Ainsley Rose

Ainsley Rose is in his 52nd year as an award-winning educator. Ainsley began as a high school teacher in 1973 at Massey Vanier High School in Cowansville, QC having graduated with a Master’s degree from Western University in London, Ontario. He then progressed to be an Elementary and Secondary Principal, and Director of Education in Quebec, Canada. He worked in both the District of Bedford now the Eastern Townships School Board and the Western Quebec School Board. Ainsley is now an author consultant, Keynote presenter, Senior Leadership Coach and facilitator of an extensive range of professional learning topics. His expertise includes effective schools research, Evidence-based teaching and learning highlighting Professor John Hattie’s research, Professional Learning Communities, Instructional Intelligence, standards and assessment, common formative assessment, TRIBES, Covey’s Seven Habits of Effective People. Ainsley continues to collaborate extensively with LCEEQ and was recently approved to head up the Strategic Leadership Institute with Dr. Megan Webster over the next two years. He is President of Thistle Educational Development Inc. and professional development consultant with The Core Collaborative, The Leadership and Learning Center, Corwin Publishing, Solution Tree, Marzano Research, among other notable organizations. He has presented in several cities and countries around the world, among them Australia, Argentina, Lusaka, Zambia, Rotterdam, Cayman Island, Bermuda, Hawaii. He is a published contributing author for several educational publications and is currently working on his first book about Leadership Influence, efficacy and impact. He has been married to the same with his wife for 52 years. Their three adult children and their spouses and seven grandchildren all live in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.