by lindanathan | Mar 22, 2022 | Arts Education, Creativity, Family/School Involvement, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Literacy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
A comfortable gathering placeSkilled musicians/educatorsFolks of all ages willing to take risks and play together Instruments and noise makers of all kindsFood and drink if desiredTime to share your creations with one another and to debrief Once you gather these...
by lindanathan | Mar 21, 2022 | Creativity, Equity, Family/School Involvement, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Literacy, Professional Development, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
By Linda Nathan, Director, Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership at Hale (PSi) Recently, I traveled to Lawrence, MA (actually Andover) to witness Rebecca Iyore’s PSi Capstone Project in action. PSi Capstones focus on ways that schools and community...
by lindanathan | Jan 20, 2022 | Equity, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
Tia proudly walks the halls of the Malden Early Learning Center, a public preschool serving students ages 3- 5 years old. The students at the ELC are among the most diverse group (race, ethnicity, socioeconomic, and learning styles) of students in the state. It is...
by lindanathan | Nov 15, 2021 | Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Literacy, Praise, Professional Development, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
COVID19 has blanketed so many students and families in frustration, despair, and disappointment. Recently I visited 360 High School in Providence, Rhode Island and found hope, optimism, and a sense of possibilities. Started seven years ago with Carnegie Foundation...
by lindanathan | Jun 19, 2021 | Boston Arts Academy, Center for Artistry and Scholarship, Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and...
by lindanathan | Sep 3, 2020 | Center for Artistry and Scholarship, Creativity, Equity, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
For three weeks this past August, a group of twenty-seven emerging creative leaders, from five districts in the Boston area, met in daily Zoom workshops to learn from one another, the PSi faculty, (Carmen Torres, Sung Joon Pai, Will C, myself) and a host of guest...
