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Prof. dr. Jim Heal

Dr. Jim Heal is Professor of Evidence-Informed Educational Leadership at Academica University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam. His work seeks to develop expertise in evidence-informed instruction and leadership in K-12 schools, school districts, and higher education institutions around the world. Dr. Heal was a teacher and administrator for over a decade in the UK before moving to the US, where he became Director of Practice at Harvard’s Research Schools International initiative. In his work at Deans for Impact, a US-based non-profit, he increased teacher effectiveness by infusing the science of learning into educator preparation. He earned his doctorate in educational leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is author of three books on education: How Teaching Happens, Mental Models, and Instructional Illusions.