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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
from Gesu Symposium 2022 - Surviving & Thriving: Supporting Our Teachers in These Challenging Times
by Gesu School
Robert Evans, Ed.D.

Psychologist and School Consultant
Former Pre-K — 12 Teacher and Family Therapist
Author of TheHumanSideofSchoolChange and SevenSecretsoftheSavvySchoolLeader
Robert Evans is a psychologist and school consultant. A former high school and pre-school teacher, and a former child and family therapist, he has worked with schools and families for fifty years and has consulted to more than 1,700 schools around the country, working with teachers, administrators, boards, and parents. His presentations are known for their lively wit and plain talk. Rob’s interests have focused on the challenge of leading change in schools, on changes in the home-school relationship, on improving collegiality and candor among faculty, and on crisis intervention. He is the author of many articles and three books, including The Human Side of School Change and Seven Secrets of the Savvy School Leader . His latest book, cowritten with Michael Thompson, is Hopes and Fears: Working with Today’s Independent School Parents