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Embracing MESSY Leadership: How to Transform You and Your School

May 7, 2025 / 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CUT

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Join us for an in-depth conversation with Alyssa Gallagher, co-author, Embracing MESSY Leadership: How the Experience of 20,000 School Leaders Can Transform You and Your School.

About the presenter

Alyssa Gallagher co-leads BTS Spark in North America, helping school leaders across the United States and Canada access leadership coaching and professional development. Alyssa combines experience of school leadership and school district administration with expertise in leadership development. She spent 20 years in the U.S. public education K–12 sector, filling many roles, including teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent. Under Alyssa’s guidance, Los Altos School District (California) became a nationally recognized leader in educational innovation, and her work was featured on CNN and by Forbes, Wired, The Economist, and 60 Minutes. Alyssa has coauthored two ASCD books: Design Thinking for School Leaders (2018) and Design Thinking in Play (2020).

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Embracing MESSY Leadership: How the Experience of 20,000 School Leaders Can Transform You and Your School

School leadership is messy, but coaching conversations offer an opportunity to step back from the demands of everyday work and focus on developing leadership capabilities.

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