There are a few outliers of public speaking; those few communicators who have something extraordinarily important to say and say it in such a captivating way, that you are searching TED talks and iTunes to learn more the minute you leave the auditorium. Dr. Steve Constantino is on that outlier list.
Dr. Steve Constantino
Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles & VA State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Dr. Steve Constantino
Biography
Leader, teacher, speaker and best-selling author Dr. Steve Constantino has a long and distinguished career in leadership and bringing innovation to educational and business organizations.
Steve is internationally recognized for his work in family engagement and his innovative, non- conventional, entrepreneurial and outlier approaches to leading organizations and acquiring impressive results. As a master of the stage, he has captivated thousands of teachers, administrators, school board members and business people from the United States and around the world. His amazing keynote presentations and workshops have been featured in local, state, regional, national and international conferences. With the gifts of storytelling, humor and the knack for telling it like it is, Steve is a much sought-after speaker and leadership consultant because he is the rare combination of someone who can both lead and teach others how to lead.
Steve's work quickly gained national prominence and soon he began traveling the United States speaking and working with all types of educators, school board members, and businesses to promote sound practices in the leadership of organizations and the leveraging of family engagement as an essential element in increased academic achievement for all students and workforce productivity for businesses.
As a result of his experiences and his practical approach to engaging families, Steve has authored four books on the subject. His first book, Making Your School Family Friendly (NASSP, 2002) was published after being selected by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the MetLife Foundation to create the first-ever family friendly schools national symposium, held in Washington DC.
His second book Engaging Every Family (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003) soon followed. This book expanded on the conceptual framework of the four domains of family engagement. In 2008, Steve released his third book 101 Ways to Create Real Family Engagement (Engage Press, 2008). Steve's fourth and newest book, Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles is published by Corwin Press and quickly became a bestseller
Steve began his career as a teacher and moved through the ranks to award-winning principal and school district superintendent. At the State level, Steve served first as Chief Academic Officer and was then appointed to Acting State Superintendent by former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. Today, Steve continues to accept numerous invitations to speak and consult with schools, districts and business organizations around the world, is a Senior Vice President with LivingTree Technologies and is also an Executive Associate Professor in educational leadership at the School of Education, College of William and Mary as well as an adjunct lecturer at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, where he teaches a course in family and community engagement.
Dr. Steve Constantino
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The Universal Principles of Engagement
The Universal Principles of Engagement
Whether a fortune 500 company or a local elementary school, these ideas can help leverage the engagement of people, renew their energy and improve organizational productivity.
Engage Every Family
Five Simple Principles
Dr. Constantino is the nation’s leading practitioner in family engagement and has just released his latest book Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles. His message of the power of family engagement is well known in education circles. Dr. Constantino also speaks to business and industry on the importance of supporting family engagement as a conduit to improved organizational productivity. Dr. Constantino is best known for his work in the area of family engagement and can assist any organization in leveraging better engagement.
Create A Success Culture
Culture doesn’t fall from the sky, it is created and manipulated by people in organizations. Organizational culture is a powerful tool that helps organizations meet and exceed their goals and, if left unchecked, can be the catalyst for disaster. With humor, passion and just the right amount of provocation, this keynote will motivate your organization to truly shape an organizational culture that brings about continuous improvement and success.
Leadership for 21st Century Organizations
In the new economy, businesses and educational institutions will thrive with leadership that is bold, visionary and entrepreneurial in nature. As an educational and business leader, Dr. Constantino shares the power of entrepreneurial leadership and how to cultivate remarkable success as a result.