Join a conversation with John Bracker at Polytechnic School, about how Poly’s commitment to Folio helped the school come together and maintain its focus on professional growth and strategic priorities, even amidst the challenges of the pandemic . [0:29] What is your school’s Folio success story? John talks about how using myFolio to unify …
Member Spotlight: Focusing on what matters in a difficult year Read More »
by Andy Shaw Director of Professional Learning Growth and resilience are always a choice. As the school year launches in the midst of a pandemic, schools and school leaders are faced with a difficult decision: to survive and simply get by, or to be resilient and maintain a focus on growth in the face of …
Survival and resilience are not the same. Which will you choose? Read More »
by Andy Shaw, Director of Professional Learning Events this year — and our nation’s response to them — have shone a spotlight upon the realities of racism and racial injustice in the United States. Seizing this moment, and the momentum that has come with it, many of Folio’s member schools nationwide have chosen to …
Five Tips: Making Equity and Inclusion a Professional Growth Theme Read More »
Sarah Enterline
Director of Institutional Research
Samantha Brennan
Assistant Head of School/Dean of Faculty
Fred Strong
Dean of Faculty for Arts & Athletics
Michael Cruz
Performing Arts Department Chair
Faculty Direction & Support for Remote Teaching
Louis Tullo
Director of Educational Technology
Personalizing your Distance Learning Professional Development
(and Faculty) for the Battle of Life
Justin Cerenzia
Dean of Teaching & Learning
Director of the Merek Center for Teaching
Playing the Long Game: Equipping Students
(and Faculty) for the Battle of Life
by Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director As we wake to another day of the unknown, school leaders face another day of faculty and staff adjusting to their reality. Like everyone, teachers’ lives have been disrupted. They feel anxious and inconvenienced; remote teaching is not what they expected or wanted. How can leaders help people get …
In their April 6 Town Hall, Harriet Cooperman and Kathryn Beaumont Murphy from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s K-12 Independent School Practice discuss employment concerns for independent schools related to new laws that are a part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. They address questions that many members have related to the changing …
In his April 3 Town Hall, Brad Rathgeber, Head of School and CEO of One Schoolhouse, offered three messages for independent school leaders who are implementing a distance learning program. Brad’s advice: Be calm and pause. Be straightforward and clear. Create Simple Solutions. Watch Brad Rathgeber’s Town Hall. Download Brad’s slide deck.