2/4/2010

Carolyn Chandler, Head of Metairie Park Country Day School, has been awarded a fully-funded fellowship to the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership’s 2010 Heads of Schools program at Teachers College, Columbia University. This distinguished award, granted to just twenty heads of school annually, provides independent school leaders with an opportunity for focused professional enrichment, renewal, and reflection.

During the last week in January and the first week in February, visiting heads from around the world are gathering together at the Columbia University Campus for intensive study to examine educational issues and policies facing independent school educators. The Center attracts and selects educators who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishment or potential for excellence and equips them with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for informed and effective practice. The 2010 cohort includes Heads from all areas of the United States in addition to participants from Namibia, Panama, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Swaziland, Thailand and Turkey.

The Klingenstein Center is dedicated to improving the quality of independent school education by developing and strengthening leadership among teachers and administrators who work in independent schools in the United States and throughout the world. All fellowships and graduate programs focus on instructional leadership, collaboration and teamwork, a commitment to social justice & diversity, and reflective practice.

Drawing upon a record of success that spans more than thirty years and the full resources of Teachers College and the other graduate schools of Columbia University, the Klingenstein Center stands alone in its capacity to develop leaders for independent schools.