The Gardner Carney Leadership Institute's, (gcLi) mission makes clear that there is an inextricable connection between leadership and citizenship. We are committed to the idea that leadership must be cultivated. The healthy, effective, and benevolent functioning of classrooms, sports teams, schools, local communities, and entire nations depends upon it. Leadership is an active struggle, an exercise of character and values, a willingness to be in dialogue with diverse viewpoints, an ability t ...
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REBROADCAST: Dysregulation With Catherine Steiner-Adair ED.D
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Rebroadcasting gcLi's Institute Scholar, Catherine Steiner-Adair's Dysregulation. Today's episode comes at a time when emotions are running high across the United States of America. Following the 2024 presidential election, some of us are feeling hopeful and energized, while others may be feeling extreme disappointment and uncertainty. No matter wh…
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In this heartfelt message, Berdy, gcLi Faculty, podcast producer and host, expresses deep gratitude and admiration for teachers, highlighting their vital role in shaping future leaders and fostering resilience in students. The conversation emphasizes the unseen work teachers do, which goes beyond imparting knowledge to nurturing character and insti…
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Kelsey Twist Schroeder Ed.D: Recognizing Student Leadership Today
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In this conversation, Kelsey Twist Schroeder, gcLi Faculty member, discusses her insights on leadership, particularly focusing on the perspectives of young people. She emphasizes the importance of understanding what leadership means to students, the distinction between empowerment and agency, and the need to balance ambition with the acceptance of …
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The Role of AI as a Tool in the Classroom
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In this conversation, Rishi Raghunathan, gcLi Faculty, discusses how the Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio is approaching the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The school has embraced AI as a tool to enhance productivity, provide feedback, and stimulate critical thinking among students. They have created an AI acceptable use polic…
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Challenges and Benefits of Different Models of Co-Teaching
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In this conversation, Sara Viveiros discusses her research on co-teaching as part of her graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. She explores different models of co-teaching and their impact on student perceptions and performance. Sara found that students generally had positive feelings towards co-teaching, b…
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the gcLi virtual program is now open for registration. So if you want a refresher from the gcLi Leadership Lab, or if you want to just dabble in some of the content that we provide, that we call the Pedagogy of Leadership, then this program is for you. In this program, you will learn how student brains function and how that influences their behavio…
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For me, a new school year is a renewal of sorts.A time to reflect on what works, what doesn't. And then my favorite things to do, is charting the paths and plans to get students where they need to be in an engaged classroom. I love making the plan, but once three weeks into the year rolls around and I'm already off course, I can feel a bit frustrat…
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Implementing Concepts for Freshmen Students
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Jennifer Siff, Director of Campus Life at the Salisbury School, shares her experience as a participant and scholar at the gcLi Leadership Lab. She discusses the differences between being a participant and a scholar, highlighting the opportunity to help create the same transformative experience for other participants. Building authentic relationship…
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Differentiating Traits and Skills in Leadership
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Danielle Llewelyn, this year's gcLi scholar, discusses her experience with the Leadership Lab and the importance of teaching leadership skills. She highlights the value of networking and learning from fellow participants and faculty. They discuss the significance of titles and labels in leadership and the difference between traits and skills. The c…
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Andrew Prince, gcLi Faculty, Discusses The History and Significance of Juneteenth
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Centering joy is important in the context of Juneteenth and racial justice, educators have an obligation to promote racial and social justice and building relationships and learning from mistakes are crucial in this work. The history and significance of Juneteenth should be understood to better serve students, the work of advancing justice and equi…
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Meet The gcLi's Newest Grant Recipient, Laura Renard
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Laura Renard is this year's gcLi Leadership Grant Recipient and will pursue a master's in school leadership at the University of Pennsylvania and hopes to gain a deeper understanding of educational science and a formal pedagogy of leadership. The Gardner Carney Leadership Institute has influenced Laura's understanding of leadership and has taught h…
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Student Initiatives and the Power of Storytelling
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In this conversation, Berdy interviews Beth Dille, the Director of the C. Kyser Miree Ethical Leadership Center at the Altamont School. They discuss the Miree Center and its unique approach to leadership education, emphasizing civic engagement and real-world impact. They explore the challenges of measuring success in leadership education and the me…
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The Birth Of The gcLi And The Leadership Lab
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Jeremy LaCasse, Executive Director of the gcLi and Mike Pardee, former gcLi faculty member and current Director of gcLi Research, reflect on 20 years of the gcLi Leadership Lab. Let's go back to 2003. The gcLi is in its infancy. What are your roles? What's the mood? What's the method? How's this thing get off the ground? The gcLi was established in…
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Changing The Brain From The Bottom Up
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Somerville Johnston is a licensed somatic experiencing practitioner and founder of Aspen Roots Collective out of Asheville, North Carolina. Somatic experiencing is a modality that works with the autonomic nervous system to complete trauma responses. It focuses on changing the brain from the bottom up by tuning into the body and the animal aspect of…
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The 20th Anniversary With Natalie Simms: Feedback Is A Gift And An Opportunity For Growth
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Dr. Natalie Simms reflects on 20 years of the gcLi and discusses its evolution and relevance in leadership education. The gcLi has become more inclusive of roles within independent schools and focuses on collaboration and problem-solving. Elementary school educators play a crucial role in shaping students' learning experiences. Feedback is seen as …
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Catherine Steiner-Adair Discusses Dysregulation What Causes It & How To Fix It
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In this conversation, Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, Institute Scholar, gcLi, discusses the impact of world affairs on emotional dysregulation and the challenges faced by teachers, students, administrators, and parents. She explains the concept of dysregulation and how it affects our ability to have productive conversations. Dr. Steiner Adair also hi…
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Celebrating 20 years of the Leadership Lab With Rishi Raghunathan
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Rishi is Faculty, gcLi and Head of Upper School, Wellington School, Columbus, OH. He talks about his experience at the Leadership Lab. "I think feedback, as Jeremy says, it's a gift. And so when I do think about feedback, I always ask myself, one, why am I getting this feedback? And two, what is this human being going through so they're providing m…
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Katherine Berdy: The gcLi And Its Programs
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I want to share a brief personal story about how the gcLi has added value to my career and I guess more importantly to my life and remind you of the gcLi programming that is offered this year. 20th Anniversary of the gcLi Leadership Lab gcLi School Certification Program gcLi Virtual Program Support the show gcLi Web Site gcLi Linkedin gcLi Facebook…
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Celebrating 20 years of the gcLi with Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair
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Welcome to an episode that celebrates 20 years of the Gardner-Carney Leadership Institute. These 20th anniversary episodes will be fun and informative. As you listen, I invite you to think back to the year 2004. What were you doing and how has time, world events, and the gcLi shaped your own pedagogy for teaching leadership? Today's guest always ha…
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Leadership: The Many Hats Teachers Wear
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On today's episode, Berdy speaks with former Leadership Lab graduate, Reina Stimpson, Head of Upper School and Director of the Student Leadership Program at The Derryfield School. Berdy: "Teachers, especially in independent schools, we wear many hats. And that's one thing I love about the lab is when we come together and start kind of taking off th…
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Berdy and Jeremy LaCasse
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Hello, gcLi. I'm coming to you from a brand new year. Happy 2024, everyone. We have with us our brave and fearless leader, Jeremy Lacase, to talk about our plans for our amazing gcLi community in 2024. So hello, Jeremy, and happy new year to you. If there's anyone listening who wants to hop on the podcast and share, share what you're doing or submi…
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"I've been reflecting on many of the events of 2023, and I've noticed some themes that have popped up in the podcast episodes. And I think they're really kind of how I want to end this year and go into next year. Those themes are the powers of relational vulnerability and personal resiliency. Now in every episode, they may not have sounded like tha…
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Meet gcLi's Grant Recipient At PennGSE
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Hello, GCLI, welcome to the podcast. Today's guest is Erin Reimel-Clements. She is the director of alumni engagement at Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School and an expert communicator turned teacher. She has a degree from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. She has written and edited for magazines such as Elle, Glamour, Cos…
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Introducing The gcLi's Newest Program
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Our newest initiative, the gcLi School Certification Program in the Pedagogy of Leadership® provides a unique opportunity for the gcLi to work directly with faculty in their school environment. This program is the result of the work that Dr. Heidi Kasevich, Director of the Leadership Academy, and Jeremy LaCasse, Executive Director, have developed o…
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Natalie Amato Simms, Ed.D.: Feedback Goes Both Ways
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"Feedback doesn't work unless it goes both ways. The relationship doesn't work. I think so often we come to work and you know teachers fall into that space and administrators fall into their space and sometimes we forget to see each other as humans and that human experience is the same. It transcends whatever our titles are and whatever our roles a…
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gcLi Leadership Grant Recipient Sara Viverios
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Sara Viveiros is a 2023 Leadership Lab graduate who teaches Middle School Language Arts and Literature and works in the Learning Services Department at the St. Andrew School in Barrington, Rhode Island. I'm also very excited to announce that she was awarded the gcLi Leadership Grant to pursue a master's degree in School Leadership at the University…
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Leading With Vulnerability And Compassion
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We'd like to highlight a known struggle for many, many students and adults that can upend your well-laid plans and diminish individual student learning for about one in every six of your students. And that is the topic of mental health and addiction. Our guest today is Stuyvie Coleman, whose inspiring story and courageous leadership may serve as a …
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Leaders Are Not Born, They Are Developed With Lorraine Connell
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Lorraine Connell has worked in education for over 20 years and learned that the way many schools teach leadership is not necessarily serving students. She left the classroom to bridge a gap she feels is missing in schools by starting Peers Not Fears. She works with teachers, parents, and students about many of the themes that are near and dear to t…
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Leadership and Athletics
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Today we're joined by Valerie Lohr from St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio, Texas. She's the Director of Student Wellbeing and Performance and the women's field hockey and lacrosse coach. Berdie and Valerie discuss perspective setting for both teachers and students, understanding individuals are more than one thing, they're complex and multi faceted. V…
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Perspective From The Leadership Lab's Three 2023 Scholars
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Hear from the three new scholars from the 2023 gcLi Leadership Lab, all former Lab participants. Kenny Chilton, '22 Lab, St. Andrews Episcopal School, Jennifer Guarnaccia '21 Lab, Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School and Jean Plum, '21 Lab from University School of Milwaukee. There are nerves the night before the Lab begins, imposter syndrome and bein…
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Leadership From The 2023 Leadership Lab
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Berdy and faculty member and researcher Mike Pardee download and reflect upon the experiences of the 19th Leadership Lab. Mike's years of research and first-hand experience inspire his exploration of both the theoretical and practical applications of leadership training and character development at the gcLi Leadership Lab. Mike teaches 9th and 10th…
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Leadership From Kenny Chilton, Leadership Lab Scholar '23
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Kenny Chilton is a third grade teacher, soon to heading the capstone program for fifth graders at St. Andrews Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. He attended the Gardner Carney Leadership Lab in '22 and returns this year as one of the Lab's three scholars. We're going to look at his own leadership pedagogy and what he hopes to bring to the Leadershi…
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Leadership and Reflection From The 19th Leadership Lab
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Berdy and Mike Pardee, gcLi Faculty and researcher, sat down to reflect on the 19th Leadership Lab from Colorado Springs. Mike Pardee LinkedIn Support the show gcLi Web Site gcLi Linkedin gcLi Facebook gcLi TwitterDoor gcLi
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Identity And Leadership With Jeremy LaCasse And Rishi Raghunathan
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Today's guests are perennial fan favorites, we have our fearless leader, Executive Director of the gcLi, Jeremy LaCasse and faculty member Rishi Raghunathan to talk about identity and leadership. If you haven't already done so, please check out Jeremy's vulnerable and insightful blog post entitled, A White Cisgendered Heterosexual Male Talking Abou…
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Leadership Through Story Telling & Family History with Christopher Berdy
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Our guest today is very special to me, he's an attorney by day and a Holocaust Historian by night. He speaks to groups about digging into family history though storytelling as a means of forging identity and self awareness, he's also my husband! Chris is on the Alabama Holocaust Education Center's Board and serves as a volunteer on their speakers b…
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Learning Leadership at the gcLi Leadership Lab
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With the Leadership Lab right around the corner, we thought it'd be fun to recap the heart of the gcLi, which of course is the Lab experience. Jeremy LaCasse, the Executive Director of the gcLi is here to talk with us. The Lab is in it's 19th year and takes place June 16 - 22, 2023 in Colorado Springs Jeremy's LinkedIn Support the show gcLi Web Sit…
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Leadership In The Great Outdoors With Craig Ough
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Craig Ough is an expert in all things experiential and outdoor education. As the days get longer and warmer, we thought it might be a good idea to think about taking classes outside or retooling your lesson plans in an experiential manner. Craig was a '18 Leadership Lab graduate and a '22 gcLi Leadership Lab Scholar. He's currently Math Teacher and…
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Leadership With a Lower Case l with Amy Spencer
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When Amy Spencer attended the gcLi Leadership Lab she says, "I had the misconception that leadership was a capital L Leadership, that people had to have designated roles to really be effective leaders and I think that's one of the greatest takeaways that I had with the gcLi is being able to reframe the concept of leadership. And so this lower case …
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How To Become A Sticky Leader With ISACS
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The Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) serves more than 240 member schools, offering accreditation services, professional development, and opportunities for networking in thirteen states. Our mission is to lead schools in providing exemplary education. We are committed to fostering and furthering equitable, affirming, saf…
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Leadership: Gwynedd Mercy High School and the gcLi
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Gwynedd Mercy High School doubles down on mission to teach leadership. Listen in to hear from teachers and students on how gcLi has helped change school culture and student leadership. Support the show gcLi Web Site gcLi Linkedin gcLi Facebook gcLi TwitterDoor gcLi
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Leadership with Deb Borden Director of Programs & Research PAIS
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Deb Borden is a gcLi Leadership Lab graduate. She joined PAIS in February 2021 after extensive experience in independent schools as a Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School teacher of math and science, Middle School Director, Associate Head of School, and Director of Service Learning. Throughout her career, she was also involved in diversity…
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It's all about looking forward, that's what we're doing at the gcLi. In this episode, our host, Katherine Berdy, discusses resolutions? Intentions? Another day? Whatever you do, I hope you keep the 3Cs in mind: Connection, Competence, and Confidence. The 3Cs for Berdy: CONNECTION: I want to connect more with you. Please email me if you or someone y…
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Mark Martin: Leadership By Building UP
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Mark Martin returned home to Alabama after nearly 15 years away to launch Build UP, as an innovative early-college workforce development high school program that comprehensively addresses poverty and urban blight. He most recently graduated Harvard’s Doctor of Education Leadership program where he worked with Jobs For the Future (JFF) and the Alaba…
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Andrew Buerger: Leadership By Carrying A Flag From Pain To Passion
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He is the Founder of Jodi’s Climb for Hope which has raised $900,000 for MS and breast cancer research by getting over 300 climbers safely to the summits on four continents. He is currently the Director of Mission or RIND Snacks, author of “Carrying a Flag From Pain to Passion” a #1 Hot New Release on Amazon, and Co-host of the podcast "It's the Cl…
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Catherine Steiner-Adair ED.D: Leading Students In The Digital Age
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Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is the Institute Scholar at the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute. An award-winning author, The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age she is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, speaker and author. Dr. Steiner-Adair has guided independent and…
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Kenny Chilton: Leadership Through Team Work And Team Building
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Kenny Chilton is a third grade teacher at St. Andrew's Episcopal school in Austin, Texas and a 2002 gcLi Leadership Lab graduate. Kenny says, "for nearly a decade I have served children in engaging classrooms, on chaotic playgrounds, on terrifying stages, and in tender conversations on quiet benches. I aspire to recognize the inherent goodness in e…
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Mike Pardee: Paradoxes In Leadership
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Today's guest is no stranger to the Pedagogy of Leadership®. In fact, I call him our-in house Heifetz scholar and he's my go-to whenever I need a quick reminder to "Rock on" or some nuanced brainstorming on a tough topic. In fact, it was in a quick call about the work he does as our resident researcher that we decided to let on in our conversation …
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Bobby Pollicino: Leading By Enhancing Joy
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Bobby Pollicino is the Head of Upper School at Bullis School in Potomac, MD. He has served as a school administrator for over 15 years, also in dean of students and assistant principal roles. He has taught high school courses in science, leadership, and public speaking while also serving as a varsity assistant soccer coach and varsity head lacrosse…
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Rishi Raghunathan: The Art Of Leadership Through Storytelling
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Rishi is Faculty at the gcLi Head of Upper School, Wellington School, Columbus, OH. Rishi's idea of leadership is summed up in this quote by Dr. Joanne Ciulla, “Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people, based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” Rishi's Linke…
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Natalie Simms: Teaching Leadership To Elementary School Children
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Natalie Simms is Fifth Grade Teacher, Girls On The Run coach, Leadership Enrichment program teacher, Lower School tutor at Brownell Talbot School in Omaha, Nebraska. She's an innovative educator focused on educating the whole child and passionate about igniting a love of learning in students and providing opportunities to develop leadership skills …
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