Dr. Kessler has overseen the successful implementation of blended learning for her high school of over 1700 students. She has dedicated a great deal of effort to provide adequate resources and support. In addition, she has taught in an online/blended environment for many years at the collegiate level. This experience has provided a depth of knowledge necessary to support the process.

As co-author of The Principal’s Survival Guide-Where Do I Start? How Do I Succeed? When Do I Sleep (2015), Dr. Kessler has also written articles that have been published by "Principal Leadership" (NASSP) and "Educational Leadership" (ASCD) and has 10 years of experience as an adjunct faculty member teaching undergraduate and graduate classes. Dr. Kessler testified in 2015 before the United States Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions as an invited expert about her work developing innovation in schools as part of the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).