Ryan Bretag

Greater Chicago Area United States

creator; dreamer; learner; thinker. Top 50 Innovator in Edu.#livelovelaugh

Education

I have spent 15 years in education as a secondary English educator and administrator. In my role as Chief Innovation Officer, I focus on innovation in learning and teaching, whole-child education, and project management for district and building-wide technology initiatives. I'm currently completing my doctoral work with an ethnography research on spaces people inhabit for learning and a comparative case study of the design, implementation, and impact of physical learning spaces in schools using an environmental psychology lens. The common thread in my presentations and work is that the most important conversation we can be having today in schools centers on creativity, experiences, happ...