What does #creativity have to do with #leadership? Everything!
In The Fifth Book of Peace, Maxine Hong Kingston implores, “In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment.” I’m privileged to hold a role that invites me, often, to create a beloved community of learners, over and over again. #cohort.
A few weeks ago, we invited 19 Heads of Schools to our annual #HeadsFellowship Klingenstein Center, Teachers College, Columbia University to learn together, away from their schools, for two weeks. I am so grateful for the ways #HeadsFellows25 engaged deeply in creative practices and in exploring how #creativity amplifies, emboldens, and deepens #leadership.
Thank you to my incredible colleagues at the Center! #TeamKling
Deeply grateful for the professors, professionals, and organizations who joined us to facilitate the dynamic learning experiences curated for this program: from #improvisation to the psychology of #change, #climateaction to #reiki, speaking your #story to reflecting on self, ethical leadership to #culturedesign and #culturecarriers, from cooking to #listening, from #doodling to #agile teaming, to the intricate relationship between #belonging and #learning. Many thanks to Rebecca Stilwell, Ph.D., Adam Lazarus, Anna Lisa Bond, Clare Sisisky, Roy Danovitch, Ed.D., Ioana Literat, Mike Palladino, Shital C. Shah, Nigel Furlonge, Stephen Valentine, Glenn Whitman, Lorraine M., Chris Harper, team Talos, Vicky Stewart Roncero, MoMA, Nicole Hoppe Montclair Kimberley Academy, Winchendon School NY, Harlem Academy, & The Culinary Institute of New York. Plus #HellsKitchen #AliciaKeys & #TheDot Peter H. Reynolds!
#Heads2025, Congratulations and welcome to the Klingenstein Center, Teachers College, Columbia University alumni network! Thank you for all you brought to this fellowship and for all you do in your schools. Excited to stay in touch and to listen for all the places your many marks will take you! Jessica Gilway Ed.D., Brandon McNeice, Kirsten Prettyman Adams, Jeffrey Burroughs, Adam Wilson, Long Dang, Angie Wenger, Derrick Willard, Nisha Gupta, Adam Dubé, Frank Volpe PhD, Chris Herman, Renée Greenfield, Alejandro Solernó, Aliya Hashim, Sean M. H., Jane McGee, Jennifer Maan, PhD, & Kris Achter.
#Heads2025 #InspirED #LeadLearning #createsomething #makingmeaning
