Speaking & Professional Development

Dr. Henry Pettiegrew II speaks to boards, superintendents, cabinet leaders, principals, and turnaround teams about what it actually takes to lead system-level change under pressure — drawn from leading a state-monitored district out of Academic Distress in real time.

Whether you need a keynote that moves a room or hands-on professional development that builds your team’s capacity, every engagement is practical, evidence-based, and built around the move from compliance to capacity, survival to systems, and isolated effort to sustainable academic growth.

Signature topics

• Leading a turnaround in the first 100 days
• The operating system: cadence, engagement, evidence, codification
• Governance and the board–superintendent relationship during crisis
• Building accountability without breaking culture
• Evidence-based school improvement and data routines
• Student attendance, engagement, and literacy growth

Professional development formats

• Keynotes and general sessions
• Half- and full-day workshops
• Board retreats and governance sessions
• Multi-session leadership coaching and advisory
• District- and system-wide PD series

Bring Dr. Pettiegrew to your district

Email henry@leadschoolblueprint.com with your date(s), audience, and preferred format, and we’ll follow up to scope the engagement — or use our contact form.