William A. Sommers, PhD, of Austin, Texas, continues to be a learner, former teacher and principal, author, leadership coach, and consultant. Bill has come out of retirement multiple times to put theory into practice as a principal. He is the Director of SCC for Educators and is the co-founder of www.learningomnivores.com.
Bill has authored and coauthored over ten books, including:
- Developing Courage, Humility, and Discipline: Stakeholder Centered Coaching (in press)(2024)
- Setting the Stage for Learning (in press) (2024)
- Compliance Cop to Culture Coach (2023)
- Creating Talent Density: Accelerating Adult Learning (2021)
- Responding to Resistance: 30 Ways to Manage Conflict in Schools (2019)
- 9 Professional Conversations to Change Schools: A Dashboard of Options (2018)
- Living on a Tightrope: A Survival Handbook for Principals
- Being a Successful Principal: How to Ride the Wave of Change Without Drowning;
- Reflective Practice to Improve Schools (now in the third edition as Reflective Practice for Renewing Schools)
- A Trainer’s Companion: Stories to cause inspiration & reflection
- Energizing Staff Development Using Video Clips
- Leading Professional Learning Communities
- Guiding Professional Learning Communities
- Principal’s Field Manual
- Habits of Mind Teacher’s Companion (in the second edition).
Bill is a consultant for Stakeholder Centered Coaching, Polarity Management, Why Institute. Cognitive Coaching, Adaptive Schools, and Conflict Management.
Dr. Sommers continues to coach school and district leaders, as he has done for over 35 years. In addition to serving on graduate faculties at several universities, Dr. Sommers he has been a program director for an adolescent chemical dependency treatment center and on the advisory board of a halfway house for 20 years. Currently Bill is on the boards of Stevie Ray’s Improv Group and Lian Dante Foundation for Social Justice.
