About this episode
In this episode, Jeff Rose and Carlos R. Moreno delve into the essence of educational leadership, emphasizing empathy, vulnerability, and community connection. They share personal stories and transformative experiences, highlighting the profound impact of love, care, and authentic engagement on students and leaders alike.
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Carlos Moreno has been a teacher, a principal, as well as a district leader, and as an executive director. A proud native New Yorker, Carlos is a passionate education leader committed to supporting school and district leaders to create high-quality, innovative schools designed to tackle systemic equity issues.
He currently serves as co-executive director for Big Picture Learning, a nonprofit organization that has developed more than 200 such schools in the United States and around the world. Carlos cofounded and leads the Deep Learning Equity Fellowship, in partnership with the Internationals Network for Public Schools, and the Ashé Leaders Fellowship – focused on helping school and community leaders create sustainable changes for young people in their respective cities.
Carlos is the creator and co-producer of the highly acclaimed Leadership Journeys storytelling initiative, which has featured inspirational figures such as Christopher Emdin, Dena Simmons, Kaya Henderson, Bettina Love, Nancy Gutiérrez, Meisha Porter, and Sharif El-Mekki. And he is the author of the ASCD best-selling book, Finding Your Leadership Soul: What our students can teach us about Love, Care and Vulnerability.
But those are merely Carlos’s credentials. At heart, “Los” is an observer, a family man, a learner, a builder of community, a student, and a teacher—someone who has simultaneously found and continues to seek his own leadership soul.