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Elementary Leadership: In Their Words

Natalie Simms is an elementary educator with experience that spans both public and independent schools in states that include New…
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Teaching Leadership and the Example of Facebook

Jeremy is the Dean of Faculty and former Executive Director of gcLi. He eats, breathes, and lives teaching leadership, hoping…
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An Interview with Blake Kohn, Executive Director of the National Network of Schools in Partnership

Blake Kohn is the Executive Director of the National Network of Schools in Partnership. A passionate bilingual educator, Blake Kohn…
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Celebrating Teaching & Learning through the Ideas Café at Palmer Trinity School

Adrianna Truby attended the gcLi Leadership Lab in 2016, and joined the Palmer Trinity School in 1992. Over the years,…
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Cairns of Leadership

Katherine Berdy is a 2014 graduate of the gcLi Leadership Lab and the Director of the C. Kyser Ethical Leadership…
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Building Schools that Care: Creating Authentic Learning Experiences for Our Students

Jay Parker is the Director of the Institute for Leadership & Purpose at the Calvert School in Baltimore, Maryland. In…
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Taking the Next Step: The gcLi Leadership Scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania

It is difficult for me to describe the impact of the gcLi Leadership Lab without seeming hyperbolic. For me, it…
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BEING HAPPY AT SCHOOL!

Ted Fish has served as the Executive Director of the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute since 2009. He is an experienced…


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Emily Ihrke
Executive Editor, gcLi Leadership Blog
Director PK-12 Ethical Leadership Program
University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee (WI)
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