T.C. Roekle

TC Roekle is an award winning classroom teacher, secondary and elementary principal, curriculum director, co-author assistant superintendent, and graduate school instructor, she has spearheaded many major efforts in the areas of educational leadership, school improvement, standards implementation, technology integration, and school reform. T.C. is a highly respected educator who has solid leadership experience with a focus on innovative strategies to raise student and staff performance at the building, district, and state level, with national and international experience.

As a speaker, she forms a powerful connection with her audiences through personal experiences and insights. In her entertaining and thought-provoking presentations, she will assist you in identifying specific goals and objectives that will enable your school to thrive today and into the future. T.C. will research your unique challenges and opportunities to ensure that her message addresses timely, practical issues that are relevant to your school community. Her dynamic personality and ability to captivate and motivate audiences make her a highly regarded national & international speaker.

T.C. has been the recipient of numerous administrative honors, including PTA's ‘"Administrator of the Year", Siena Heights University's "Educator of the Year", and six consecutive State Senate Tributes for creating statewide reading initiatives in her home state of Michigan. T.C. was also twice nominated "National Teacher of the Year". She is an active member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), Phi Delta Kapan, and the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). She is a former national committee member for the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE), and has served on numerous advisory boards including Eastern Michigan University and the International Jason Project.

Specialties: T.C. is the President of T.C. Roekle & Associates Inc. and the co-author of the Designing Thriving Schools® eBook and the Designing Thriving Schools® Workshop, a strategic thinking and planning process. Developed in collaboration with Daniel Burrus, one of the world's leading technology forecasters and author of Technotrends®, this unique program combines cutting-edge information about the newest technological innovations with the latest research-based education strategies.