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SPEAKER • AUTHOR • WORKSHOP FACILITATOR • SCHOOL LEADER

MARC ISSEKS, PHD

Over thirty years in public schools, enhancing student engagement, innovating instructional design, and leveraging technology to maximize thinking. Author of CAPTIVATE and Forward Fast.
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Meet Dr. Marc Isseks​

There's a version of professional development that treats teachers like the problem. Marc has spent 30 years proving they're the solution.

EDUCATIONAL PYROMANIAC
/ejəˈkāSH(ə)n(ə)l ˌpīrōˈmānēˌak/ noun

A leader who lights fires under educators who work and sets fire to systemic conventions that do not. Teacher, builder, disruptor.

How Marc Lights The Fire

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Keynote/Speaking

Marc doesn't deliver presentations. He creates moments. His keynotes name the things school leaders already feel but haven't had the language for, the disengagement, the drift, the faculty that's stopped believing PD is worth their time, and then he blows the door open on what's possible. Every person in the room leaves with something they can use the next day.

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Professional Development Workshops

Most PD is a drive-by. It shows up, delivers, and disappears before anything has a chance to take root. Marc's workshops are engineered to be immersive and built around your school's specific culture and challenges. Teachers don't just leave informed. They leave energized. They leave wanting to try something new the next time they walk into their classroom.

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Educational Consulting

For leaders ready to go beyond a single event, Marc embeds with your team. He works alongside teachers and administrators to rethink what isn't working, coach what could work better, and build the kind of adaptive culture that doesn't need an outside voice to keep it moving. The goal is never dependency. The goal is transformation that outlasts the visit.

The Status Quo Isn't Going To
Disrupt Itself

You already know something needs to shift. You can feel it in your faculty meetings, in your classroom walk-throughs, in the quiet frustration of teachers who are working harder than ever and yet remain unfulfilled. The leaders who reach out to Marc aren't in crisis. They're hopeful. They see what's possible for their people and they're ready to stop waiting for something to change on its own.

That's exactly who Marc does his best work with.

Practical, research-backed strategies that can be implemented immediately. Marc empowers educators with tools to create meaningful change while keeping joy at the center of the teaching experience.

Dr. Michael Lubelfeld, Superintendent, Author, Leadership Consultant

The Ideas That Drive the Work

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CAPTIVATE: 
Engaging and Empowering Students in a World of Digital Distractions

FORWARD FAST: 
Making Sense of Education in an Era of Rapid Change

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