Nathan L. Wear

Nathan L. Wear, is Associate Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer of Linn-Mar CSD in Marion, Iowa, a district of nearly 8,000 students. He is the former high school principal of Solon High School in Solon, Iowa, where he and his staff championed grading reform efforts and implemented standards-based grading within a Professional Learning Community. During his time in Solon, his staff was recognized as a national model for professional learning communities and was named one of America’s best high schools in 2014. Prior to Solon, Wear was the elementary principal at Pence Elementary in Fairfield, Iowa. He has been an educator since 2002 with a background in elementary teaching, standards-based grading, assessment, and serves as an adjunct professor.

Wear is an active member of the School Administrators of Iowa, a statewide organization committed to providing support and development for Iowa’s school leaders. Wear’s strong belief that leading with a positive organizational culture through high accountability has resulted in marked improvement in the schools he has worked. He has presented throughout Iowa and Minnesota to principals, teachers, superintendents, and other school leaders on topics ranging from standards-based grading to Professional Learning Communities and has provided school leaders with valuable professional development in those areas.

Nathan L. Wear received his bachelor’s degree from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa in 2002, and a master’s degree in educational administration from Texas-State University in San Marcos, Texas in 2005. He received his superintendent endorsement from the University of Northern Iowa in 2011 and is currently finishing his doctorate in educational leadership at the same institution.

To learn more about Nathan L. Wear’s work or to book him for professional development email him at nathan.wear@gmail.com. You can follow him on Twitter @Nathan_Wear.