Season 3, Episode 5: Pursuing Leadership Positions with Coreen Hester and Debbie Reed of RG175

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Coreen Hester has spent forty years in both US and international independent schools. She concluded ten years at the headship of The American School in London in 2017. Prior to ASL, Coreen was Head of School at The Hamlin School, also for ten years. Coreen has also served as an English teacher, college counselor, Dean of Girls, Assistant Head, and interim Head of School.

A graduate of Stanford University, B.A., M.A., Coreen has served on the boards of School Year Abroad, Head Royce School, and Marin Primary and Middle School, among others. She was the founding board chair for the Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative from 2002-2007. Coreen is a member of The Headmasters Association and Country Day School Headmasters and has served on the boards of two international organizations: the Academy for International School Heads and the Educational Collaborative for International Schools.

Debbie Reed’s life’s work has been in schools and she brings a wealth of experience to the work of a consultant. During her forty years as an educator, she has worked in public and private schools, urban and suburban schools, parochial and nonsectarian schools, co-ed schools, and single-sex schools.

Debbie has served as Head of School at two different schools: Polytechnic School for 12 years and Seven Hills School for 7 years. Debbie also held a number of administrative positions at Harvard Westlake School including: Head of the Middle School; Seventh Grade Dean; and Director of Admissions. Throughout her career, she taught English, giving her a keen appreciation of the work of the faculty.


Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Coreen Hester and Debbie Reed on pursuing leadership positions

• Connect with Coreen and Debbie.

• Learn more about RG175 and connect with them on Twitter.

• Read: Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky

• Read: A Failure of Nerve by Edwin Friedman

• Read: Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

• Read: The Human Side of School Change by Robert Evans

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