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Lost and Found: Living, Leading, and Teaching Beyond Fear #1 – Listening and Attention

I’m delighted to introduce to you David Grant Smith. This is the first in a series of blogs that we’re…
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Nurturing School Culture: A Division Head’s Story

by Rishi Raghunathan, Head of Upper School at The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio I am starting my 4th year…
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The gcLi Leadership Lab Changed the Way I Teach (and the Way I Live)

by Sara Viveiros, Middle School Language & Literature and Learning Support Teacher at St. Andrew’s School in Barrington Rhode Island…
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Sara Viveiros, LL’23, gcLi-Penn/GSE Scholarship for School Leadership ‘23-’24, Proust Questionnaire

Getting to know a 2023 Lab Scholar – Sara Viveiros by Sara Viveiros, Middle School Language & Literature and Learning…
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No Person Is an Island: Creation of Communal Context and The Need for Interconnection

by Jeremy LaCasse, Executive Director, gcLi, Assistant Head of School for Student Life, Taft School (Watertown, CT) “No man is…
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Walking Beside Each Other, In the Heat and In the Breeze

by Kenny Chilton, Elementary Educator, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School TX Somehow, leaving the 2023 Leadership Lab leaves me more inspired…
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Kenny Chilton, LL ‘23 Scholar, Proust Questionnaire

Getting to know a 2023 Lab Scholar–Kenny Chilton by Kenny Chilton, Elementary Educator, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School TX 1. Who…
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Barbie, A Leader?

by Emily Tymus Ihrke, Executive Editor, gcLi Leadership Blog; Ethical Leadership Program Director and Teacher, University School of Milwaukee in…


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Director PK-12 Ethical Leadership Program
University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee (WI)
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