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Fire Starters and Firefighters: Becoming the Leader I Am Still Discovering

Jason McCleod, Middle School Humanities Teacher at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, FL I had no idea what to…
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Collaborative Leadership / Genius

by Jeremy LaCasse, Executive Director, gcLi; Teacher of History, Taft School in Watertown, CT The gcLi defines leadership as, “entailing…
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Jason McCleod, gcLi-Penn/GSE Scholarship for School Leadership ‘25-’26, Proust Questionnaire

by Jason McCleod, Middle School Humanities Teacher at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, FL 1. Who are your favorite…
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Feedback Is a Gift (But It Doesn’t Always Feel Like One)

by Sara Viveiros, Middle School Humanities Teacher at St. Andrew’s School in Barrington Rhode Island  I remember one of the…
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Leave Your Ego At the Door

By Dr. John Higgins III, Upper School Science Faculty and Grade-Level Dean at St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, Conn.;…
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Uncertainty and Belonging

by gcLi Executive Director Jeremy LaCasse. Two equally powerful forces drive the creation of community and influence our teaching of…
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Ten Strategies for Cultivating Leadership in Students

by gcLi Faculty Kelsey Twist Schroeder, Ed.D.; Middle School Principal at  Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C. 1. Dispel the Myth…
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Interrogating the Moment

by Andrew Prince, Faculty, gcLi; Head of Upper School, Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, PA The idea that “it is…


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University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee (WI)
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