Award Winning Educator

Glenn Robbins

Educator
Best Selling Author
Speaker/Consultant

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The Best Seller

Calm In The Chaos:

Ancient Stoic Wisdom for Successful School Leadership

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I Won’t Back Down:

How Educators Can Turn Rejection Into Redirection

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About

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. He has served as a public school superintendent in New Jersey since 2016. Prior to becoming a superintendent, he was a middle school principal, a high school assistant principal, a high school social studies teacher, and a high school varsity coach. He is also a best selling author of “Calm In The Chaos: Ancient Stoic Wisdom for Successful School Leadership”, and sought after speaker.

Glenn has been awarded numerous administrative international, national, and state recognitions including the EDTECH Digest International District Leadership Finalist, National Exemplar of Education Award Winner, Named Top 100 Educational Influencer in the US, Northeast Innovative Superintendent Award, NJ Visionary Superintendent Award, Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools Member, NASSP Digital Principal of the Year, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Winner, SETDA Student Voice Award Winner, a NASS (National Association of School Superintendents) Technology (AI) Innovation and Application Superintendent of the Year, and as a National Superintendent of the Year Finalist. He has been invited to the White House and the US Department of Education several times in the past three administrations. He is also the proud recipient of a National Superintendent Certification, and serves as an AASA National Governing Board Member, AASA Aspiring Superintendent Mentor, Chair of NJASA Technology Committee, and Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.

Glenn has been recognized across the globe for his innovative school and district improvement methods, and has been featured in numerous conferences, books, podcasts, and other publications. Glenn is passionate about helping school leaders create schools where every student and educator can have the opportunity to succeed to their utmost potential in a VUCA world.

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

My Awards

National Technology (AI) Innovation Superintendent of the Year

National Association of School Superintendents
Sep 2024
Awarded the Technology (AI) Innovation and Application SOY 2024.

National Superintendent of the Year Finalist

National Association of School Superintendents
Sep 2024
Finalist for 2024 National Superintendent of the Year

Top 100 Influencer In Education

DA Magazine
May 2024
Selected by DA Magazine as a Top 100 Education Influencer.

National VFW School District of the Year - Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Award

Veterans of Foreign Wars
Nov 2023
Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award- Award to Brigantine Public School District. State and National District of the Year

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:

Culture Shock: Building a School Where Everyone Belongs

Explore how to create a thriving culture of inclusion, innovation, and impact.

The Comeback Culture: How to Build a Staff That Believes Again

For schools needing a morale boost or rebranding after tough times.

I Won’t Back Down: Resilient Leadership Starts With You

Rejection. Criticism. Setbacks. This isn’t the end of your story—it’s the fuel for your next chapter.

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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