Speaking — Andrew Sharos

Schools and districts Andrew has worked with.

70+

Schools & districts

States

10+

Years on the road

100%

Tailored to venue

25 states and counting. Each highlighted tile is a state where Andrew has spoken, partnered, or run a multi-day intensive.

Visited

The full list, school by school

Texas

Pearland ISD
Amarillo ISD
Rockwall ISD
Garland ISD
Round Rock ISD
Houston ISD
NorthEast ISD (San Antonio)
Humble ISD
Mansfield ISD
Lubbock ISD
South Texas ISD
McAllen ISD
Midland ISD
Brownsville ISD
TAGT (Austin)

California

Silverado HS
Victor Valley HS
Adelanto HS
Lincoln HS (San Jose)
Tahoe Truckee Unified
Eisenhower HS (Rialto)
Jordan HS (Long Beach)

Illinois

Romeoville HS
Oak Park-River Forest HS
Bolingbrook HS
Wheaton North HS
Lake Zurich HS
De La Salle Institute
Kankakee HS

New Jersey

Ewing Public Schools
Gateway Regional HS
Marco Learning
Kingsway Public HS

Hawaii

Radford HS (Honolulu)
Aliamanu Middle School
Pearl Harbor Elementary

Florida

Mater Academy (Miami)
Walton HS
Manatee HS

Georgia

Clayton County School District
South Gwinnett HS

North Carolina

College Board SE Regional
Durham Public Schools
Guilford County
Union County Schools

+ 17 more states

OH, MI, NE, IA, NY, LA, WI
OK, KY, SC, NV, DE, NM
AL, MA, WA, CO & growing

A range of topics, drawn from the work Andrew does every day.

Andrew doesn't have a single set keynote. These are the themes he keeps coming back to with schools and conferences. Most engagements pull from a few of them and end up shaped around whatever the school is working through.

Building school culture

What culture actually looks like in a building where teachers want to come to work and students want to do hard things. The rituals, the language, and the unsexy habits.

AI and technology in the classroom

How teachers can use AI and ed-tech as a partner, not a threat. Practical moves Andrew has tested in his own classroom, plus where to be careful.

Instructional methods for high expectations

The teaching practices that hold the bar high without leaving kids behind. Rigor that scales — for any subject, any grade.

Helping struggling students

The kids the system has already failed. Culture, motivation, and the methods that work when "just try harder" doesn't.

Leading and coaching kids

What it takes to lead a roomful of teenagers — not just teach them. Relationships, accountability, and the moves that build trust.

Mentoring new teachers

How to keep first- and second-year teachers in the profession. Drawn from Finding Lifelines and from running mentor cohorts in his own school.

AP excellence

The work that took Andrew's class from a 1.9 to a 4.45 average. Rigor, culture, and the program-level moves that move scores.

Custom for your school

Most engagements pull from several of the topics above and reshape into something specific. Tell Andrew what you're working on.

A few featured talks

Examples of what a session can look like.

01The flagship

All 4s and 5s

Built on the work Andrew did in his own AP classroom, where the average climbed from 1.9 to 4.45 with a 100% pass rate. The talk lays out the ten principles that rebuilt the culture: teacher mindset, student investment, classroom rigor, relationships, and the program-level policies that compound.

For: AP teachers · Program leads · Curriculum coordinators

What you'll leave with

The 10-principle framework, ready to install
"Us against the test" culture playbook
Concrete renorming language for week one
Teacher rituals that compound across a year

02For early-career teachers

Surviving and thriving as a new teacher

Built from Finding Lifelines. A session for the first three years of teaching — the habits, the mindsets, and the relationships that decide whether a new teacher stays or quietly burns out. Real scenarios, not theory.

For: New teachers · Mentors · Instructional coaches

What you'll leave with

The first-90-days mentor checklist
Reflection prompts adapted from the novel
How to recognize burnout before it lands
A renewed reason to stay in the profession

03All-faculty PD

Best practices in classroom instruction & culture

Three things separate great teachers from good ones: knowing the content, knowing how to teach it, and knowing the kids you're teaching. Works for any subject, any grade — and includes resetting expectations in the post-pandemic classroom, literacy, student-centered discussion, and rigor for ALL.

For: Full faculty · K–12 · Online or in-person

What you'll leave with

A culture-of-rigor diagnostic
Discussion protocols teachers can run Monday
Differentiation moves that don't lower the ceiling
Shared faculty language for the year

+ Or something else entirely Tell Andrew what you're working on, and you'll figure out together what would actually help.

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A spectrum from one room to one district.

Different commitments of time and depth. We can pick whatever fits, then shape it together from there.

Lightest touch Deepest engagement

Keynote

60–75 min

Open or close a conference
Single-school all-staff
Custom thesis to your goals
In-person or virtual

Faculty PD

Half-day · Full-day

Whole faculty or department
Workshop with activities
Take-home tools and resources
Q&A and debrief built in

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Cohort Workshop

Multi-session

Small group of 10–25 teachers
Spaced over a semester
Between-session work
Best for sustained change

Multi-day Intensive

2–5 days

Summer institute or retreat
Full district team or AP cohort
Deep work on culture & systems
Pairs well with consulting

Host a regional conference.

Sending one teacher to a conference rarely shifts a whole program. Bringing fifteen regional schools together — each with a 10-person team — tends to. Andrew's team brings the curriculum, the speakers, and the structure. You provide the space, and your team attends free.

Talks built around what your school is working on.

Schools and districts Andrew has worked with.

Texas

California

Illinois

New Jersey

Hawaii

Florida

Georgia

North Carolina

+ 17 more states

A range of topics, drawn from the work Andrew does every day.

Building school culture

AI and technology in the classroom

Instructional methods for high expectations

Helping struggling students

Leading and coaching kids

Mentoring new teachers

AP excellence

Custom for your school

Examples of what a session can look like.

All 4s and 5s

What you'll leave with

Surviving and thriving as a new teacher

What you'll leave with

Best practices in classroom instruction & culture

What you'll leave with

A spectrum from one room to one district.

Keynote

Faculty PD

Cohort Workshop

Multi-day Intensive

Host a regional conference.

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