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Choice and Voice: School Year Abroad in Italy

This past year I taught English at School Year Abroad (SYA) in Viterbo, Italy. The school focuses on building independence…
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One Month Later – Looking Back on Leadership Lab 2019

I came into the 2019 gcLi Leadership Lab in Colorado Springs raring to go. As a science teacher, 7th Grade…
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Launching Leadership Programs

Research demonstrates that when implemented effectively, leadership programs increase school connectedness, foster positive youth development, and galvanize the power of…
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Reflections by a Scholar: gcLi Seven Years Later

Towards the end of the final faculty meeting of gcLi Leadership Lab 2019, gcLi Founder Jim Carney looked at me…
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Modeling Leadership as a Lifelong Learning Skill

Technology changes with every breath we take, and we’re trying to prepare our students for a world that will inevitably…
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Building Tomorrow’s Leaders in Baltimore

The walls of my office are adorned with posters covered in sticky notes. Multi-colored with a myriad of handwriting ranging…
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It’s the Little Things

As Mercersburg Academy’s dean of student life, Chris Howes oversees all aspects of the student experience at the school—from citizenship…
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Great Leaders Ask: How will we know we’re successful? #HWWKWS?

Project planning and management are great ways to engage young students when teaching leadership.…


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