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Glenn Robbins

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My Story

I have presented and keynoted at various national and international conferences: ISTE, FETC, AASA, NASSP, SETDA, NJPSA, SXSWEDU, CoSN, EdCamps, NJASA Techspo, World Maker Faire, National Maker Faire, Verizon Innovative Educators, NJPAECET2, EduCon, EdWEB, Tech & Learning, Rewire, Alaska Principals Conference, SuperCUE (CA), and many other events.

Glenn Robbins is the proud Superintendent of the Brigantine Public School District in Brigantine, New Jersey. His passion is harnessing a district culture that thrives on positive psychology, design thinking, futurism, innovative digital spaces, technology integration, esports, cybersecurity, Social Emotional Learning Zen Dens, and Maker cultures. In addition, Glenn encourages all students to have a voice, not only in building a school culture, but also in designing student led entrepreneur opportunities.

He is the proud recipient of the National Superintendent Certification, and serves as an AASA National Governing Board Member, AASA Aspiring Superintendent Mentor, and Chair of NJASA Technology Committee. He has been awarded numerous administrative state and national recognitions including the NJ Visionary Superintendent Award, the Tech & Learning Northeast Innovative Superintendent Award, National Exemplar of Education Award, Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools Member, NASSP Digital Principal of the Year, and SETDA Award Winner.

Glenn has been recognized by numerous organizations for his innovative implementation methods, and has been a featured keynote speaker at numerous events focusing on leadership, culture, school/district turnaround in academic excellence through design thinking and futurism.

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Glenn Robbins has past work experience as Teacher, Coach, Vice Principal, Principal, and Superintendent.

My Awards

National Exemplar of Education Award

Humanex Ventures
2023
Selected by Humanex Ventures for the National Exemplar of Education Award for the culture and climate building as an education leader.

Northeast Innovative Superintendent Award

Tech & Learning
2022
Tech & Learning Innovative Leader Award – Northeast Innovative Superintendent Award 2022/2023

NJ Visionary Superintendent Award

ClassLink
2022
Selected as the NJ Visionary Superintendent Award Winner

Selected To League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise
May 2021

Top District Security and Safety Award of 2020

Joint Insurance Funds (JIF)
2020

NJ Spotlight School

NJAMLE
2018

Superintendent To Watch

Ed Dive Magazine
2017
One of six school administrators from the US selected.

SETDA Student Voice Award

SETDA
2017
First and only School selected from NJ in the country.

National Digital Principal of the Year

NASSP
2016

Samsung Solve For Tomorrow Award

Samsung
2014
New Jersey State Award Winner

Top 40 Under 40

Atlantic City Weekly, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and the Atlantic City Junior Chamber
2014

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Awarded an AASA National Superintendent Certification

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Member of the CoSN Empowered Superintendent Panel

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Invited to the White House by President Obama as a distinguished educational leader in the United States.

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Invited to the US Department of Education, multiple times, to learn/network/work with various educational leaders from across the US. Met the past 3 US Secretaries of Education

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Mentor for AASA National Aspiring Superintendents

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Led two districts as Superintendent to be designated by the New Jersey Department of Education as a “High Performing School District.”

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Led districts as Superintendent to be designated by ADL as a No Place For Hate School.

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New Jersey representatives for AASA National Governing Board for 4 years.

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Testified at the NJ State House.

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Contributed to countless educational books, and numerous podcasts.

Speaking Topics
from past and current:

What is Your District’s Calling Card?

Branding is the Answer (Branding)

Mister Rogers Community Project:

Chamber of Commerce and Scholars Collaboration (Community)

Leading Like Ted Lasso in a Roy Kent World

(Culture/Team Building)

Rethinking All Learning Spaces:

Proven Strategies for Student-Centered Learning (Educational Spaces/Designer Process with Teams)

Engaging All Students with Esports in Education:

Sharing Strategies and Lessons Learned as Esports Programs Grow Nationally (Esports)

Updating Your School/District to 3.0 with AI

(Ed-Tech/Innovation)

Finding Calm in the Chaos:

Stoic Strategies for School Leaders and Educators (Stoic Leadership/Team Building)

Positive Psychology in Leadership

(Leadership)

”Two Wolves”

Dealing with Challenging Situations in Today’s World as a School Leader (Leadership)

Creating A Maker Culture

(Leadership/Ed-Tech/Culture/Innovation)

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