Houston A+ Challenge is an independent nonprofit that has been actively supporting public school reform efforts in the Greater Houston area since 1997. We invest in people by providing teachers, principals and administrators with resources, support and coaching to improve classroom and district practices.
Our initiatives aim to help educators create and sustain great schools based on strong relationships and rigorous instruction that is relevant to students and their post-secondary aspirations. We advocate for personalization of classrooms and workspaces, collaboration among teachers and across districts, and a relentless focus on quality teaching and learning. We share schools’ best practices, and we challenge businesses, parents, students and community members to actively engage in Houston’s public schools.
Houston A+ Challenge is proud to announce that two aspiring principals in Cohort Two of our Regional Princpal Leadership Academy will take on new roles as building principals starting in January 2010.
Karl Koehler will lead Atascocita Middle School in Humble ISD, and Michael McKenzie will lead WALIPP Preparatory Academy, a Houston ISD middle school charter located on the Texas Southern University campus. (Read Koehler's thoughts on how the A+ Academy helped prepare him for the job.)
Harriet WasserstrumThe American Leadership Forum (ALF) is a 26-year-old nonprofit that joins diverse leaders for an intense, yearlong program that fosters learning, trust and collaboration to better serve the public good. For the first time this year, the Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter of ALF is sponsoring a Public Education Sector Program to join and strengthen leaders in the Houston education community. Harriet Wasserstrum is President of the Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Leadership Forum. |