Gretchen Larsen Class of 2018 Ryan Fellow A recent defining moment in my field study was the day my mini-movement kicked off. A group of teachers were huddled around the whiteboard, studying the day’s math lesson, and working frantically to finish before they parted ways to deliver said lesson to their students. It was …
Gretchen Larsen Class of 2018 Ryan Fellow Back when I was a Dean of Students, I was asked quite frequently to clean up vomit. It happened so often, in fact, that I was formally recognized as a stellar barf-cleaner-upper (you can read about that here). This week when I received feedback from my advisor …
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Gretchen Larsen Class of 2018 Ryan Fellow Hi! My name is Gretchen Larsen, and I’m a proud Class of 2018 Las Vegas Ryan Fellow. Welcome to my Ryan Fellowship blog! Each month, I will be sharing an update about my experiences during the Field Study year, where I will be preparing for my first …
Janai Douglas Ryan Fellow / Principal, Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie Elementary One of the biggest challenges school leaders face is building a strong culture at the schools they lead. Perhaps nothing is more important than the team who will be executing on the leader’s vision and strategic plan. But how can you know you’re on the right …
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T.S. Hoard Ryan Fellow / Principal, Excellence Boys Middle Academy T.S. Hoard (Ryan Fellow Class of 2015) is in his second year as Principal at Excellence Boys Middle Academy in Brooklyn, New York. His students have exceeded the local district benchmark in ELA/Math Proficiency by 230% through diligence and a focused approach. But perhaps …
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Dr. Catherine Burns Chief Academic Officer I have a question for leaders in education. What happens when we avoid difficult conversations or, worse, have the conversation, but do it poorly? Have you ever experienced a conversation like this? Leader: (at the end of a coaching meeting) Great, so I’ll be by your room tomorrow to …
Janis Meinke Ryan Fellow / Principal, Carmen Schools of Science and Technology, South Campus Our team at Accelerate Institute talked with Janis recently to learn more about her new role and how she is leveraging the new Accelerate Framework to push Carmen’s success even further. Although this is Janis’ first year as Principal at Carmen South, …
Our leaders are a community of change agents. As a part of this community – whether you are a first year Ryan Fellow in the field, or an experienced Accelerator principal transforming your school – you share in our collective successes and challenges. As we wrap up 2016, the Accelerate Institute community has a lot …
Kevin Kimberly Accelerator Principal / Principal, Memphis Catholic Middle and High School There’s the classic saying, “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.” Well, it would be great if everything wasn’t broken, but many times that’s just not the reality. But I also don’t buy the opposite here – that if it’s broken, fix …
Drew Goltermann Class of 2014 Ryan Fellow / Founding Principal, USC East College Prep High School “Once we sell 20 packs of wax we can get the stickers to increase our brand- “ “Yea, and we’ve already sold like 5 at the skatepark this week- “ “Which will then help us get into skate …
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