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O'Toole is an educational consultant whose passion is empowering educators to implement student-centered, inquiry-based, "best practices" for instruction. Anne spent 41 years as a teacher, reading specialist, K-12 language arts supervisor, and elementary principal in Richmond City and Chesterfield County. She was the principal of the first Expeditionary Learning School in Virginia, Robious Elementary (2005), which was identified as a national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence under her leadership. Still passionate about improving instruction, she now works with the Virginia Department of Education, the Governor's Office of Education, the University of Richmond, and Virginia Commonwealth University to inspire principals and teachers.

Currently, she is traveling throughout Virginia to implement a series of trainings on empowering teachers as leaders of successful school leadership teams. Anne holds degrees from the College of William and Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University.