens School (CO) PTA
Virtual
October 20, 2020
Multiple Intelligences Discussion
Zooming with a Stanford University graduate class
Virtual
October 16, 2020
Empathy Fatigue
Zooming with the faculty of Clara Barton School (WA)
Virtual
September 18, 2020
Psychology Is Presentation on multiple intelligences
Nick Fortino Interview
September 15, 2020
Presenting The Formative Five
Zooming with Epstein Hebrew Academy (MO)
Virtual
February 17, 2020
Presenting The Formative Five and School Culture
Associated Talmud Torahs Conference
Skokie, IL
February 9, 2020
Presenting The Formative Five and School Culture
Yachad and Association of Jewish Day Schools Conference
Coconut Creek, FL
January 11, 2020
Presenting Multiple Intelligences (MI)
St. Louis Regional Arts Commission
St. Louis, MO
November 21, 2019
Presenting The Formative Five and School Culture
Nassau TRACT Teachers Center
Long Island, NY
November 6, 2019
Presenting The Formative Five to staff and parents
Ella Baker Elementary
Redmond, WA
October 18, 2019
Presenting Beyond Test Scores: Preparation for Life
Missouri Charter Schools Conference
Kansas City, MO
August 28, 2019
Presenting The Formative Five
Principals of Multiple Schools
Auckland, NZ
August 2, 2019
Presenting Leadership Is A Verb
TAIS New and Emerging Leaders
Nashville, TN
June 27, 2019
Presenting No Leapfrogging Allowed! Engaging Everyone in SEL
ASCD Teaching and Learning Conference
Orlando, FL
June 17, 2019
Facilitator
ISACS New Heads Network
St. Louis, MO
June 11, 2019
Presenting The Formative Five
The Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS)
Montgomery, AL
June 5, 2019
Presenting The Formative Five and School Culture
The Consortium of Jewish Day Schools
New York, NY
June 4, 2019
Presenting The Formative Five
St. John's Lutheran School
St. Louis, MO
March 18, 2019
Presenting SEL: Fostering the Formative Five Through School Culture
ASCD Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
January 30, 2019
Working with Network Members
2019 ISACS Heads Conference
Chicago, IL
December 6, 2018
SEL: The Formative Five (Day Two)
Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Yorktown Heights, NY
November 7, 2018
SEL: The Formative Five (Day One)
Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Yorktown Heights, NY
September 17, 2018
Leading the Initial Session
2017-18 ISACS New Heads Network
Chicago, IL
August 14, 2018
Presenting "Closing the Circle with Students’ Parents: Roles & Communication"
Gilmore Academy
Cleveland, OH
August 3, 2018
Presenting "Leadership Is A Verb"
TAIS New and Emerging Leaders
Nashville, TN
June 13, 2018
Presenting Trustees in the Trenches: The Five C’s
St. Louis’ Independent Schools New Board Members (sponsored by ISSL)
St. Louis, MO
June 11, 2018
Leading the Final Meeting
2017-18 ISACS New Heads Network
St. Louis, MO
May 31, 2018
Presenting The Formative Five
Special School District’s 2018 Planning and Summer Development Institute
St. Louis, MO
May 27, 2018
Podcast discussing "The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Schools"
St. Louis Educators for Social Justice
March 25, 2018
Presenting The Formative Five and School Culture
ASCD Annual Conference
Boston, MA
March 24, 2018
Panel Participant, "MI After 35 Years"
ASCD Annual Conference
Boston, MA
February 19, 2018
Presenting The Formative Five
Esther Miller Bais Yaakov High School
St. Louis, MO
February 11, 2018
Presenting The Formative Five
Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, "Family Matters" Series
St. Louis, MO
February 7, 2018
Classroom Visit, Faculty Meeting, Parent Presentation about work with The Formative Five
Grace-St. Luke’s School
Memphis, TN
February 4, 2018
Presenting The Formative Five
Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, "Family Matters" Series
St. Louis, MO
February 2, 2018
Presenting The Formative Five
UMSL Grand Seminar
St. Louis, MO
February 1, 2018
On-line Asynchronous Book Talk
Voxer
January 31, 2018
Presenting The Formative Five
Timberlane Regional School District
Manchester, NH
January 24, 2018
Discussion with New Heads of Schools and Their Mentors
ISACS (Independent Schools Association of the Central States) Heads Conference
Chicago, IL
October 6, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
MENA Teacher Summit Global Conference
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
August 21, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Yavneh Academy
Los Angeles, CA
August 15, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Summer Academy, Council Bluffs Community Schools
Council Bluffs, IA
August 10, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Rockwood School District Early Childhood Educators
St. Louis, MO
August 9, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Visitation Academy
St. Louis, MO
August 4, 2017
TAIS Emerging New Leaders
Leadership Is A Verb
Nashville, TN
June 20, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
True Colors of Character Annual Conference
Milwaukee, WI
June 15, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Rockwood School District
St. Louis, MO
June 12, 2017
Leading & Facilitating Meetings
ISACS New Heads Network
St. Louis, MO
June 6, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Cypress-Fairbanks School District Leadership School Conference
Houston, TX
May 5, 2017
"Lunch and Learn" Podcast on The Formative Five
Kurtz Psychology Consulting
April 27, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Rockwood School District
St. Louis, MO
March 30, 2017
Presenting Fostering Grit and The Formative Five
Ohio Confederation of Teacher Organizations
Dublin, OH
March 26, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
ASCD Annual Conference
Anaheim, CA
March 10, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Lower School Faculty, Visitation Academy
St. Louis, MO
March 7, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Learning and the Brain Conference
Arlington, VA
February 14, 2017
Presenting "Leading from the Middle"
Administrators at the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools
Memphis, TN
February 7, 2017
Presenting The Formative Five
Podcast with TL Talk Radio