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A Call To Joy

By Kate Wade, LL’11, LL Scholar ‘13, gcLi Penn-GSE Fellow ‘14, Editor gcLi Blog, Head of the Middle School, The…
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Creating Safe, Inclusive, and Sustainable Communities

By Jeremy LaCasse, Executive Director, gcLi, Assistant Head and Teacher of History, Taft School, Watertown, CT As we all look…
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Planting Seeds

By Jan Baldwin, LL ‘14, gcLi Scholar ‘21, Middle School Dean of Students and Chair of the Visual and Performing…
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Lead First by Listening, Then by Doing

By Emily Ihrke, LL’15, gcLi Scholar ‘21, Co-Coordinator, PK12 Ethical Leadership Program at University School of Milwaukee (WI) Twice now,…
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The World Needs Us

By Emily Ihrke, LL’15, gcLi Scholar ‘21, Co-Coordinator, PK12 Ethical Leadership Program at University School of Milwaukee (WI) As a…
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Pay It Forward

By Jan Baldwin, LL ‘14, gcLi Scholar ‘21, Middle School Dean of Students and Chair of the Visual and Performing…
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Pandemic Life Lessons from the Breachway

by Josh Doyon, Director of Student Affairs, Cushing Academy (MA) For three years now, my mobile home screen has been…
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The Leader Gardener

by Mike Chapman, Cadet Corps Leadership Program Instructor at St. John’s College High School, (Washington, D.C.) Managing an effective high…


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Director PK-12 Ethical Leadership Program
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