Category: Essay

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The 4 C’s: How Administrators Can Best Support Department Heads

April 2022

by Elise London, EXPLO Elevate Senior Consultant In my consulting work, I have the privilege of meeting one-on-one with individuals who serve in a variety of different roles in schools. When I get to meet…

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Out on a High Wire: How Department Heads Balance Leadership Roles

April 2022

by Elise London, EXPLO Elevate Senior Consultant When I talk to department heads these days, I can’t help but picture them as tightrope walkers on the high wire. Although they are always excited to take…

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Is Confidence Contagious?

January 2022

By Amanda Riegel, Excelle Director One of my biggest goals in creating Excelle was to build confidence in women, yet a colleague challenged me by saying, “How can you give confidence to others?” I…

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Transference in the Teaching Life

December 2021

by Moira Kelly, President, EXPLO Back in the ‘90s, when David Torcoletti and I were beginning our school leadership roles at Northfield Mount Hermon School, we read Ned Hallowell’s “Who Do They Think You Are?…

Essay Interview

Future-Ready: A Conversation with Scott Looney, Part II

October 2021

Preparing Students to Thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution By Mark Greenlaw Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview Scott Looney, Head of School at Hawken School and founder of the Mastery Transcript…

Essay Interview

Future-Ready: A Conversation with Scott Looney, Part I

September 2021

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Fighting Fires With Hope: The First Virtue for 2021-2022

August 2021

by Ross Peters, Vice President of School Strategy, EXPLO Elevate I felt as if I was on the receiving end of 911 calls. Given the tone of the callers, one might have thought the intruders…

Essay Issue Brief

Reimagining Assessment: Where is the Story?

June 2021

by Gary Chapin Assessments tell a story. What’s the story, and, more importantly, where is the story? The answers to those questions tell you a lot about the values and priorities of our education system…

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Creating the Space for Equity

May 2021

by Indu Chugani Singh For the last eight years, I’ve been working with colleagues at the Penn Graduate School of Education teaching a course for new teachers called “Effective Learning Environments.” The course lives in…

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Making the Hidden Visible: The Lived Experience of DEIJ Practitioners in Independent Schools

May 2021

By Sudipti Kumar On May 4th, EXPLO Elevate released our latest research report. The report, Making the Hidden Visible: The Lived Experience of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Practitioner at Independent Schools, can…