Leaders on Leading: Joe Powers, Head of School, The Woods Academy
As head of school for The Woods Academy, a K-8 school in Bethesda, Md., Joe Powers has one mantra – listen – and four pieces of advice he tries to follow. He also has a sense of humor about the head’s role in weather delays and cancellations. (He once sat in his...
Leaders on Leading: John Melton, Head of School, Fuqua School
This month, Kalix speaks with John Melton, Head of School for Virginia’s Fuqua School in our monthly series on leadership reflections by heads of school. Kalix: What is the most important leadership quality for a head of school? John Melton: Being able to remain calm...
Leaders on Leading: Sister Patricia McCarron, Headmistress, Notre Dame Preparatory School
This month, Kalix Marketing talks to Sister Patricia McCarron, SSND, Ph.D., Headmistress of Notre Dame Preparatory School, an all-girls Catholic school near Baltimore, Maryland. Kalix: What is the most important leadership quality for a head of school? Sister Patricia...
Educational Leadership Lessons with Neil Mufson, Headmaster, The Country School
This month, we chat with Neil Mufson, longtime headmaster at The Country School, a coed, K-8 school in Easton, Md. Kalix: What is the most important leadership lesson you learned first as a classroom teacher that prepared you to be a head of school? Neil Mufson: The...
The Power of Failure
“There is a leader in all of us.” Donna Orem’s welcoming remarks as president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) struck me immediately at last month’s NAIS Annual Conference in Atlanta. And her words to the 3,800-plus educators at the conference...President’s Notes
Read the latest from Kalix President Jonathan Oleisky.
