HILLARY WOEST
National Presenter | Author | Educational Practitioner
Practical instructional systems for complex educational work.
Hillary Woest is a national presenter, author, and educational practitioner who helps schools connect curriculum, assessment, collaboration, career and technical education (CTE), multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), and educator support into coherent systems teachers can use and leaders can sustain.
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NATIONAL PRESENTER
NEARLY 30 YEARS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
MODEL PLC CONTRIBUTOR
DISTINCTIVE CTE EXPERTISE
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Strengthen collaborative teams, leadership structures, and the practices that keep learning at the center.
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Align essential standards, pacing, unit planning, formative assessment, and instructional response.
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Support industry experts as they become effective teachers and help CTE teams apply instructional systems authentically.
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Design proactive Tier 1 and targeted Tier 2 systems that respond to the reason students are struggling.
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Use artificial intelligence responsibly to strengthen instruction, improve efficiency, and preserve professional judgment.
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Build the clarity, ownership, and sustainable support educators and leaders need to carry the work.
Connected expertise. Practical implementation.
Expertise that connects. Professional learning that works.
Why districts choose Hillary:
Grounded in current practice
Hillary works alongside teachers and leaders across the country, bringing a broad perspective that remains connected to the realities of schools.
Built for implementation
Participants do not leave with inspiration alone. They leave with clearer priorities, practical tools, and work they can continue using.
Respectful of educator expertise
Hillary listens first, adapts the work to context, and helps educators build solutions with—not for—the people who will carry them.
What educators and leaders say
“Hillary has been fantastic in helping us incorporate a PLC design into our district CTE program. She is a ground-zero thinker who wants our guiding coalition team to be successful. Hillary is authentic in her design and support in implementing instructional concepts that fit our CTE classrooms. She has helped us craft a comprehensive PLC system that will serve our students at the highest level, and she is wonderful in leading our professional development. She knows how we function and where we should be going.”
- Jason Hudson, Executive Director of Academic/Career Connections, Wylie Independent School District, Wylie, Texas
“Hillary is a wonderful listener and provides meaningful feedback. She was able to quickly identify what is going well within our campus and how to narrow our goals.”
- Brandi Ray, Associate Principal, Tascosa High School, Amarillo, Texas
“Hillary really helped our team solidify and clarify our goal. She helped us gain clarity for our school-wide intervention process and grading/rubric issues. Hillary is very approachable and always helps us come up with a solution whenever issues arise. She is positive, encouraging, and willing to provide extra help when needed.”
- Monica Hunter, Educator, Health Careers Academy, Stockton, California
“Hilary did an excellent job at scaffolding our learning and guiding us through the PLC process then supplying support. It was by far the most useful PLC professional development I’ve had.”
- Ashley Heninger, Educator and PLC Lead, Leander ISD, Leander, Texas
“I felt that the most valuable aspect was hearing Hillary’s expertise and the way she worded our action steps and plans… I felt the way she leads people and talks with people makes you feel both heard and also that you are being educated at the same time with new ideas and material. I appreciate her holistic approach to the school. It was focused on the whole child, not solely academics which for me, as a counselor, made all the difference in buy-in and how to tie in SEL with academia in a way that allows all voices to be heard and the students to receive ALL of the teaching and learning they need.”
- Dezarae Washington, School Counselor, Britton Elementary, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Professional learning formats
Hillary’s work can be customized for teachers, collaborative teams, instructional coaches, campus leaders, district leadership teams, and CTE programs. Engagements may include keynote presentations, half-day or full-day workshops, multi-day institutes, leadership retreats, coaching cycles, and ongoing implementation partnerships.