The Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership Awards Fellowship to Head of School

Thomas W. Nammack, Headmaster of Montclair Kimberley Academy, has been awarded a fully- funded fellowship to the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership's 2015 Heads of Schools program at Teachers College, Columbia University. This distinguished honor established in 1991, is granted to just twenty heads of school annually. The award provides independent school leaders with an opportunity for focused professional enrichment, renewal and reflection.

For two weeks in January, visiting heads form around the world gather 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. Participants will focus on philosophy, research, technology and governance. The 2015 cohort includes Heads from all areas of the United States in addition to participants from Australia, Cayman Islands, Ethiopia, Kenya and Singapore.

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 and international schools in the United States and throughout the world. All fellowships and graduate programs focus on international leadership, collaboration and teamwork, ethical decision making, reflective practice ad a commitment to social justice and diversity.

Drawing upon a record of success that spans more than thirty-five 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.