Peter De Witt

Peter DeWitt (Ed.D) is a former K-5 teacher (11 years) and principal (8 years). He is the CEO of the Instructional Leadership Collective, and along with his thought partner Michael Nelson, they engage in school leadership coaching and run competency-based workshops and provide keynotes nationally and internationally focusing on school leadership.

Peter is the author, co-author or contributor of numerous books. They include:

Dignity for All: Safeguarding LGBT Students (Corwin Press. 2012).

Flipping Leadership Doesn't Mean Reinventing the Wheel (Corwin Press. 2014)

Collaborative Leadership: 6 Influences That Matter Most (Corwin Press/Learning Forward).

School Climate: Leading With Collective Teacher Efficacy (Corwin Press/ Ontario Principals Council. 2017).

Coach It Further: Using the Art of Coaching to Improve School Leadership (Corwin Press. 2018).

Instructional Leadership: Creating Practice Out Of Theory (Corwin Press. 2020).

10 Mindframes for Leaders: The Visible Learning Approach to School Success (John Hattie and Ray Smith editors. Corwin Press. 2020)​

Collective Leader Efficacy: Strengthening the Impact of Instructional Leadership Teams (Corwin Press. Learning Forward. 2021).

De-Implementation: Creating the Space to Focus on What Works (Corwin Press. 2022.).

Leading With Intention: How School Leaders Can Unlock Deeper Collaboration and Drive Results - Co-authored with Michael Nelson (Corwin Press. 2024).