Sean Slade

Speaker Summary

Sean is a global education leader, speaker, and author, with three decades of experience in education, spanning five countries and four continents. He is Head of BTS Spark, North America, a social impact organization focused on educational leadership. Previously Sean led the Whole Child initiative and mission at ASCD for over a decade. He is an advisor to OECD’s Future of Education & Skills 2030, ambassador for HundrED, judge for T4’s World’s Best School Prizes, and a founding member of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education. He has written for the Washington Post, Huffington Post, EdWeek, and his latest book is The Power of the Whole: What is Lost by Focusing on Individual Things (Rowman and Littlefield 2024).