David Hyerle

David Hyerle

David Hyerle, EdD, is an author, researcher, seminar leader, and keynote speaker focused on integrating content learning, thinking process instruction, and collaborative leadership across whole schools. The creation of his Thinking Maps® model emerged from his experiences as a teacher at the middle school level in inner city Oakland, California. His development of Thinking Maps® was also informed by his work with the Bay Area Writing Project and the Cognitive Coaching model.

Among his numerous professional books and articles based on visual tools research, Dr. Hyerle wrote the foundational training materials for Thinking Maps and guided the professional development process with Thinking Maps, Inc. The Thinking Maps model is used in 30 states and a half dozen countries. Dr. Hyerle cowrote the training guide Thinking Maps®: A Language for Leadership and edited Student Successes With Thinking Maps®, a professional book presenting background research and documenting the professional development outcomes from the implementation of Thinking Maps. 

Dr. Hyerle earned a doctorate and bachelor’s at the University of California, Berkeley and has served as a visiting scholar at the Harvard School of Education.

Presentations by David Hyerle

• Collaborative Leadership
• Developing Connective Leadership
• Improving Thinking and Learning
• Leading and Learning in the Cognitive Age