Bob Carter

Bob Carter

Bob Carter is principal of Shauna May Seneca School in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has conducted extensive research in and has a multitude of experience leading and sustaining educational change through establishing, developing, and refining professional learning communities (PLCs). He has led sustained improvement in three elementary and middle schools, as well as at the school catchment and district levels.

Bob has over twenty years’ experience as a teacher and administrator that spans all grade levels. He has a wealth of experience working with English language learners, having worked as a principal in school settings where the majority of students were English learners and as an educator in Japan. He has presented his work to educators at a variety of district, union, and national conferences.

Bob earned a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in educational studies from the University of Alberta, where his research focused on leading educational change.

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Presentations by Bob Carter

• Clarity on the 3 Big Ideas of a PLC
• Clarity, Congruence, and Cohesion: Correlating District Direction and PLC Action
• The Futility of PLC Lite
• Vocabulary Instruction: A Sticky Idea, an Intentional Action, and a Moral Imperative
• Way Beyond Word Search: Vocabulary Instruction That Meets the Needs of English Language Learners