Dr. David Sousa

The Leadership Brain will focus on the book The Leadership Brain.   This book provides a new model for a whole-brain approach to educational leadership. Examining what we know about the adult brain, and how to apply these lessons to effective school leadership and team management, this powerful resource provides you with the necessary tools to:

• Understand the differences in learning and retention, left and right hemispheric preferences, higher-order thinking, and the nature of creativity
• Initiate and lead productive change within your school
• Effectively shape and manage school culture
• Address the call for ethical and spiritual leadership
• Understand how thinking habits influence our actions, especially with problem solving and conflict resolution
• Reduce dmisconceptions about students with disabilities, gifted, and minority students
• Use information about the influence that modern society has on student learning and their different expectations

The Leadership Brain seminar will include valuable self-assessment tools, resources, and practical applications that will help instructional leaders develop a modern, creative, team-centered school where all students and teachers can reach their full potential.

Dr. David A. Sousa is an international educational consultant and author of several books that suggest ways that educators and parents can translate current brain research into strategies for improving learning. A member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, he has conducted workshops in hundreds of school districts on brain research, instructional skills, and science education at the Pre-K to 12 and university levels.  He has presented to more than 100,000 educators at national conventions of educational organizations and has served as a consultant to regional and local school districts across the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He has been interviewed by Matt Lauer on the The Today Show and by National Public Radio about his work with schools using brain research.

Dr. Sousa has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Massachusetts State College at Bridgewater, a Master of Arts in Teaching degree in science from Harvard University, and a doctorate from Rutgers University. His teaching experience covers all levels. He has taught junior and senior high school science, served as a K-12 director of science, and as Supervisor of Instruction for the West Orange, NJ schools. He then became superintendent of the New Providence, NJ public schools. He has been an adjunct professor of education at Seton Hall University and a visiting lecturer at Rutgers University.