by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Creativity, Professional Development
This afternoon I am off to visit Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sung-Joon Pai (founding BAA faculty member, friend, and school leader) recently introduced me to a lovely person named Christina Ratatori. Christina leads an organization called Artists Rallying Together (a.r.t.) ...
by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Professional Development
Last week I did a book talk at Brandeis University’s beautiful Rose Art Museum. The faculty from the education department invited me to speak with both their graduate (MAT) students and education undergraduates. Brandeis included the book talk on their list of...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | Professional Development
I recently had the privilege of being a featured author and key note presenter at a conference for the Massachusetts School Librarians Association (MSLA). I happen to admire librarians as much as I admire teachers. We are VERY fortunate at BAA to have a world-class,...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | Equity, Leadership Development, Professional Development
Last week I had the chance to participate on a panel discussion at the Center for Public Leadership (Harvard Kennedy School) following a screening of the newly-released documentary Waiting for Superman. I was joined on the panel by Jim Berk (CEO of Participant Media,...
by admin | Jun 24, 2010 | Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
The end of the school year is a time for closure for most schools. At BAA it is also time to kick off the seventh annual Summer Institute for Arts in Education, an amazing week-long professional development experience for folks interested in school change. Teachers...
by admin | May 27, 2010 | Leadership Development, Professional Development, Uncategorized
A few months ago I was asked by Sherri Raftery if I would accept the Toastmasters Communication & Leadership award from the Toastmasters District 31 (which is all of Eastern MA from Worcester and Rhode Island). I had never really paid much attention to this...
