Transforming Education
from the Inside Out

Transforming Education from the Inside Out

Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL) ® cultivates the inner and outer growth of educational leaders and deepens their capacity to transform their school communities so that everyone thrives. TEL brings together a diverse group of leaders from a variety of roles and educational communities for a year-long Fellowship to create a more compassionate, just and interdependent world. Ultimately, TEL is a Beloved Community of awakened educational leaders who receive the support and skills necessary to create transformative change in the communities they serve.

Transformation Happens Through Community

  • Mission

    To cultivate the personal and collective transformation of diverse educational leaders so they can transform schools into just, compassionate, and thriving learning communities.

  • Fellowship

    For leaders committed to the power of inner development, collective impact, and becoming seeds of radical change in their communities.

  • Resources

    Find tools and resources including events, research, meditations and more for educators.

  • Empower

    Shifts in attitudes, beliefs, and thinking which are necessary for positive changes in actions and behaviors.

The Power of Community

Transformation happens through community. As a TEL Fellow, you are a member of a Beloved Community where you will experience shifts in attitude, beliefs, and thinking necessary to embody your highest vision of what it means to lead for Love and Belonging. Build heart-centered relationships with education leaders from a wide variety of roles including Superintendents, Principals, and Non-Profit & CBO Leaders. Connect to on-going support through an engaged Alumni network. Deepen your capacity to lead in ways that all members of your community feel cared for, connected and belong. 

Listen to experiences from our participants and alumni.

An Interdisciplinary Approach

TEL focuses on what it means to truly lead from the inside out. We believe the most powerful transformation happens at the intersection of inner development that cultivates the values that instill compassionate and courageous action in our spheres of power and circles of influence. Areas of exploration.

  1. Transformative Leadership

  2. Social and Emotional Learning

  3. Ethical Decision-making

  4. Principles of Nonviolence

  5. Racial, Social, and Ecological Justice

  6. Mindfulness and Contemplative Practices

  7. Inner Wisdom and Embodiment

  8. Systems Change and Collective Impact

Participant Experiences

  • “It was just an incredible experience to carve out three Wednesdays out of each month to meet with colleagues in the way that we did.”

    Sharon Hill, Principal, Green Acres Elementary School, Scarsdale, New York

  • “TEL has been the space where I can feel comfortable and find some company in the change processes we’ve been experiencing in Puerto Rico this year.”

    Gladys Hernandez, School Mental Health Practitioner and Social Psychologist, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • “TEL has been a breath of fresh air. And so, when I close my eyes and think about TEL, it's been the collective permission to just be.”

    Dr. Terry Harris, Executive Director, Student Services, Rockwood School District, Eureka, Missouri

  • “It's important to be curious about others so you can connect. It's equally important to know about yourself so you can connect with heart and with courage.”

    Jane Hsu, Principal, PS 116, New York, NY

Be part of our community