The Holdsworth Center
Matt Thompson is an experienced Lead Learning Designer who has worked with various companies and organizations throughout their career, focusing on designing innovative learning environments for students and educators. With a background in management consulting and entrepreneurial experience, Matt is dedicated to driving positive change and growth within educational settings. Thompson's expertise lies in partnering with schools and districts to achieve bolder learning outcomes through systemic changes and student-centered approaches.
The Holdsworth Center
The Holdsworth Center is a premier leadership institute based in Austin, Texas with the goal of supporting and developing public school leaders in order to improve, over time, the quality of education offered to every child in every classroom in Texas. We are developing a leadership culture within school districts that will build the foundation for greater student success. Our goal is to work with partner districts over a sustained period of time in order to create systemic change and structures around the identification, training, development and support of future leaders. We work hand-in-hand with districts to strengthen leaders and leadership culture through development programs that are aligned from the superintendent’s office down to campus principals. We help districts understand their own gaps in talent management, to establish their individual goals and priorities, and to develop action plans that will lead to sustainable changes. Throughout the partnership, the District Support team offers implementation assistance to ensure that key learnings from each immersive training session have an opportunity to take root.