Robert Nelson is an award-winning educational leader with 25
years of coaching experience helping kids win at life. He has been rated as a Highly Effective Principal in the state of Florida for many years and received
multiple principal awards from his district from the Counseling Association, Center
for Exceptional Children, Hillsborough Association of School Administrators, Hillsborough
Reading Association, and the Hillsborough Parent Teacher Student
Association. He was chosen to be the first Lead Principal of High Schools in
the nation’s seventh largest district, Hillsborough County Public Schools in
Tampa, Florida. In this role, Mr. Nelson
facilitated a professional development program designed to grow all principals and
assist new principals with increasing student achievement and boosting their overall
effectiveness as educational leaders. Additionally,
Mr. Nelson completed the School Superintendents Association National
Principal Supervisor Academy, a program focused on the CCSSO (Council of Chief
State School Officers) Principal Supervisor Standards and the Inquiry Cycle to
develop principals as educational leaders.
He served on many district committees, presented at numerous district
events, and participated in many state and national conferences throughout his
career. Recently, he started an
educational blog, www.findingyourinnergoat.com, which focuses on his journey as an educational leader, father, and
husband and an educational leadership coaching company, Nelson Leadership
Group, LLC (www.nelsonleadershipgroup.com). Mr. Nelson received his
undergraduate degree in Secondary Physical Education from the University of
South Florida and his master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Nova
Southeastern University. He lives in
Tampa, Florida, with his wife of twenty-three years and their four children.