Click here to to explore Gary Stager's recent teaching, family workshop leadership, PD programs, and keynotes.Teacher educator, author, speaker, and school reformer, Dr. Gary Stager will be returning to Italy in November 2023 and is looking forward to collaborating with schools interested in hosting professional development activities, modeling progressive classroom practices, leading educator retreats, offering family workshops, and making informative presentations. He has one or two days available for schools interested in collaborating.
Fun facts about Gary…
- Led professional development at the world’s first “laptop schools”
- Earned a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education from The University of Melbourne
- Co-author of “the bible of the maker movement in schools,” now translated into nine languages
- Keynote speaker at prominent conferences around the world, including multiple WISE, NECC, NYSCATE, Future Schools, Edutech, ACEC, and Expanding Learning Horizons
- Taught in Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Worked in public, independent, and parochial schools around the world
- Longtime collaborator with Seymour Papert
- Inducted into the Consortium on School Networking’s Inaugural Time Capsule
- Delivered 4 TED Talks
- Publisher of approximately 20 books
- Expert on PBL, computer science for kids, & computational fluency
- Featured in an Australian educational leadership tour for Microsoft
- Helped launch 1:1 computing with Apple Australia
- Designed one of the first online graduate school programs in 1997
- Collaborated on a project that won a Grammy Award
- Began teaching teachers at nineteen years-old
What others are saying about Dr. Stager…
Gary is amazing as a mentor, a thoughtful, perceptive and passionate educator. Any school that invites him into their school will be rewarded with insights from his international experience and sensitivity to the thinking of young people. Your leadership team will value his help with school directions and policy priorities. He helped me at MLC and continues to support and encourage school leaders, teachers and students in Australia and internationally.
David Loader, OAM – Former Principal of Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew and Wesley College, Melbourne
I’ve known Gary Stager for what seems forever (he’s like that) and continue to draw from his wisdom and experience for my own teaching. He knows the Australian educational landscape well, having lived here on and off for several years and completing his PhD at Melbourne university. One thing is for sure: irrespective of your educational philosophy, his presentations and workshops will inform, but more importantly challenge—what every good teacher wants.
Martin Levins – Veteran educator and university lecturer, NSW