Pete Hall

Pete Hall is currently the principal of Shaw Middle School, a Title I school in Spokane, Washington. After a teaching career that spanned three states and included primary, intermediate, and middle-school positions, Mr. Hall served as principal of Anderson Elementary School in Reno, Nevada. When he took over Anderson Elementary in 2002, it was the only school in Nevada to have failed to make AYP for four consecutive years. Two short years later, it was the only Title I school in the state of Nevada to earn "High Achieving" designation. Subsequently he served as the principal of Sheridan Elementary, a Title I school in Spokane, which earned accolades from the Washington State Office of the Superintendent for its growth and achievement. His leadership works include authoring over a dozen articles on leadership and publishing two books, The First-Year Principal (Scarecrow Education, 2004) and Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: A collaborative guide for coaches and school leaders (ASCD, 2008).

For his tenacious and courageous leadership, Mr. Hall has been honored with ASCD's Outstanding Young Educator Award (2004), Nevada's Martin Luther King Jr Award (2005), and Phi Delta Kappa's Emerging Leaders Award (2009), among others. He was appointed to the Governor’s Commission on Excellence in Education (in Nevada, 2005) and was selected to sit on the National Education Association’s Great Public Schools Indicators Advisory Panel (2010-2011). He holds a National Principal Mentor Certificate from NAESP and serves as a trainer and coach for NAESP’s PALS mentoring program. He has worked as a personal consultant/motivational coach for professional athletes, weekend golfers, stand-up comedians, firefighters, business executives, custodians, and more. He speaks and consults internationally, and maintains an education blog.