Dr. Rob Robertson
Dr. Rob Robertson is a career educator with expertise in K-12 school improvement, teacher evaluation, academic coaching, and instructional best practices. He specializes in second language acquisition, language and writing development for English language learners, and STEM education. With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Robertson has taught students from kindergarten to college. He has worked in both the United States and Europe as a teacher, program coordinator, educational programs director, adjunct professor and professional development facilitator.
During his career, Dr. Robertson has participated in developing and running several European educational grants including the Socrates Education Project based in London, England focusing on Minority Education in London City Schools; the Comenius Education Project based in Copenhagen, Denmark and Vienna, Austria focusing on European Educational Program Managers and the Integration of Multimedia Practices in Instruction. He also worked closely with the Council of Europe in developing training projects for teachers of linguistic minority students in Riga, Latvia; Strasbourg, France; and Budapest, Hungary.
He has led initiatives with Arizona State University through the National Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) which focused on systemic school reform and teacher capacity building in K-12 school districts across northern Arizona. He has written and managed STEM grants with Arizona Science Center for schools across Arizona. And in 2014 he and his team from Arizona Science Center partnered with the South Korean National Education Agency (KOFAC) to train 100 teachers in best practices for integrated STEM education in Busan, Korea.
He has worked extensively with the Arizona Department of Education throughout the last 20 years both as a program specialist and committee lead for the Arizona English Language Learner Assessment and Arizona’s Adult Science Standards. He has presented at state and national conferences and has consulted in school districts across the state in the areas of English Language Learners (ELLs), writing development, teacher instructional strategies, new teacher induction, STEM integration, and student learning strategies. Lastly, he has co-authored articles and book chapters on gifted ELLs, bilingual education, writing development and classroom teaching strategies.
Dr. Robertson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in French and English, a Master’s Degree in Bilingual and Multicultural Education, and a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction focusing on Second Language Acquisition and Writing.