Senior Advisor for Leadership Development
Rob works with Get Smart Schools as the Senior Advisor for Leadership Development working closely with our Fellows, the future of the Fellowship program, and advising on our Enrollment Study Project.
Rob Stein has worked on the front lines of education reform for 28 years, as a teacher, administrator, and university professor. Most recently, Rob led one of the nation’s most high-profile turnaround efforts at Manual High School. After Manual was closed as the lowest-performing high school in Colorado, Rob reopened the school with a new team of teachers and administrators, designing a new school program and submitting Colorado’s first Innovation Plan to gain the freedoms from Denver Public Schools and the Denver Classroom Teachers Association that were necessary to ensure success. By the end of Rob’s three-year tenure, Manual had become a Top Performing School and High Growth School in Denver Public Schools and one of the highest performing high schools in the district. Extending his reach beyond school building, Rob has served as an instructor and adjunct professor in the fields of teacher education, school leadership, and school reform at University of Colorado, Denver University, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Prescott College. Rob has also published, presented and consulted locally and nationally on adult development, school leadership, research-based practice and school change. He holds a BA from Middlebury College, an MA from Stanford University and an EdD from Harvard University.
