A Network for Instructional Improvement: How Teachers and Leaders Made It Work

Glenn Nolly has worked in public education for over 35 years advocating for students who have been marginalized. He started his career teaching 7th and 8th grade English. After teaching for ten years he embarked on the journey of administration where he held the positions of assistant principal, high school principal, area superintendent, director of professional learning, and associate superintendent of high schools. A highlight of his career as a high school principal was building an Advanced Placement program with an enrollment that mirrored the population of his diverse student body. As associate superintendent of high schools, he built community among a group of fourteen principals, and oversaw the implementation of teacher-led Professional Learning Communities within each high school.

Currently, Nolly is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas at Austin and a Fellow at the Institute for Learning located in the Learning, Research & Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Nolly is co-author of Equity Audits: A Practical Leadership Tool for Developing Equitable and Excellent Schools.