Rob Carroll What do Kevin Bacon, Alice in Wonderland, lying to kids and getting tattoos have to do with effective (school) leadership?

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Filmed October 2015
at the Koch Immersive Theater, Evansville Museum
16:52

Leadership is leadership and good lessons are all around us. This talk shares several insights on improving organizational culture and getting results – shared by an elementary school principal who has learned those lessons during his nearly 20-year career.

Rob Carroll

Principal, South Heights Elementary

In his 19 years at South Heights Elementary, Rob Carroll has teamed with an incredible group of people to take the school from the bottom 25 schools in the state to a ranking as high as 27th. Because of his leadership, South Heights is the only school in Kentucky to win the National School Change Award. As a five-time National Model School, Rob and his team have hosted more than 400 visitors from around the nation, and South Heights has been featured in three books on education performance.