Larry Ainsworth

For the past 20 years as an Education Consultant, my deep desire has been to help classroom teachers, school leaders, and district leaders carry out their all-important work of helping their students grow and succeed. This desire was born and nurtured during my prior 24 years in the classroom as an elementary and secondary teacher when I was able to directly impact the lives of my own students. As the Executive Director of Professional Development at the Leadership and Learning Center, in Englewood, Colorado, from 1999-2013, and continuing to the present day as an independent author and professional education consultant, I have had the great fortune to present professional learning workshops and keynotes in school systems throughout the U.S., and in Canada, Argentina, and Switzerland. By working directly with leaders and teachers, I have been able to fulfill my dream of indirectly impacting the lives of thousands of students I will never get to personally meet - a tremendously rewarding quest! I have a practical approach to showing leaders and educators how they can build an integrated teaching and learning system that purposely connects "timeless" educational practices - proven methods that both research and experience have shown to dramatically improve teaching and student learning. My continuing work includes 16 published books, ongoing book based workshops (virtual and in-person), presentations in 38 states, Washington D.C., five Canadian provinces, Argentina, and Switzerland as an international presenter, providing thought-provoking conference keynotes and engaging breakout sessions, regularly consulting onsite in school systems with school and district leaders and PK-12 educators as a school consultant, and creating and providing keynote addresses, especially for school and district leaders, such as "Putting It All Together: How to Build and Integrated Teaching and Learning System".