The Leader in Me Curriculum Advisory Board is comprised of professors, educators, specialists, authors, and experts who help guide our efforts to create high quality curriculum for Leader in Me schools.
Through his work with The Urban Assembly, he promotes the mission of improving public education through advancing students’ economic and social mobility. He is the author of The Educatorʼs Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence, a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve and holds an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from Fordham University.
She is the Executive Director of Winston-Salem TEACH and a Research Associate Professor in Education at both Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University. With a B.A. from Emory University, an M.Ed. from Wake Forest, and a Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill, her research focuses on community-based teacher education and the social and moral development of young adults. Prior to her current role, she served as the Director of Research and Assessment for the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. Dr. Allman serves as a Research Fellow at the Program for Leadership and Character and is a Part-time Assistant Professor in Psychology at Wake Forest University.
She holds a Master’s degree in Education, and a degree in Literature and Pedagogy, with a specialization in Teaching Manuals for students and Neuropsychopedagogy. As an education leader SOMOS of Brazil, she supervised and coordinated the editorial team for over 15 years, giving regular lectures and training sessions to schools around Brazil. She is the author of books published by Abril Educação and Somos Educação. She has done volunteer work in the United States as educational advisor and curriculum developer for children with autism and special needs.
She is the Chair of the PhD Defense Board in Educational Sciences of the University of Latvia. Her research interests include virtual education, smart education, educational technologies for learning, educational robotics, and educational processes. Professor Daniela is an author and co-author of publications about processes in all dimensions of education.
He is the former principal of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois and Director of Teacher Leadership at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, both outside Chicago. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has taught secondary and college students in rural, urban, and suburban settings and served as an administrator and leader in several highly recognized schools.
A recipient of the Commonwealth Award for Science, Technology and Mathematics Teachers (CASTME 1992–93), he has taught Science and Mathematics in some of the most creative schools in India, the Krishnamurthi Schools, including Rajghat, Varanasi and Bangalore. He is a member of the development of State
Curriculum Framework (SCF) team for Rajasthan State with RSCERT, Unicef.
