Alexander McNeece is a former school administrator, children’s book author, and the founder of McNeece Consulting. He is an award-winning former principal of Douglas Elementary School, where he and his staff used the concepts and vocabulary from Anthony Muhammad’s book Transforming School Culture to move from being labeled a failing school in 2006 to making adequate yearly progress every year since and receiving an A grade on the Michigan EdYes assessment in 2010.

Dr. McNeece strives to eliminate the achievement gap by using motivational reading material, developing engagement-driven pedagogy, and integrating 21st-century technology into every facet of teaching and learning. As a teacher, he integrated video production with the Michigan English Language Arts Curriculum, culminating with his students writing, acting, directing, and editing their own feature-length film, which was released at a local movie theater. His school pioneered a video-production intervention program for struggling students called The Douglas Show. That program and the hard work of his teaching staff led to the elimination of student retention at their school, with 100 percent of students achieving academic success from 2008 to 2010.

Now, through McNeece Consulting, Dr. McNeece is leading the charge in helping educators raise student engagement and integrate AI tools to enhance teaching and student engagement. His workshops provide practical, ethical strategies to empower teachers, streamline workloads, and personalize student learning.

He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in curriculum and instruction from Michigan State University. In 2017, Dr. McNeece earned a doctor of philosophy degree in educational leadership from Eastern Michigan University with his dissertation, Michigan's Quantitative School Culture Inventories and Student Achievement.