As I head to Boston tomorrow for the NAIS Annual Conference, I am looking forward to hearing John Maeda again. I am re-posting this three year old blog entry as his book, REDESIGNING LEADERSHIP: DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, LIFE remains relevant in my thinking about school leadership. Maeda will be speaking at the Opening Session of […]
JanTerm Debrief #3–Smart Logistics and Keeping the Temperature Low
In three weeks… 370 separate buses traveled off campus as part of JanTerm and traveled more than 17,000 miles. Westminster students visited Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, California, and Guatemala. Westminster students enjoyed 790 cupcakes, 690 snow cones, and 500 ice cream sandwiches. Logistics. Success in any complex step forward in a […]
JanTerm Debrief #2–The Course Catalogue and Reimagining the Campus
https://twitter.com/WestminsterATL/status/552217766321586176 [I am including the course catalogue here of JanTerm Courses from this January at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. Even a cursory read through the course descriptions reveals the interdisciplinary focus of much of our JanTerm work. Other themes become apparent as well, including pushing out the boundaries of what has traditionally defined our […]
Westminster’s JanTerm–Debriefing the First Year
I wrote the piece above back in the early Fall for the Fall/Winter Westminster Magazine for The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. (Just click on it for a full sized rendering). Now that our first JanTerm is over, it is a good time to share what has been a stunning success. The overall satisfaction with […]
A Signing Day Talk–The Stubbornly Counter-Cultural Athletic Program
[I gave the comments that follow as part of the Signing Day Ceremony at The Westminster Schools in Atltanta, GA on February 4, 2015] Let me add my welcome to the 2015 Signing Day Ceremony and my congratulations to each of our signees today. I am honored to have the opportunity to share this moment […]