Charlie Mojkowski, Coach, is an independent consultant working primarily in the areas of school and curriculum improvement, leadership and organizational development, and applications of technology that support that work. He has authored numerous articles on unconventional designs for schools and schooling and has led state and district-level strategic planning in educational technology and career and technical education. He is co-author, with Elliot Washor, of Leaving to Learn: How Out-of- School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates. Since 1995, Charlie has served as a consultant to Big Picture Learning, a non- profit organization that supports an international network of over 100 non-traditional K-12 schools. He has worked with Ford Next Generation Learning since 2004 and contributed to the design and development of the Ford NGL model.
Charlie’s undergraduate degree is in English Literature, his Masters is in Secondary Education (RI College), and his Doctorate is in Secondary Education and Educational Research (Boston University). He was an English teacher, an elementary school assistant principal, and an administrator in the RI Department of Education. He served for ten years as the Executive Director of the RI Association of School Principals and in a similar position for ten years at the RI Educational Leadership Academy. From 1995 through 2005, Mojkowski was an Associate Professor in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at Johnson & Wales University.
