Transformative Vulnerability

I have been privileged to walk the road with many schools as they transform their school through music learning.

It often starts with very small steps, a short presentation at a staff meeting, an exploratory conversation with a school leader, a series of emails to confirm what the school leader wants to achieve, and my role in that change.

While I deliver a service to the school in terms of teacher training, parent education and program design, what I have come to understand is that I am supporting the school leader in their quest for change.

In their former professional life, school leaders have rarely been music educators. I have often wondered why this is so and have come to the tentative conclusion that most music teachers are driven by a passion for music-making, not leadership.