Jonathan is a life-long educator committed to building the capacity of those he works with as reflective practitioners, leaders, and team builders. He integrates what he’s learned as a teacher, administrator, board member, new school designer, principal coach, and non-profit leader to help school and district leaders building coherence through reflective practice, continuous improvement, change management, and innovation.
Jonathan’s approach is to integrate brain science, adult learning that’s problem based, capacity building, and a commitment to get things done. We know much more today about how the brain works, how people learn, and how the brain and emotions support or degrade our ability to shift mindsets. Therefore he applies what cognitive scientists like David Rock know, to capture realities, explore alternatives, and tap productive energies. He works with adults not only to solve immediate, technical problems but always to build people’s capacity to engage in adaptive change, frame work, and resolve problems in the future. Knowing that school leaders are consistently short on time to get things done, he is happy to write things up, build out tools, facilitate the training of others, so that things get done and the school can see real impact.
Jonathan holds a BA from the University of Chicago, a Masters in Early Adolescent Education from Bank Street College of Education, and completed requirements for his administrative certification at New York University, as an Astor Fellow. He has taught advanced pedagogy at Brooklyn College.