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Meet Todd Nesloney

Educator. Author. Speaker.

Todd Nesloney is the Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). He has also served as the Director of Get Your LEAD On (underneath the Get Your Teach On umbrella) and was previously a Principal/Lead Learner at a PreK-5 school in Texas. He is an award winning author for his books Kids Deserve It!, Stories From Webb, Sparks in the Dark, When Kids Lead, In This Season: Words for the Heart, and his newest book, Building Authenticity: A Blueprint for the Leader Inside You. He has also published a children’s book, Spruce & Lucy.

Todd has been recognized by John C. Maxwell as a Top 10 Finalist for the 2018 Transformational Leadership Award, by the White House as a Connected Educator “Champion of Change”, the National School Board Association as one of the “20 to Watch” in Education, the Center for Digital Education as one of their “Top 40 Innovators in Education”, the BAMMYs as the “National Elementary Principal of the Year” and the “National Elementary Teacher of the Year”, and the Texas Computer Education Association as their “Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year”.

“There is a leader within us all. Sometimes we just haven’t yet allowed ourselves to believe it.”
-Todd Nesloney

More About Todd

Todd is passionate about education and innovation. Todd was a classroom teacher for 7 years before taking the leap straight from classroom teacher to campus principal.

The one thing that is clear about Todd when you hear him speak or talk is his immense love for doing what’s best for kids despite limitations. Todd worked in an environment where over 90% of his students were on a free-and-reduced lunch. His campus and district were 85% minority majority and face many challenges. But that’s exactly what Todd thrives on. Todd loves a challenge.

Todd also travels and speaks about his innovative practices. He is also a 2x TEDx Speaker.

Todd actively blogs and share his stories through many different social media avenues, especially Twitter.

Todd has a wife named Lissette and twin boys named Liam & Brixton. They live in a small community in Brenham, Texas.