He is a former Elementary, Middle School and High School Teacher. His areas of expertise include school climate and culture, school improvement, teacher education, learning and cognitive styles, classroom management and teacher leadership. Shindler is the Chair of the Special Interest Group – School Culture, Climate and Community at the American Educational Research Association. He is Co-Founder and Director of the Alliance for the Study of School Climate and author of several school climate assessment instruments and articles. Shindler is the developer of the Paragon Learning Style Inventory and author of several learning styles articles and resources. TRANSFORMATIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT © 2009-2010