ASCD Faculty Bio

Pete Hall

Pete Hall is a dynamic educator and speaker with a proven leadership track record. In addition to teaching in three states at multiple grade levels, he served as principal of three Title I schools: Anderson Elementary School in Reno, Nevada; Sheridan Elementary School in Spokane, Washington; and Shaw Middle School in Spokane, Washington. When Pete took over Anderson Elementary in 2002, it was the only school in Nevada to have failed to make adequate yearly progress for four consecutive years. Two short years later, it was the only Title I school in the state of Nevada to earn “High Achieving” designation.

As an ASCD Cadre Leader, Hall primarily focuses on capacity building—that is, building collective capacity through the cultivation of professional learning communities and building individual teacher capacity through differentiated supervision, feedback, and coaching support. He has provided professional development to leadership teams, administrators, teachers, and educators at all levels in nearly 40 states and across the globe. Hall is a veteran conference presenter and keynote speaker at dozens of national, regional, state, and local education conferences.

Hall holds an Education Specialist degree in educational leadership from University of Nevada-Reno, a Master of Education degree in elementary education from Boston University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from University of California-Davis. He holds a National Principal Mentor Certificate from the National Association of Elementary School Principals and is a certified trainer and coach for the association's PALS mentoring program.

Hall has been honored with ASCD’s Outstanding Young Educator Award and Nevada’s Martin Luther King Jr. Award, was appointed to the Nevada Governor’s Commission on Excellence in Education, and was selected to sit on the National Education Association's Great Public Schools Indicators Advisory Panel, among other recognitions.

His publications include more than a dozen articles and eight books: Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma-Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners (ASCD, 2018), Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice: Capacity-Building for Schoolwide Success (ASCD, 2017), The Principal Influence: A Framework for Developing Leadership Capacity in Principals (ASCD, 2016), Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom (ASCD, 2016), Teach, Reflect, Learn: Building Your Capacity for Success in the Classroom (ASCD, 2015), Lead On! Motivational Lessons for School Leaders (Eye on Education, 2011), Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders (ASCD, 2008), and The First-Year Principal (Scarecrow Education, 2004).